ayu-mi-x 7 opinions
 

Well, now that the albums are leaking, what are your opinions on them?

I absolutely LOVE the trance version; in fact, I think it might be my favorite remix album ever besides ayu-ro-mix 1 (of course we have yet to hear 4 ^_~)

The Acoustic Orchestra album was extremely disappointing to me, especially evolution (I think because we were all expecting ASIA TOUR 07 with that one). But the songs I did like (HANABI, forgiveness and LOVE ~Destiny~) I thought were absolutely amazing. HANABI is going on repeat.

House I was never really a fan of, but I don't hate the album. It's so-so to me.

I listened to ayu trance 4 like 10 to 15 times already (since the full album leak was already available some days ago). I think its superb!!

Today I listened to the full album of -version HOUSE-. Like other ppl on here already said, it has a trancy vibe! I am not a big fan of ayu-mi-x albums but this one really IS interesting.

-version Acoustic Orchestra- I only listened to my most wanted song "forgiveness" and "WHATEVER". I really like what I hear there!!! "forgiveness" could have been a bit more darker and more depressing, but all in all; wonderful remix!

Only ayu-ro mix is completely unkown to me. Haven't heard anything from it yet. I am waiting for the FLAC on JPOPsuki though.

Oh, and the 5th CD, the limited box megamix thing; I hope it will appear online very soon, as well.

I like trance album overral. My favorites are vogue, monochrome, Endless Sorrow. The rest are fine.

House album was as expected, little boring, some of they sound the same. I like Dearest (sound like trance though Oo) and Virgin Road. Rest are meh or too remixed.

Waiting for AO to download, and Eurobeat to leak.

I've heard aov of never ever, voyage remix, and seaons remix, so far i like them.

I love all of the mixes on the acoustic orchestra CD except for kanariya, Trust, and AUDIENCE. standout mixes that made my jaw drop are HANABI, Moments, and evolution. absolutely outstanding mixes. I was looking forward to You were... the most though and ended up disappointed. I don't really like what they did with the chorus - should have been more epic like in the original song. It's still nice though.

The House album surprised me. Most are very nicely mixed and interesting. Stand out mixes are TO BE, Voyage, Dearest, and M. Those are excellent and I can see myself replaying them a lot.

Trance album isn't as good as I expected. I love the Days, monochrome, Rule, and vogue mixes but the rest is either bad or just alright.

waiting on the eurobeat as well ^^

I really like the trance album. <3 It was much better than I thought it'll be. I was surprised that I listened to the whole album without stopping, because I never had much patience with remix albums~
Acoustic Orchestra... I'm listening to it right now, and nothing special for me yet. I was very disappointed about evolution too :(

The Acoustic Orchestra album is the definition of perfection. It is flawless and craps all over the past four original albums.

It's beautiful, gorgeous, stunning, perfect, life-changing, etc.

I am AMAZED! This release really brought me back into Ayu. The trance remix album is amazing as well! HOUSE will need to grow on me, and we're still waiting on EUROBEAT. But yes, Acoustic Orchestra is FLAWLESS. FLAAAAAAAAWLEEEEEEEEESSS <3

I think the trance 4 is the best one so far:heart and AO is boring imo,,,
forgot to add AO fav song "forgiveness (Arranged by Shingo Kobayashi)" so pretty~~~

actually, I find the acoustic orchestra is so far, her best acoustic orchestra album yet.

beautiful.

:cry

I LOVE Love ~destiny~, and I find I'm not even a fan of the original. They are all very well done so far (I'm on my 4th track). I'll edit this when I listen to them all!

Ok the first ayu-mi-x I listened to is, Acoustic Orchestra. And here's my opinion:

BEST ACOUSTIC ORCHESTRA ALBUM SO FAR

It's absolutely p-e-r-f-e-c-t!
There's not a single song which I dislike, seriously. I'd cry of joy, I never thought AO would turns into such epicness.
So this is gonna be my favourite ayu-mi-x 7 album overall lol.

I'll listen to Trance album next :yes

I'm really addicted to the trance and acoustic orchestra albums! The AO version of forgivness completely blew my mind away, one of my favourites so far :heart

Acoustic Orchestra album is amazing. It's so beautiful...

I think, as of right now, kanariya is my favorite. The music is so emotional...
But I mean, I love all the tracks on the album... It's impossible to pick!

House, as I expected, is my least favorite of the 3 I've heard so far, but that's because I'm not a big fan of house music.

I suspect eurobeat will be my second favorite, but I can't say yet ;)

And trance is fantastic :)

The bolded made me laugh.
I agree. This AO is, i THINK the best out of all of them. It IS perfect in every way. I love it.
I think out of the fast tracks I like the trance album the best and the AO is amazing.
tied for 1st: Trance 4/AO
2. House
3. Euro (and mainly because i really dont like much euro.)

Trance is disappointing for me but it's not like I'm all mad over it. I just hate Rule, Days, and Carols. Can't even listen to them.

SEASONS > Far away > poker face > MOON > monochrome > YOU > vogue > Endless Sorrow > Greatful days >>> Rule = Days = Carols. I find it funny how it seems the majority dislike AyuTrance 3 (or at least prefer the other too), yet the general consensus seems to be vogue is the favorite and that's would fit straight on AyuTrance 3. My problem is with AyuTrance that I listen to trance nonstop and there's so much better out there in the trance music world right now that I'd rather listen to that than the majority of this album (besides SEASONS and Far away which are pretty much perfect).

EDIT: Just listened to HANABI first from AO. BEAUTIFUL! OMG, this is gonna be good!

Downloading Acoustic Orchestra now~

I'm so excited seeing everyone's responses about Acoustic Orchestra! I can't wait to listen to it!!

omgomgomg listening to eurobeat and omg STEP you is so fun ~~~~ :D

In this post, I'll give my opinion on the AO album :)

1. WHATEVER
I was never really that huge a fan of the original mix of this song -mainly the chorus- but the AO mix surprisingly (to me) does it a lot of good. Only one part of this mix bugged me and it was about halfway into the song when the chorus sounded really weird. I don't like the dual-layer effect they used for her voice there, imo they should've just left it alone. Or even better; a new vocal recording for the chorus where she sang the "Whoa whoa whoa" part much more softly. Overall, I liked it, nothing more or any less than that.

2. HANABI
I knew this was going to be a tear-jerker, since the original was, but oh wow...It's like this song has been completely reborn and it's a prodigy child. It even made me sing along. I haven't done that for so long with HANABI. Gorgeous, perfect, effin' amazing.

3. Moments
The slow-tempo, gentle piano tune continues nicely. It feels like a tiny bit slower and even more relaxing than HANABI, but not as mellow. I like it.

4. Kanariya
I was either expecting something amazing or a major ear-grinder from this one. It's so funny how it's always the tracks you just can't picture being any good, that turns out to be just spectaculair. Some of the instruments sounded a bit off and at some points there was just a bit too much going on, but really it was a very emotional and beautiful mix of Kanariya that even suited her old vocals. I liked it.

5. HEAVEN
Just as amazing as it's older sister :laugh I expected as much from HEAVEN; it's a beautiful song in this mix too.

6. NEVER EVER
I like the opening, made me think of Björk. Then it turned all "funny and playful part in a musical" and I was all, "wtf". Looks like Homma enjoyed himself here. A lot of playfulness in this one. It's not really epic or gorgeous etc, but it's nice and sweet. Nice to see a bit of versatility.

7. Trust
Again with the playfulness! So jazzy. It's like I'm at a café. I love jazz and I actually have to admit that I like this to, though it's a quirky mix and it's unusual to hear Trust like this.

8. AUDIENCE
It's like the same band as before continued playing! lol. It's almost samba. It's really well-mixed and it swings, but I'm not sure I'll be listening to this. Nice, but not really my taste.

9. evolution
Epic and dramatic. And I don't want any less for evolution. I love the creativity in this mix. I think the sounds, instruments, tempo, it all suits the song and Ayu's vocals. It's also just as upifting as the original mix, which is a big plus.

10. BLUE BIRD
BLUE BIRD is like the only song Ayu's ever released that I can't listen to. I mean I really, really dislike it. As I'm hearing her vocals again, I'm reminded of the dislike for the song, but the new instrumentals gives me some sort of joy, kind of. I know I won't be listening to this again, probably, but I prefer this over the original.

11. You were...
Straight from one of my least favorite Ayu songs to one of the best I know. The mood and tempo is mellow and slow to mid-tempo. I just love the sound of the cello which softly dissapears into a high-pitched group of violins and a grand bell chiming. This mix is as close to perfection as You Were... can get.

12. forgiveness
As if this song could get any better. Well, it could. I'm so impressed and mesmerized. The soft sounds, slightly muted bells, the traditional japanese flute sounds that are carefully hidden underneath the heavier instruments and finally, Ayu's careful vocals...this mix is perhaps the best on this album and the most delicately remixed. It is just so grand and utterly beautiful.

13. LOVE ~Destiny~
Just when it couldn't get any better. OMG. The piano is so moving. Love ~D~ really needed this lift. Again, it's like the rebirth of the original song, so much more beautiful. Ayu's vocals seems slightly modified, softened, but it's to the better. I'll be listening this A LOT. The best way to end this album.

I know when I pressed play I'm like "Please God let this be amazing" because as much as I tried to hold in my anticipation and expectations for a euro version of STEP you, I couldn't expect and hope it'd be anything less than amazing. I smiled and laughed when it kicked in and then stopped it like a minute in to just take in how amazing that was so far. Lol.

^ seriously. It's brilliant! haha

So far it looks like my ranking might just be:

Ayu-ro > AO > Trance > House.

I seriously cannot wait to turn up the BPM to uk hardcore / happy hardcore speeds on the euro album and put that on my iPod to run to! I'm bouncing around in my seat so hard right now! Lol.