New Album TROUBLE on August 15th ~IV~
 

ayumi hamasaki new album
https://i.imgur.com/kLCVwaW.png
2018.08.15 on stores

Type A CD Only (AVCD-93965) ¥1,944

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CD:
01. We are the QUEENS
02. æternal
03. WORDS
04. W
05. The way I am

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Type B CD Only (AVCD-93965) ¥1,944

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CD:
01. The way I am
02. W
03. WORDS
04. æternal
05. We are the QUEENS


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Type A + DVD + GOODS (AVC1-93967/B) ¥9,288
Type A + Blu-Ray + GOODS (AVC1-93969/B) ¥10,368

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★ mu-mo shop Limited edition
★ Luxury BOX specification
★ both CD and DVD/Blu-Ray digipack specifications
★ Original photo card enclosed
★ Tour logo rubber key ring

CD:
01. We are the QUEENS
02. æternal
03. WORDS
04. W
05. The way I am

DVD/Blu-Ray: ayumi hamasaki Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017 2017.7.17 Osaka-Jo Hall
01. ourselves
02. WARNING
03. NEVER EVER
04. Because of You
05. Pieces of SEVEN
06. Virgin Road
07. Distant Memories
08. my name's WOMEN
09. appears
10. RED & BLUE
11. Fly high
12. UNITE!
13. talkin' 2 myself
14. Mirrorcle World
15. Voyage
16. Movin' on without you
17. You & Me
18. SURREAL ~ evolution ~ SURREAL
19. Boys & Girls
20. Who...
21. Love song

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Type B + DVD + GOODS (AVC1-93968/B) ¥9,288
Type B + Blu-Ray + GOODS (AVC1-93970/B) ¥10,368

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★ mu-mo shop Limited edition
★ Luxury BOX specification
★ both CD and DVD/Blu-Ray digipack specifications
★ Original photo card enclosed
★ Signed (Print) Heart Shaped Clear Keychain

CD:
01. The way I am
02. W
03. WORDS
04. æternal
05. We are the QUEENS

DVD/Blu-Ray: ayumi hamasaki Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017 2018.2.20 Okinawa Convention Center
01. I am...
02. Moments
03. A song for ××
04. RED & BLUE
05. Shake It♥
06. STEP you
07. Memorial address
08. Last minute
09. Pieces of SEVEN
10. Bold & Delicious
11. progress
12. FLOWER
13. ourselves
14. Ivy
15. Feel the love ~ XOXO ~ Lelio ~ You & Me ~ AUDIENCE
16. Boys & Girls
17. Love song
18. SEVEN DAYS WAR





[TeamAyu original 2 form simultaneous purchase set]
Vinyl slide pouch (1 piece)
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<Size> about 182 mm × about 128 mm
<Material> PVC

[TeamAyu / mu - mo shop original 2 form simultaneous purchase set]
Extra large postcard (2L size) (1 sheet)
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SONGS INFO:
01. We are the QUEENS [5:00]
words: Ayumi Hamasaki
music: Kazuhiro Hara
arrangement: Yuta Nakano
listen | translation

02. æternal [4:40]
words: Ayumi Hamasaki
music: Toru Watanabe
arrangement: Takehito Shimizu & Atsushi Sato
listen | translation

03. WORDS [5:06]
words: Ayumi Hamasaki
music: Mayuko Maruyama
arrangement: Takehito Shimizu & Atsushi Sato
listen | translation

04. W [3:26]
words: Ayumi Hamasaki
music: Kazuhiro Hara
arrangement: tasuku
listen | translation

05. The way I am [4:27]
words: Ayumi Hamasaki
music: Tetsuya Yukumi
arrangement: Yuta Nakano
listen | translation



LINKS

TROUBLE CD only type B packaging

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5841823692

So there's no CD booklet but instead postcard sized like shots and each of the postcard sized like images behind have the 5 songs' credits separately

Interesting :O

Are those postcard pictures different for A and B version?

For now I don't know cos the Baidu user only bought the CD B version , he/she didn't bought both CD versions

Regarding the CD A version , the disc is black colour & not white

https://s15.postimg.cc/7zd9k5pi3/i-i...cwsf582734.jpg

TROUBLE both CD + Blu-ray packaging photos



Also the packaging of the CD only is digipak which I think it's the 1st press aspect of the release ?



All photos are from Yahoo Japan Auctions

they both look soo well done

The digipak only exists in the limited box.

Ahh. Wouldn't be an avex video if there weren't typos. "Calsh of Queens"

So I'm guessing the box set includes photo cards from both jacket A and jacket B, regardless which version you buy?

Yeah I tried a different card and it went through. It's weird though, bc mumo used to accept my card without any problem in the past :(

https://www.uta-net.com/user/writer/...5&ident=utanet

Ayumi Hamasaki, who celebrates her 20th anniversary, released a new album "TROUBLE" on 15th August 2018. The title of this work is a word expressing [Difficulty], [Confusion] and [Suffering]. And recorded songs have theme of Yin and Yang polarities, such as strength and weakness, love and loneliness, hope and despair.

that's all that I can translate from whole text ) Well, I made a half, but so not sure how accurate it is

The edit of the chapter 3 looks terrible! I don't know how to explain, but looks very amateur with long seconds with the same camera and awful angles... Really sad.

Actually, I see an specific direction of editing. In some angles, it emulates fan recording, with the crowd perspective. I guess it's a clever way to film a hall show like that, to show how close she was.

I’m dying lol.

The Okinawa concert looks like it was a great show! :luv2

Ah, I'm not the only one who is bothered by the way they filmed it, but not only chapter 3, I was bothered by the first chapter too, I don't care about the crowd or the dancers, just give me close-ups of Ayu for god's sake! It's like they filmed everything but Ayu herself.

This may be only about chapter 3. I've seen ourselves and warning clip from chapter 1 and there are plenty of fantastic shots with Ayu.
Here: (poor quality, still anticipating proper rips)
http://www.miaopai.com/u/paike_ozvvtybn80

The packaging looks great! I really love the back cover with the necklace and her thumb on it. Reminds me of LOVEppears booklet. :)

Maybe its your bank? I tried to order something from rocket express (Japanese goods for Kana Nishino) and they did a pre-authorized debit of 1 cent. My bank flagged it and denied them the sale and put a hold on my credit card. I sorted it out with my bank but rocket would no longer accept that card so I had to switch to a different one.

LAWD....................

To me it's the sound editing. Everything sounds a mess. Her voice, the arrangements, nothing seems "live". Chapter's 1 otherwise impressed me, everything was pleasing to listen to, even tho she sounded like losing her voice during the "la-la-lai"s in WARNING.

For me I’m the opposite for the first time ever hahaha! I was there so I keep wanting to see me on the DVD 😂

I'm watching Memorial address and the video is clearly out of sync. I guess the trouble (haha) is on the uploader, not on the original source. I mean, probably the lack of synchronization enhances this feeling.

Oh, you mean the video teaser uploaded by ayu channel? I didn't feel it in there either.

You have pretty low standarts for vocals if those doesn't sound live :P

I'm kind of annoyed that for some reason that video doesn't show up on my Youtube subscriptions. I saw some of the songs from Chapter 3 that were released in the lower quality, and they were kind of underwhelming for me after I had been looking forward to seeing this tour for so long. Maybe it was the smaller stage that made everything look cramped, or her hoarseness, but I wasn't loving them. I feel like that tour must have been very hectic though, having to rehearse for the 3 different setlists, then going back to do the Chapter 2 concert again right near the end, so it's understandable. They do look much better in this edit, at least the audio is improved.

I'm not crazy either about how they chose to do the camera, I get what they were trying to do (I think), but it's not my favorite. Either way I don't want to judge too much before actually seeing both concerts in full, especially since I have changed my opinion about concerts in the past.

The packaging on all the album versions looks so great and professional!

lol same! I literally found the video putting "ayumi hamasaki" "videos uploaded today" and I thought some fan made a digest but then I saw "Ayu" "Uploaded 25 min ago" and I was like WTF?

For me I’m the opposite for the first time ever hahaha! I was there so I keep wanting to see me on the DVD 😂

i like this shot!
the box set doesn't have this shot, only cd only i guess

I also didn't get any notification and the new video did not show up in my subscriptions either.:confused

I feel like this release would have been better received if it were like SIXXXXXX and had been released after a recent full album because the tracks are all decent but it feels short after two years without an album.
I also feel as though the clips posted online from JTB suffer because we've just had a good vocal live from Music Fair so JTB seems bad in comparison?

I have the B cover and its the same back for it. Though they all get photo cards, i think the box set gets actual cards while the cd only is just the booklet done as card like things, with a card for each song lyrics, and picture on the other side. Though im not a fan of one picture. The rest are so clear and ones done out of focus which kind of looks like a dud photo compared to the rest, but its still a nice picture :)

Im going to order my copy, CD only but then I had a hard time deciding between Jacket A and B? any opinion? which one you guys love the most? xD

Maybe you can refer to this poll:
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124230

I am a big fan of those postcards though I guess I'd have to see them myself to know what I really think... I really was not planning on buying this release but now I don't know...

Are these postcard-things only in the box, not the CD only version? I'm still so confused over what everything contains, hehe

I am such a sucker for digests! There used to be a lot more of them but thanks to I'm guessing avex, they've been taken off of YT :/

These 2 A logo designs found at the postcard back of TROUBLE are interesting



http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5844113301

The Baidu user wrote that if there's any significance surrounding the 2 logos , design wise

I think only the box sets include the postcards , the 2 regular CD only versions don't

Also packaging wise , only the CD that's included in the box set , it's digipak , the 2 regular CD only versions come in a standard CD casing

avex Taiwan has been given the license to make both CD + DVDs versions of TROUBLE . I will be very surprised if they'll be able to make the box set but we'll see

Thanks for posting this!

That's codes for AR photo frame. How to use it http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread...66#post3282666
If you scan one of those logos through "CP Clicker" app, you can add A logo or "trouble ayumi hamasaki" to your photo

Oh wow that's a really cool idea :O

Design-wise, it looks like there's number 4 inside the first logo and 5 in the second one

Yeap~ it's numbers inside the a logo. Total of 5 cards for the app

thank you

https://imgur.com/a/EhiYuwy

Saw this from Taiwan Ayu Fan Club. So there are more tracks releasing now.

Its vocal tracks and instrumental, hope someone will extract it... altho we do subscribe to streaming service.

I would love it if they released those. It would be nice if she actually re-recorded the songs specifically for acapella, like she did with The way I am for the Line Live, but I doubt that's the case.

its on Spotify :)

^ Thank you! I didn't even think to check before!

unfortunate only for æternal

Thanks for the clarification! Fingers crossed for Taiwan version!

For now, at least. Spotify says the album consists of 15 songs but only three are available :P Maybe they will add them later, like with MIJ? Hopefully, it won't take as long, hehe.

Same for apple music in germany...
Sad, actually it seems like there's nothing for WatQ, hm?

I wonder why avex didn't include the instrumental and acapella into the mini in the first place. Or perhaps it will look more like a maxi single with all the instrumentals?

And when fans get to know the 20 tracks are actually 5 songs only, they might be pissed off even more lol

Impressed that they put the acapella version up, what a strategy this time Avex haha, can you please make Ayu does after this

Spotify still put Trouble under the single column *facepalam* and the Instumental/Acapella under Album column,

avex Taiwan will release both CD + DVDs of TROUBLE on 31st Aug

For now there're no further details on what the DVD footages will contain and likewise if there will be any external bonus items avex Taiwan will include that avex Japan did not gave out

I'm still waiting for this release but quite annoyed that avex Taiwan says nothing about the DVD content until now.

Yeah in recent years avex Taiwan has been very sloppy if not slow in putting out Taiwan releases :x

The worst so far is V6 where avex Taiwan took over 3 months to release their The ONES DVD in Taiwan and also their The ONES album also was delayed several times due to production issues -_-

I miss the days when avex Taiwan would release their artistes' material 2 days in Taiwan right after they get released in Japan . So far Sony Taiwan is the only 1 doing that

The rest like Forward Music Taiwan takes over a month to do so D:

Anyway for me it's better to wait than not having a release get a Taiwan press so :s

I got today my cd jacket a copy and I like the postcards but the material is more like paper. Not a fan of W and my favorite song is aeternal.

Hi guys. Negative Nancy here. Haven’t posted in like six months lol. Saw the mini-album on Spotify. Gave it a try and gave up by W lol. Not much else for me to say.

pretty sure for spotify it just depends on the number of tracks haha

Promotion at Shibuya station is already gone.



I really had to laugh. :laugh Best intoduction ever. lol

Yeah on Spotify a bunch of singles are in the album category just because of the mass amount of remixes, lol.

lmao sdflsdkfsdf

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I just finished with Jacket A and thought I'd offer some quick thoughts on it.

TROUBLE cd: I didn't really like it, the whole thing just kind of fell flat for me. I like the instrumentation for W, but it felt like the instrumentation and the melody were a mismatch. My favorite out of the bunch is probably 「The way I am」, though I liked the Line Live version better. All of the songs felt kind of lackluster, lacking an emotional delivery.

JUST THE BEGINNING 20 PART 1:

Ourselves to Because of You sound terrible and were difficult to watch/listen to. She looked and sounded exhausted. The vocals sound heavily processed. The dynamics have been compressed to the point where it feels like they sucked all the life and emotion out of them. I saw the live broadcast, she sounded terrible but at least there was real emotion there. I seriously started having some regrets about buying it.

The rest of the show actually sounds way better and less sanitized. I liked how Virgin Road sounded. If I remember correctly she actually sounded alright in the live broadcast as well. She's got more energy starting at my name's WOMEN (allegedly lipsynced), and she keeps that energy up through the rest of the show. From appears (I actually kind of like the different arrangement) to the end she was back to sounding like usual DVD Ayu and I enjoyed it. I enjoyed ZIN hosting the MC it was fun and different than usual. The picture format is super wide though, so it took a while to get used to it not being in the usual 16x9 aspect ratio.

I did also get Jacket B, but I have not even had a chance to open it yet, I'll give my thoughts on the reversed tracklist and the Tour Part 3 when I can. I'm curious to see how Part 3 on the blu-ray is different than seeing it in person was.

As far as I can remember that last day at Osaka for JTB Chapter 1, her vocals were pretty good and stable. Nevertheless, I can still feel her energy throughout the show! If you have watched Chapter 3, you would be shocked, she sounded really bad even on the DVD.

seriously Avex, no more money to hire the space :P

and yeah since someone mentioned it, the video width seems wider than usual, why is thattt

I think that the acoustics at the venue generally mask some of the faults. I remember writing something here at the time of Okinawa that she sounded ok on the 20th but she was much better on the 19th. I saw a little preview of the chapter 3 and it WAS shocking how hoarse and exhausted she sounded off the board. To me it sounds like venue acoustics and perhaps some chain fx were used to mask some of the imperfections live, which is fine since imho the point was to sound best as possible Live. But the audio wowow used for the live broadcast must've been the raw signal from the mixer chain so you can hear all the flaws. That being said I did enjoy it from Virgin Road to the end, the beginning part just sounds to me like they "fixed" the vocal so much there's no life left.

I got my album today and I really love the AR frames. Here's one of my insta pics:

So no country has all the acappela versions? That's sad, I was hoping to get Words

It's probably gonna be released once a week on Sunday/Monday so it'll take another month or so to fill the album out.

I see, thank you!

The rest of the tracks instrumental and acapella is out on Apple Music / AWA
Can anyone rip it out ?

She definitely sounded better on 19th. I was there and dont remember her sounding so hoarse at all