[criminal]

Whoa, this was really unexpected. It's kind of unusual to release a BEST album not in the space of three years when your contract with avex isn't nearing its end, but with the 10th anniversary and all, it makes sense. It's really nice of them to include the very rare footage from the TeamAyu Live Tour and from various a-nations.
But disc 3 is a little bit of a disappointment. I mean.. where is is this LOVE?, where is Pride, where is Born To Be..., where is fated? I love those second A-sides all more than the first ones, yet they are not included. But still. I think that people who buy this are getting a very sweet deal. I kind of have an inclination to even shell out the extra cash for the Japanese version. And I mean a 48-page photobook of those other covers? I mean, wow. Talk about getting your money's worth.
I hope the covers will be pretty. I can tolerate a headshot, but only if it's like A Song for XX or A BEST and not like the two A BEST 2 ones, since I felt that those were lacking just a little bit. Something epic along the lines of I am... or RAINBOW would be great, though.
As for sales.. right now I'm thinking that 400k is a nice estimate. Casual listeners are not going to want to pick this up, I think. This is more for fans on the die-hard side. [Though, that's more than 10 times less the amount that the original A BEST sold, which is kinda sad, but, eh, they are different releases at different time periods so..]