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truehappiness 17th December 2012 01:14 AM

'A Classical' album out January 8th, 3rd of five 15th anniversary releases [II]
 
Just to clear up some weird misconceptions:
- the songs are newly rearranged, there won't be old AO / Orchestra versions on here
- the cover is not an edited version of LOVE, it's a hand-drawn replica (and I personally prefer it over the 'actual' MY STORY Classical cover which was an edited MY STORY cover image)
- the majority of the songs were chosen by TA in a poll that asked them what their favorite song (ONLY ONE SONG) was, they did not know it was for a classical album, so if the tracklist looks/seems boring, it's because it's all of the Japanese fans' favorite tracks. It seems people were surprised that MY ALL did not make it because that is a pretty big song for the Japanese.

Cover + inside pictures


Tracklist
Spoiler:
Quote:

Originally Posted by Foyuki (Post 2958711)

Days
http://a.ppsrc.com/2013/0102/23/b9vJ...pErUSAhTvy.mp3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luna62 (Post 2957778)
Song 4 u Classical
http://t.cn/zj8IPm0

Dearest Classical
http://t.cn/zj8IPml

http://www.mediafire.com/?v83ao1f8x28n80v
M from HitFM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luna62 (Post 2955666)

1-1(4:31) M
1-2(4:19) Love song
1-3(4:20) SEASONS
1-4(5:30) You & Me
1-5(4:29) BLUE BIRD
1-6(5:10) Days
1-7(5:12) Voyage
1-8(3:51) Song 4 u
1-9(5:01) Missing
1-10(5:26) Dearest

Translated by Misa-chan, posted on her blog

A classical album produced by Mr Yamashita Kousuke!
The 7 most popular songs chosen by fans in a fanclub poll, plus 2012 new songs “You&Me”, “Song 4 u” and “Missing”, arranged in classical style and performed by a full orchestra!

Famed composer Mr. Yamashita Kousuke leads a group of young arrangers to fully rearrange all tracks! These various “all-time best” tracks have been delicately rearranged to retain the goodness of the original track and add on more layers! Furthermore, all recordings were done live so one can feel every sound, something which is precious to hear in this era.
Featured on the jacket cover, is an illustration done by Mr Uki, an upcoming illustrator who has been featured on Mr. Murakami Takashi’s Kaikaikiki and Japan’s largest SNS “pixiv”‘s galleries, and has taken part in Google+’s illustration project! First-press copies come with a gift of the jacket illustration in poster form!

A combination of mainstream pop music and art, this is the birth of a timeless and beloved release!!

01.M
02.Love song
03.SEASONS
04.You & Me
05.BLUE BIRD
06.Days
07.Voyage
08.Song 4 u
09.Missing
10.Dearest


First press bonuses
Spoiler:
First press copies of A Classical will get a poster featuring the illustration used on the cover and a serial number card that is used with the other four cards to get a special gift. (It is unknown what the gift will be)

Gift for mu-mo buyers: Original Bracelet
http://i.imgur.com/D2Fwg.jpg

Gift for TeamAyu buyers: Original Necklace
http://i.imgur.com/Aek8Y.jpg


Preorder links
CDJapan | YesAsia | HMV | Amazon.co.jp

Related links
NEW ALBUM『A CLASSICAL』out 2013.1.8
A Classical cover and tracklist

TeamAyu2004 17th December 2012 01:26 AM

NEW THREAD!!
YAY, lol.

microphone 17th December 2012 01:26 AM

You & Me is going to be interesting, I bet. I'm personally excited for Dearest, Song 4 u, SEASONS and Voyage.

freedreamer 17th December 2012 01:42 AM

the cover is really beautiful hand-drawn really :)

TeamAyu2004 17th December 2012 01:46 AM

I like the cover, but I just didnt want something like that as the cover, lol.
at this point I dont think i care very much either or, lol.

Delicious n Bold 17th December 2012 02:27 AM

Someone FINALLY made a new thread
Tbh I was laughing inside cuz it wasnt made
'Nobody wants the thread to be made' thoughts danced like sugar plums in my head.

~kashifaita~ 17th December 2012 04:25 AM

Now that I actually think about it, it'd be really cool if that Mr. Uki guy drew all of the single covers that belong to each of the songs on the tracklist for the album booklet!
I'd personally love to see a drawn M, Dearest and the GREEN/Days covers ^^.

I'm probably hoping for too much though......

Kazeyomi 17th December 2012 04:29 AM

^
that would be great :yes

But I think we will have a two pages booklet or something lol.

tokyoxjapanxfan 17th December 2012 04:43 AM

omg, the HQ cover is gorgeous. How do people draw like that?! Magic.

happiholic★ 17th December 2012 07:42 AM

I wonder if the poll question had been asked differently, or if voters knew what was going on, would the results be different?

~StarCatcher~ 17th December 2012 07:51 AM

I'm really excited for You & Me and Love Song

And of course I am happy to get my 3rd of 5 code cards♥

AyUmIXx 17th December 2012 07:53 AM

hopefully the booklet will have different pics.

kendelle 17th December 2012 07:55 AM

Hmm, I don't really like that as the cover. Granted, it's an amazing drawing, I just prefer the simplistic cover of MS Classical so I was expecting something similar for this release.

The song list being live will be super interesting, I am looking forward to hearing it :)

C+R+E+AYUMI 17th December 2012 09:03 AM

like the hand.draw concept but she could use another pic

~StarCatcher~ 17th December 2012 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C+R+E+AYUMI (Post 2948796)
like the hand.draw concept but she could use another pic

Yes yes yes

I love that hand drawn style a lot, but exactly the same pic???wtf

Yoake 17th December 2012 09:10 AM

^It's only my view but I think the drawing had been created before Ayu decided to use it as a cover. She only saw it on the web & say I want it.

~StarCatcher~ 17th December 2012 09:12 AM

^Could be possible, but I like it anyway:)

koumori 17th December 2012 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoake (Post 2948800)
^It's only my view but I think the drawing had been created before Ayu decided to use it as a cover. She only saw it on the web & say I want it.

They could of commissioned a different picture.

But oh well.

tokyoxjapanxfan 17th December 2012 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happiholic★ (Post 2948779)
I wonder if the poll question had been asked differently, or if voters knew what was going on, would the results be different?

I think evolution might have been one of the songs voted in had people known, mostly because of the taste we all got from the tour of secret. Actually, I'm surprised it's not there to begin with lol.

TeamAyu2004 17th December 2012 02:47 PM

I still think JEWEL and evolution where voted for, but where taken out because of the new songs... maybe even surreal or MW as the 3rd.


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