Please help me. ASAP!!
 

Ok!! I want everybody's opinion or advice..
Tomorrow, my aunt is gonna give me a post-birthday present and I ask for an ayumi hamasaki cd. Since I only have one ayu album, i thought I want the Complete clip box with an album or a dvd concert. So what best DVD concert can you recommend me?? I really want the complete clip box but is it worthy? I want an album but I also want a DVD concert.. So what should I choose? please I need your advice ASAP!
Thank you very much for your help!!

Well for one thing, the complete clip box is no longer in print and like many others here, I would definitely discourage the purchase of bootlegs. So honestly you might not want to get that unless your aunt is good with online auction sites.

As far as DVD concerts go, Arena Tour 2005 and Dome Tour 2001 are generally considered by fans to be two of her best shows, but I'd recommend looking at tracklists & screenshots to see which one appeals to you personally.

As for the album, Duty and (miss)understood are very good, polished-up pop albums, but if more emotional, raw music with lots of varying styles is more your taste, either I am... or Secret would be best.

But if you REALLY want lots of music videos, a concert, and alot of ayu's best songs, then A BEST 2 -BLACK- and A BEST 2 -WHITE- in combination would really be a good purchase for you.

Clip box is still available in CDJapan but now I changed my mind.. I'm not gonna get that anymore. I prefer one DVD concert and two albums.. I looked the screencaps and Arena Tour 2005 MY STORY is appealing to me because it has 2 CDs..Well, I'll choose that..
For albums (m)u is not really appealing to me and I only like very few songs so I choose LOVEppears and RAINBOW... But I also love I am.. and Memorial Address.. huhuh.. God this is killing me...
A friend of mine lend me her A BEST 2 White and Black and it's great but I don't consider that as of now...
Well Thank you very much for reply... I will think about what you say over night...Mwuahh

I have the Complete Clip Box and it's great, but yeah it's very difficult to find and usually will cost you a fortune. Arena Tour 2005 was amazing, with great vocals and wonderful theatrics. I totally recommend that DVD if it's going to be your first. The funny clips on the second disc are great too, but you'd only enjoy it probably if you understood Japanese. I Am... is a great album! I totally recommend that one. LOVEppears and Rainbow are good too.

I recommend these :

A BEST II BLACK
A BEST II WHITE
A COMPLETE
Arena Tour 2005 DVD
Secret
I am...
Rainbow

:yes

Dont get Asia Tour 07 is all I'm saying
very disappointing dvd

Nuuuuu get the complete clip box.
It's such a must. An amazing collection of videos on there. Expensive yeh, but so worth it o_o

Personally, my favorite concert is Arena Tour 2006 ~(miss)understood~

Great albums are definite I am..., RAINBOW and (miss)understood


But I agree with what's been said above.

If you want some of her greatest songs, music videos AND concerts.

A BEST II both versions are great!

BTW just dl the recent PV torrents instead of buying complete clip box lol. They're even subbed

Was AT07 that bad ? :( i thought it was the best concert DVD after all the arena tours..

^ The way the DVD was set up turned off a lot of people.

I'd recommend AT 2005 if you want a concert, and either Duty, I am... or (miss)understood for albums.

Dvd: Pick Arena Tour 2005 (MY STORY) or Tour of Secret.... those ones were too perfect!

CD: I will go with (miss) understood or MYSTORY.. But you have to pick your CD which have the most of your favorite songs! (for me is that missunderstood)

My choice for DVD concert is ARENA TOUR 2006 (miss) understood, the only concert I purchased on DVD so far.

If you want an audio album I would recommend (miss)understood or A BEST II, large compilation album of 31 songs and DVDs of the PVs and Best of CDL 06-07

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVBD-91181
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Well I find it so heavily edited almost EVERY performance seems lip synched/fake. And the documentary setup takes away the concert-feeling and turns it into a collection of videoclips. It's my least fav DVD. :/

I recommend ARENA TOUR 2005 and 2006.. they are just wonderful!!

thanks to all of you...
many of you really recommend the AT2005 and I include that with DOME TOUR 2001..
Actually, my first real choice was Complete clip box because I can't afford it myself so I want to ask it from my aunt BUT....I want the best concert DVD..and probably I can enjoy the Live performances...
With the album still, I can't decide!!! My aunt's gonna call any moment later...hhuuhuh..

Well, the clip box isn't a concert, so if you want a concert, that's totally not what you want. A lot of people may say otherwise, but on of my favorite Ayu concerts was CDL07-08, so I'mma be an individual and recommend that one.

No wai are you serious O_O !!!!!!







But seriously that doesn't matter it still ruins it

Woops, I was thinking of the Complete Live Box, but I have the Clip Box too.

LacusClyne's not the only 1 that skipped it , I do also because I frankly can't be bothered with watching the documentaries but I agree with you that it's annoying that they put the concerts & documentaries together

they should have separated it out

anyway ...

have you considered to get A COMPLETE if you want all of her hits since her debut

Thanks guys for your suggestion.. I chose Arena Tour 2005 and DOME Tour 2001 and i chose Memorial Address (CD+DVD) for an album.. I don't know why i chose this album.. hehehe. Thanks a lot guys for your help...

Nope. Because If I get this I can't have AT2005..;)
Again.. thank you very much.. You've been most helpful!!!

^ AT05 is great, and memorial address is love <3
hope you'll love AT05

the bonus dvd is just hilarious :roflmao

really?? thanks!!! Surely i will love AT05.. though I can't understand Japanese well, just looking to ayu's expressions, I can laugh!!:D

DEFINITELY good choices.... Memorial address is one of the few CDs where I don't skip any tracks, and all the videos are great. And AT 05 is absolutely one of her best tour dvd releases ever. Good job! :)

lol it's ok! you don't really need to understand to laugh along~ it's just the little back stage things that's hilarious, but if you really want and need to understand, secsecae had uploaded videos of what happens in the bonus disc with english subtitles
http://secsecae.multiply.com/journal/item/3

Oh.. thank you. I'm gonna check that!!!

Fantastic choices rusuke. I was going to suggest AT05 but you already bought it. Hope you have a great time relishing the concerts.

thanks!!! Actually, i still don't have the goods. they are still in my aunt's and she's in the US and I dunno when she'll gonna send me those... And I'm dying to see them personally...I'm so excited and I just can't hide it!!!:ybiggrin

I recommend you SECRET CD + DVD

So i wasn't the only one who noticed the dreadful lip sync like sound for Asia Tour 2007 right? I just watche dit this weekend, skipped over the doc and I hated the disconnected feel but the sound was the worse! No 5.1 mix either.