HEAVEN cover!
 

I've just opened my mail box and I saw an email from avex. This is heaven cover. I kinda like it.

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/4725/heaven8qo.jpg

^_^
lol
i got first
thx

Wow! First to reply. XD It looks very simple and it reminds me of the "a song is born" CD cover. I quite like it too. ^^

omg ... looks so elegant ~~~
im definitely buying thiss !!!
anyway ... how did AVEX mail that to you ?
team ayu members ?

It's an email with the releases. I'll paste the picture.
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8172/ayumi4ip.jpg

woooT ^^
did u suscribe to it ?

Best single cover of the year! It's simple and way better than all the covers coming out since MY STORY.

[EDIT] I'll subscribe too :) Thanks!

Yes, I've subscribed. =D Go to avex and create an account. It's free and you receive a lot of news.

high quality please?

^^ but
dont u need a Japanese number and etc .. i cant read ajpanese
so i dont know how to suscribe :(

if you willing to tell me how that will be great :)

Nice :yes I love plainness :shughug Obrigado amigo :)

OMG!!! I absolutely love it! I can't believe how amazing it is! It's 10000000 times better than MY STORY, STEP you/is this LOVE? and fairyland.

Simple. Fresh. Wonderful. I love it when Ayu's cover are nice and simple. I really hope this is the real cover.

You don't need a number hahahah =] go to avex and click in a picture like this: http://cavex.avexnet.or.jp/media/Ima...on_touroku.gif

I want a HQ too!! hahahah

De nada -Link- :D

^^ where do i go next after that ..
coz that takes me to point club :(

can't see ,can any body help me?

jasjasss I'll make a tutorial hahah and send you a PM. I thought about posting here but this thread is about heaven's new cover. Wait a sec. :)

Here we go:

You just have to know some basic Japanese.

lols orry ... btw
i love the new heaven cover .. its so good ...
americanised yet nice ~~ elegant =) i hope this will has a good sales ~

whoaaaa... I luv it ,,, the most pretty in the last 2 years ,,,

yeah,i see ,quite different from before,it's simple ,i like it

hrm...i guess it's ok. i think i would like it 20x more if it were not a profile shot...maybe if it were straight on but only half her face, that woudl be cool. its ok though, i might like it more when i see it larger. :)

^^ That would be exactly like "A Song is born" cover.

oh. :thud

you're right. haha!

i retract my former statement then. :headache

Wow~!!
I love the cover so much!
It's plain,but absolutely gorgeous~!!
Simple is beauty~

Simple = good. Fantastic. :thumbsup

OMG! It looks okay but I was exspecting something alot diffrent...
Wow it's so simple... ^_^

Wow, I expected something REALLY fancy lol so I was quite surprised by this. It's simple like something Hikaru Utada would release. Can't wait to see a larger photo~

it's ok. simple and...simple :P

exactly the same here! i was very surprised! :yes

I like it, very artistic.

thanks for pic!!!
Very simply cover but beautiful!!

Very cool. I like the plainess of it. Sorta reminds me of that wine ((or champagne O.o?)) commercial she did last year for Christmas. Elegant~

I think it's beautiful, thanks for posting ^_^

When I first saw it, I couldn't believe it. Ayumi's been pretty out there with the covers lately. This one reminds me of her 1999 days.

OMG, it's PERFECT!! Thanks a lot for the news!

Yes, that's what I thought when I first saw it.

verry plain~ I thought it'd be little more fancy than that~ I still like it though~ :)

Cool. Thank you.

too simple for my tastes.

i think this is simple but CLASSY AND BEAUTIFUL! i really like it becoz she's not trying to sell by a sexy cover. :) MUST be a good song.

I like! It's simple and classy!

It looks very common but has a deep meaning for me ;) Thanks for sharing with us

really simple and elegant! i like it a lot! :]

oh I like it!! it's so clean...beautiful...simple...less is more

I don't like the cover. IMO it's not a good kind of simple.

Oh I really like this cover. :)

yeah, i'm not that crazy about it either. maybe when we have a larger look at it, it'll look better. it'd be awesome if there was a tear rolling down her cheek (even if she has done that LOTS of times). its a signature ayumi thing...so i was hoping it might be there...hidden away in that tiny pic...haha! then i'd love it.

Simple and Beautiful :D

I think it's really beautiful and a lot more artistic than last year's. It's, like mentioned earlier, classy, simple and beautiful. Personally I like it, but it was really a big surprise.

Mmm...I don't think I'm too crazy about it. IMO, this would've been a good cover for CAROLS last year, with the black and white theme. I was expecting something really elegant in the flashy sense, and am now disappointed. Oh well.

Lol, I like flashy. :yes

Looks great! Thanks for posting it.

i can't even really tell if it's her, but i'll give it the benefit of the doubt. i'm not all too fond of it, but all her recent covers wern' the greatest in her career. what's going on with the cd+dvd version, isn't it suppost to have a differn't cover? anyhow, thanks for the pic.

She's only had one single with a different cover for CD+DVD so I kinda doubt she'll do it again.

Her last few covers have been bright (or... LOUD) so I guess it's good for a change. I like it. And it is kina like a song is born, but it's better 'cause Keiko isn't in it.

So simple! I love it! :D :D :D

looks pretty good, thanks for the pic :)

plain and simple; i like it :D
ayu has nice profile :P

The tear is very cliché. A bit overused, to be honest. This is a great usage of simplicity. Finally a design that actually LOOKS good *coughArena05DVDcough*.

*yawn*
HORRIBLE!

Care to share why, freddiecheddar?

the cover looks fine. but it feels as if there should be a little more on it.

Horrible? Why?

This must be one of Ayu's best cover since a very very very long time.

asongforXX knows it's good, because she's an awesome designer. :yes

nice cover...plain and simple... :yes

oh, i'll admit its a bit cliche...but hey, it really works for me! haha! i like sad ayu, don't ask me why. :D

sweet i love the new cover ! very nice and simple, a must buy! ^__^

//hikari, i actually think she will, i doubt avex would do a one time only thing with such a promotional aspect as differn't covers. kind of like when all the remix albums came to hault to end in rmxworks (who knows if it'll continue), the dvd being available with the cds, and now having differing covers, i think it's inevitable that it's going to be her way of putting things out, along with numerous avex artists, i could be wrong though.

also at cdjapan: "Sung by Ayumi Hamasaki and written by Kazuhito Kikuchi. Also includes remix(es), expected. Comes with a DVD containing a video clip to "HEAVEN," and more (expected). *Sleeve cover artwork is different from the CD-Only edition (AVCD-30843). *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles."

OMG IT'S GORGEOUS!!! I'M GOING STRAIGHT HOME AND PREORDERING IT. It's very DAREKANO NEGAI GA KANAU KOROesque. I absolutely LOVE it!!!!!

it's cute and pretty elegant :P

Mediocre. There's nothing exceptional to the cover that would make it one of the best covers ever. It's actually possible to be simple with a lot more creativity. I don't dislike the cover though, just don't think it's anything particularly surprising at all. It's just a sillhoute of her face that doesn't even really resemble her at all. :laugh Not that I care much though, it's nothing bad and hopefully the song will rock ;)

How can she not resemble herself?

I think this cover is an improvement over her more recent single CD covers (at least she's not wearing a lot of makeup).

I'm confused about that too. Her nose is pretty distinguished.

Cool

If there was no mention for that to be HEAVEN's cover nor the name HEAVEN, I doubt people would tell that is ayu. (LOL Just a joke but this is the cover she's wearing the most makeup! Her face is all black, she just got a coal shower :laugh) But yep, i agree they've been focusing too much in ayu's make up lately, at least this is different.
I'm not saying nonsense though, since I don't seem to be the only one who thinks you can hardly tell that is ayu.

xD;; wow its very different from her other covers^^ i like it

Because it's just so bland ... we have a whole range of vibrant, interesting and diverse cover images like &, forgiveness, Moments, INSPIRE and CAROLS which are just amazing, and then this hits us. It's just white, and has half her face on. Now this may be key to Ayumi's ideas and wishes for her imagery and creativity, but it just doesn't work for me. It's too similar to A Song is born (which I dislike with a passion), is totally sparse and bears no relation to the movie - it's the theme tune so you would have expected her to take on some of the ideas of that, maybe even dressing up (similar to Joan of Arc / Free & Easy theme) for it.

plus; i was expecting some purple in the cover too. heh

So was I. o.o; I still like it very much though. The picture isn't so busy; just plain and simple. :3

Well, do you want a single with a theme of love and simplicity of one's feelings to have a busy, flashy cover? :o It gives off the sense that this single is going to be peaceful, and etc. ;O lol Perhaps it's because it released 3 days after Sept. 11 :D

ugh. I dunno what I'm saying. lol

Zeo

i was expecting a lot of blue :P...this is nice :) MAybe to show the light and dark side of HEAVEN perhaps? O.o

I don't like it much either.. hopefully when we see a bigger picture.. it will look better to us all.

thanks for the pic

simple but it's stil beautiful!~ ^^ i liek this one aside from the step you cover. ^^

Yep, I got the same e-mail from Avex. :) I really love the cover. Can't wait to see a bigger version.

aww i was expecting better...but itz cool..i guess

I like it. It's not my favorite, but I like the simplicity, especially since her last few covers have been loud and busy. Can't wait to see a bigger version!

Thanks for the pic:)

I like it
a little bit special compare with last few singles :)

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/mail/050824_NR/mumo.jpg

the alternate cover, for the dvd i'm guessing. i'm not sure if this was posted before, but just in case.

Ooh, thank you! Both covers are nice... :yes

or actually it could be a promo? but i'm not sure, ahh welll, a picture it is :/

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/mail/050824_NR/mumo.jpg

is this another version of cover??? maybe CD or CD+DVD

Just like fairyland, HEAVEN is supposed to come with 2 different covers, so it most likely is an alternate cover.

it's very pretty, but i expected more of a blueish tinge, or just more blue... that, or something that represented HEAVEN, such as her in the center, and glowing such as an angel would... but it's simple. nice, but a tad too simple. shows some emotion.

It's really simple and clean which isn't bad but I like more color to my covers. It's still definitely top notched though... reminds me of "A Best" for some reason... such loneliness in it. I really REALLY like the one where she is looking up though. That one is just BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE IT! I really hope that's the CD+DVD version, because that's the one I plan to get.