Yeah, I don't see why Dearest shouldn't be on it. Just because some people are sick of the song, I think it's probably her biggest classic from 2001 up until now. It's probably the song that a majority of the Japanese public would recognize.

trust me, there are some people who do read every post, and yours is just as valuable as the next.

I really do not agree with Dearest being there though. While I like every ayu song, this one is at the bottom of the list for me, it just can get really annoying. I would have left it out and put in alterna and rearranged the tracklist.

I guess, yes, probably the biggest reason why we don't want Dearest to be on it is because we're sick of it, but I also think that perhaps that the song was put on the album may not have been her move, unless she just loves it that much, however, yes, the fact that Dearest is there, is to be expected.

I think a lot of people would substitute __________ [being a song that is not particularly liked like Greatful days] with alterna any day.

But I wonder if it was an issue with "theme." Does alterna really have to do with pain as much as it does with anger?

yeah i did read every single post :D count me count me... And I laughed everytime I saw people requesting some songs before evolution and after B&D/Pride :lech. Oh well I would suggest A BEST if you want something before evolution, and (m)u + Secret if you want something after B&D/Pride (j/k hehe).

From now on, I can wait for the cd covers :P... (since the tracklists are out).

Yeah instead we get MORE Dearest :o

I don't mind that will is not there, it wasn't that great IMO

But RAINBOW... even though it was on A BALLADS and the main focus - it IS one of her best works.

And not a lot of people bought A BALLADS so it would've been awesome to include it on a "real" Best.

anthony: for those of us that love the song, I really don't think that we would care about theme you know? Just the fact that it should be there. I mean, theme probably is something that should be taken into consideration, but, you know, when we want a song there, we want a song there, whether it goes or not. But then I guess, instead of having a million posts about why a song isn't there, we might have a million posts about why it doesn't go. So, I mean, neverending battle...

Does the Japanese public even like alterna that much though? :O

http://vote.acrweb.com/html/pato.html It has 4 votes. I wonder how many people actually used this..

RAINBOW is amazing, and I thought it was going to be on here too, but there really isn't a reason to feature it.. it would've been some lone album-fodder in the middle of all the other album's tracks :\

I don't know...I kind of got the feeling that they did, from all her fans, and then once, I remember when I watched it live for the first time, I remarked to martin about the cheering from the audience when alterna started, and he replied with something like, "you should have been there, you have no idea..."

maybe I just kind of got the impression that everyone really loved this song, of course he was among tons of ayu fans, as are we now, so I have no idea.

I really think RAINBOW deserves for a place on this upcoming BEST... However, to make the people feeling satisfy for owning A BALLADS, it shouldn't be on A BEST 2 then.. I mean, many people would buy A BALLADS just because of this song. I didn't buy it because I think it's not worthing... I have A BEST already and there're quite a few songs appeared again on A BALLADS (e.g., SEASONS, TO BE, etc.)

I'm thankful that the majority of the singles and album tracks with PVs made it.

But I'm a bit bitter over the exclusion of ANGEL'S SONG.
[one of the few excluded]

Oh, and with the removal, I think there's a very slim chance that there will be tracklist revision. Whether or not this will add songs that we want, or remove from what is already there, I don't know..

Thanks for posting.

I bet if Dearest WASN'T on there, there'd be a LOT of upset people... It's one of Ayumi's most well known songs and it's a classic. It deserves to be on A BEST 2...

:yatta not only do I get my connection back, but I also get the tracklisting I've been wanting for EVER to see. :) The only disappointment is no RAINBOW. which I see, has already been discussed. :(

Well, thankfully, there's only a few upset people [at the lack of alterna, amazingly.]

Just go buy fairyland or (m)u or something. :B

Oh, I forgot to mention.

BEST of CDL06-07 will NOT be released separately. The mu-mo shop "confirms it."
So a lot of people will probably buy White for this reason..

I'm buying WHITE and BLACK then.

I wonder: What if 'Secret' was intended to be on A BEST 2 instead of the album Secret? Like they did with RAINBOW and A BALLADS.. The lyrics of 'Secret' seem very appropriate to be on a BEST album.

If Ayu's gonna re-sing anything, she had better re-sing Real me. Then we can get some understandable English. xD

LOL... seems like many people wish ayu to resing Real me. :D

yes im one of those that is happy with dearest being there. :D For me the black version has a better tracklist than the white...simply coz I dont really like greatful days and fairyland...but I rather have those than bold and delicious, pride. :dead2 Im very pleased with walking proud, my names women, daybreak, ourselves, etc being there...I have not purchased my copy of memorial address so I dont have pvs of some of those songs there...so this is good for me :D 15 tracks is good for me....A BEST had 16...just one track short but thats ok.

I hope ayu will resing a song is born and no way to say....I love the live version of no way to say....she adds the extra lala part at the end which makes it a lot better :D Thats why for a song for xx A BEST version is my favorite :luv2

Well there's always the possibility of a re-release..

I can't believe there's no Bold & Delicious...or Pride!!!

It would've been nice if at least one of the songs from that single would've been included, but who knows, it might be on A BEST 3 lol.