New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [III]
 

I am posting all relevant information in here! Hopefully it helps. If anything needs to be fixed or added, please post it here and I will add it ASAP! I had to make this twice due to deleting it on accident, lol.

**Originally the title of the album was reported as "Party queen" by Kome, but Ayu corrected Kome and said it was "Party Queen". It looks like he sent out the notice before Ayu made the correction.

Tracklist + unconfirmed order and track times


Versions to be released


Bonus goods


Etc. tidbits
- Masashi Muto directed some PVs for this album
- it appears that the album cover was shot in London with Leslie in late November (https://twitter.com/#!/lesliekeesupe...34749770022913)
- Timmy composed both Party queen and how beautiful you are
- There is a commemorative photobook coming out on 03/21 [the same day] with special shots not included in the album, it appears it might be 3000yen? (http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=334)
- how beautiful you are is being released as a digital single on 02/08 on iTunes with a cover
- it is thought that there are only two interludes due to Ayu saying that she recorded 12 songs in London
- Timmy wrote Party Queen with Ayu in mind
- Ayu mentioned that castings for a PV in a recent tweet (but it is unknown if she was talking in the present tense) so another PV for the album is not unlikely! (She is in fact filming another PV.)
- The spoiler that follows has PV tidbits from the last few new album threads while she was in London recording.

Notable links
2012.03.21 NEW ALBUM CONFIRMED
Albums on PLAYBUTTON
～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION on DVD/Blu-ray (21. March 2012)
"how beautiful you are" Jacket Released
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [II]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [III]

I so want new info right NOW!!!

wow, new thread already! Lets get more info!

taskebab

This is the best he could come up with? Embarrassing. Hopefully it's as awesome as tasking though.

i hate the month after a realese.
i seriously hate it.

^^ Taskinst is wayy better imo, best tasuku interlude ever
can't wait till we get more informations about the album, i wanna see the covers so baaad, and i hope there will be a fifth pv as well

i may be kinda late but ayu has a song called the next LOVE. hmm perfect she is looking for it.

and taskebab probably will just go into the song with the PV filmed in Middle East? haah

may I ask you a very ignorant question?
What is tasuku anyway? I always thought it had to do with the english "task", you now... like you need something to do.

It's the name of the guy who composed and or arranged many great Ayu songs ! It's a kind of pun, since the japanese pronunciation of his name (Tasuku) sounds like "task" ! If I remember well ^^"

Oh I see! According to wikipedia he also arranged songs like Heartplace, Will, Memorial Address
I didn't know that. Thank you so much for explaining!

^Yes indeed ! You're very welcome ^^ Actually,though it has the worst title of the whole album, it's probably one of the tracks I'm the most eager to listen to, because I LOVE his works !

taskinillusion is my favorite.


I love the randomness in these threads~

I think taskebab is hilarious, therefore, I like it. Just hope its.....original........lol

I dont think i quite get it...
I mean taskebab is a food... but if it is a play off his name.. wouldn't it be task -ebab... which is an ewok.. lol

Wow third thread already. :D

Just one tie-ins so far..not good for promotion...
I hope there will be another tie-ins coming...

Why thank you! :D

"...a super grand full album of 14 brand new songs will be released! All songs were recorded in London, featuring top engineers and musicians at the helm of today’s musical scene, creating an ambitious album of world-class quality."

Quite the description! Very ambitious. I need to ramp up my expectations a little now. :)

Reminds me of those kebabs lmao

Actually, all of his interludes have 'taskin-' in them so I wonder why it wasn't taskinkebab... but I guess they probably tried that and figured the ks would work well together.

taskinillusion
taskinlude
tasking
taskinst
taskebab

I really want to hear what he's got for us this time! However, I really hope that it doesn't end up being a controversial interlude -again- since tasking and taskinst were supposedly plagiarized. There is probably a good reason why they went with taskebab.

That description really isn't any indicator of quality or whether or not you'd like the album, as they normally do this with any new releases in Japan (or anywhere really). However, they probably did work with some top musicians and engineers like they did for Love songs and Rock'n'Roll Circus.

Oh, I know. It just amuses me.

Okay, haha. Just making sure. Somehow since people are able to read a translation of it, they think that for some reason the album should live up to the description even though they do it just about every time she releases an album.

i love that taskebab is a continuing tag <3 someone's god bless this forum~

omg new thread already!!

I legit laughed out loud!

Or that taskebab is an actual name of a dish and taskinkebab isn't...

There's that too. Very interesting that they went with a food-inspired title.

If, in the unlikely event, the song taskebab is not an interlude, kinda want to see Ayu as a chef in a PV (imagining now) LOL

Well, she has served food in PVs before...Beautiful Fighters right? haha, blocking up right now. But Ayu chef...CUTE!

taskebab... makes me hungry ;.;

I seriously don't get that title... It's like the egg thing has come true.

Weirdly, each time I read "taskebab", it reminds me "baobab" more than "kebab" (yeah it's weird :laugh i know lol)

^ lol

I want to listen to this album, like now... lol... going on a road trip and its nothing like an ayu album to make the time fly!

^ I agree. I can't wait for it to be released. As for purchasing it, is there anywhere I can get it that won't take three weeks for it to get here? I pre-ordered JAPONESQUE from YesAsia and it just arrived yesterday (three weeks later) :\

I think taskebab is the most strange song name sisnce the rumour of the "egg" song...xD

LOL some of those song titles are awful, but I don't give a damn as long as I actually enjoy the music! It's not as if she doesn't already have 'strange' titles, but I am really disappointed with the album title, imo it's stupid.

Looking forward to the new Ayu music and I really really hope I won't have a problem with her voice...

the strangest ayu titles have very good music inside! Load of the SHUGYO is amazing, STEP you is one of my favorite Ayu's pop songs, Mirrorcle World is awesome. :)

I'm still wondering if she'll go with the obvious with the title or instead reveal a pseudo-deep meaning from the booklet, album lyrics and videos. Knowing Ayumi it could either be "yay let's party!!!! *no deeper meaning here*" or some statement about the end of her relationship, hope or something completely different.

- -tasuku's cabab? so it is an interlude - -

I wonder what song's getting a PV besides from the four we already know about. Maybe it'll be Party Queen? If not, then maybe Eyes, Smoke, Magic?

^ are you sure there will be more?

I hope Party Queen, it is a great song

I was just thinking, it really does not feel like the old Ayu. Somehow we are livingin another Ayu era now. I think Ayu eras so far have been:
1. 1998-2000 (From the begonning until the definition of her style)
2. 2001 (Creative Peak)
3. 2002-2004 (Searching for new style)
4. 2005-2010 (The Pop Empress establishes, diversity above everything)
5. 2011-?? (Ayu is not a girl, probably her most mature era)

I guess it depends on everyone's feelings. Anyway, i am not going to base my opinions about song titles, I have high hopes for the album and i hope it is not disappointing

^ I agree within 1-3, I would say only that between 05-10 it was some moments like experimentals etc, some "divaish" looks a'la american image, but mostly I can agree with all.

Yes, I am very sure since she said she was filming a new PV tomorrow (today) on Twitter. Unless somehow it's for a new release post-Party Queen?

no no no... lets do a party queen PV please!

Idc for which one she will be filming (hope it's not second ballad though :>) but I am pretty sure it will be Party queen :> I think if she sang it live, so it might be the album promo music video like Microphone/Love song. ("the main one")

:0

I just noticed there is no Party Queen PV, on the track-list lol well I really hope she films a pv for it, the songs would have perfect with Lady Dynamite's pv

YAY!!!!!!!!!! Now my order is decreased to 16448 yen. I LOVE AMAZON! Haha pre order price guarantee is SUCH an amazing thing.

^So?

Did I am..., Duty, Memorial address, GUILTY, (miss)understood, etc. get a PV?

Duty did... kinda. It was for the pinball machine though lol

those were sad days... great songs that deserve great pv's.

EDIT:

I just went and checked and they dropped it even further!
its now 14448!
So i switched... although I am paying about 20.00 in shipping i am still saving myself over 40.00 on totally price!

I'm hoping eyes smoke magic... Sounds like it'll be an awesome song lol

released for pachinko like 10 years after the album, I don't think it counts lol

i remember there was a Panasonic CM in which ayu is a cookie chef?

mhmm, I believe that was the Panasonic CM featuring Bold & Delicious.

you're not alone ;)

Eyes, Smoke, Magic is an interlude:lech

Do you have a source to confirm that ? Or is it just your personal hopes ?^^

hmm i wonder when how beautiful you are PV will be aired on TV since the digital single has been released.

I have a feeling the HBYA PV will come midway between single and album release. Last week of February/First week of March. As a bridge between single and album to start the actual promo.

i wonder why they didnt release the video and song together?

a fanpage on facebook states
so....

I think their guess is as good as any other. Still even if they're right for today's standards 11 new songs is plenty. Considering people release album with 8 songs now days.

That would actually mean 10 new songs, not 11.
Let it be known for the record that I think it's nearly impossible for serenade in A minor to be an instrumental track. lol but we'll see ~

Is this confirmed at least?

So far only the album's title and song titles have been confirmed, not the song order or information about which songs will be interludes and which are not. edit; and which songs get pv's. (I can be wrong on this) :yes

man, i hope we dont have 4 interludes... that would be bad (for me)
but didn't she say that she recorded 12 new songs in the studio in London...
but now thinking about it... two of those songs most likely included party queen and HBYR...

man.. only ten! ah! (but 12 over all?)

Serenade in A Minor suggests it has vocals from the title. But Aria did the same and it ended up being an interlude.

five pvs omg!! can't wait !!!!!!

I hope only three interludes...
taskebab
a cup of tea
Serenade in A minor

I feel like Eyes, Smoke, Magic might be an introduction interlude for the album...

I would think Serenade in A Minor would be a interlude... but she is kinda singing... like.. AaaAaaAaa... or something like that...

Pretty much. There should be 12 songs featuring vocals, though that still doesn't mean some of those won't be interludes like Mirror, Catcher In The Light, not yet... and others.

is it confirmed that there will be additional songs and PVs? I thought the amount of songs and PVs are fixed but not the order of the tracklist yet?

I am very pissed about having 4 interludes in the album... it's not like there's 16 tracks in total... WHAT KIND OF JOKE IS THAT AYU?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I hope not to get 4 interludes,but if we get 4 interludes would be OK.Guys,is an album without any single,we must be pretty happy with 10 BRAND NEW SONGS!!!!!!I don't understand why people are too exigent...
edit:
yay!!RAINBOW initiate

Additional songs. No. A PV seemingly.

I don't know why but I think that "Serenade in A minor" will be something like Curtain Call, XD. This is the song I want to listen the most! XD

I have learned that Ayu's most interesting song titles usually end up being interludes, so I can see some truth in the Facebook fanpage post.

very very true!

that is true

I agree. If there are really 4 interludes, 'Party Queen' will still have 10 new songs (or 9, considering that 'how beautiful you are' was released as a digital single). It's still more new songs than most of her albums...

I just ordered the SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET!!!!!!!!

Four interludes would be the suckiest thing, I swear. I end up being completely ambivalent about most of her interludes, but I honestly feel like they ruin what could be a nicely packed album. *shrug* Maybe I'm missing something in terms of why Ayu would choose to have so many of them on one record but, ugh. All I know is that the interludes on GUILTY really piss me off, with the exception of Marionette's intro. The others are completely useless.

But tbh if this ends up being true I'll just cope, like I usually do.

Guh, I want Eyes, Smoke, Magic to be a full-length track, not an interlude. I guess only time will tell if it is one or not, but I do agree with the people saying that her most interesting song titles are usually interludes :( Booo!

You could order it from YesAsia and then download the album when it leaks so you don't have to wait for the actual CD to arrive :)

MTE... it always ends up like that....

When I order from CD Japan and use EMS shipping I usually get my CD on the day of release or the day after. CDJ usually ships a few days early and EMS is very fast :yes. But I also live in the US and it'll depend where it's being shipped to.

Really? I thought Mirror and The Judgement Day were amazing.

most of her interludes are rather good, i think. But getting 4 is a bit much...
Gone are the days when she had 15 tracks and an INTRODUCTION and interlude.

Lol, the intro for Marionette is probably the most useless and unnecessary interlude of her career...

And interludes, any other album and four would be too much. But come on people, we are getting a COMPLETELY brand-spankin' NEW FULL STUDIO ALBUM!! That is virtually unheard of! I am happy enough just for that and like it was mentioned, if there were four interludes then that would leave 10 new tracks (including Party queen and Hbya).

4 interludes :thud
how. I. do. not. approve...

Love a good interlude! Wouldn't be an Ayumi album without them so I look forward to hearing them! Though I do quite like it when she has 16 tracks on her albums, 4 being interludes.

mi|kshake~

I think a hidden track is a (very unlikely) possibility. Though it could end up being Happening Here or something.

^ or a remix, or a solo ver of a duet song from FIVE. That IS possible.

I still don't think that "fanpage" is a reliable information source, but I guess, 4 interludes is a standard. I hope one of them will be a vocal intro. Maybe if she recorded 12 tracks, it might that 2 of them will have vocals (even a soflty whispering or nanana)

DAMN IT i was really looking forward to a cup of tea, i was envisioning something like sweet season :weep

interludes, especially the good ones sometimes frustrate me cause i can't help but imagine how great they would be as a full song.

I think three is usually her standard. We only got four during GUILTY and NEXT LEVEL. I remember a lot of people were expecting Rock'n'Roll Circus to have more than three, but it turned out that count down was a real song, haha. Is this the first time they've revealed a tracklist before putting it in order? As far as I remember, we usually got it in the correct order when it was first released. I still think that the 'A/a' thing might be a hint to the other interludes that go with taskebab.

Also... fun fact! Ayu's new back up singer (Yumi Kawamura) is the vocalist for the Persona 3 soundtrack and was also a backing vocalist on BRILLANTE.

but is this even a confirmed information or a just a fanpage suggestion?

I like having interludes, and I dont mind if all of those songs are interludes.

It seems fairly standard.

10 new tracks, 4 interludes. If she had had singles, it would be 6 new songs, 4 single songs, 4 interludes.

I do not need 4 interludes, they're not full songs :(
why do I need them?

it's obvious taskebab is interlude, lol, but 2 is surely enough. or even one. just start an album with a good song and the problem is solved :D

OMFG YUMI KAWAMURA????? She is so great, I love her songs for the Persona series , really amazing!!