[Official] Update of Layout & Tracklist of A BEST 2 (With confirmed order)

[CHAS_AYU]

A BEST 2 -BLACK-
1. Dearest
2. CAROLS
3. No way to say
4. HANABI
5. walking proud
6. Free & Easy
7. Endless sorrow
8. Because of You
9. About You
10. GAME
11. is this LOVE?
12. HANABI ～episode II～
13. NEVER EVER
14. HEAVEN
15. 新曲

A BEST 2 -WHITE-
1. evolution
2. Greatful days
3. independent
4. Humming
5. UNITE!
6. Real me
7. my name's WOMEN
8. ourselves
9. INSPIRE
10. STEP you
11. July 1st
12. fairyland
13. Voyage
14. Moments
15. A Song is born

Source:
http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/index.html
http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/news/070117-r.html

[LacusClyne]

oh...it's now official...boo~~~~i kept hoping that they might change again and kick out humming.....

guess i knew which song i will be skipping

[Amuro_Ray]

Originally Posted by LacusClyne

oh...it's now official...boo~~~~i kept hoping that they might change again and kick out humming.....

guess i knew which song i will be skipping

Humming 7/4 is much better than Daybreak I think...

[Ayumiko]

I much prefer Daybreak over humming 7/4

[ohsixthirty]

what? they took daybreak out and replaced it with humming 7/4? bad move. i like humming 7/4, but i like daybreak a lot better, especially for a best album.

looks like she isn't resinging these though.

[Qt Mashi]

oh kool!

i pretty much like the tracklists!

thanks for the info! i can't wait~~ most likely 4 diff covers hope the covers are going to be nice!

[Surreal86]

Finally, no more speculation and multi threads about the same thing

[Amuro_Ray]

In fact, I like Black more than White

[Calico]

Weee! Thanks for the update! Now I'm just waiting for covers + new track.

[Celaphorce]

OMG!, I thought Daybreak was still on there until I took a second look, now I'm mad!!!, Daybreak deserves to be on there as much and Humming 7/4, and as much as I love H7/4, I'd rather see one of her most memorable ballads imo on her BEST!!!

[TeamAyu]

Hmm I have to say that I'm slightly disappointed with the tracklistings. Not the actual chosen tracks, well besides the switch of "Humming 7/4" and "Daybreak", but the arrangement of the tracks is horrible.

I really love all of Ayu's rock tracks but I really don't know if I had handle listening to all of them back to back. I'm also iffy with the "Humming 7/4" and "UNITE!" combo, the Real me/my name's WOMEN combo, and the fairyland/July 1st combo. I just think the tracks should have been spread out more evenly then just grouping similar tracks together. It seems like not much thought was put into organizing her second best-of album, which is a HUGE deal.

Now that I think about it, I wish she had waited for her 10th anniversary to put this album out with a lot more thought put into it. Hmm it's not clear if any of the tracks have been remixed or redone but it doesn't seem like there is going to be any redone tracks, which is really disappointing and a big let down comparing this album to her past ones. Not even one bonus track is going to compensate for what this best-of is lacking so far.

Hmmm I hope avex changes things up a bit.

[Nu-NRG]

damn......Daybreak got OWNED
I want that song to be in it

[bluegie]

everybody... let's join the funeral of Daybreak...

Originally Posted by TeamAyu

I just think the tracks should have been spread out more evenly then just grouping similar tracks together.

It's like MY STORY all over again.

Originally Posted by TeamAyu

Hmm it's not clear if any of the tracks have been remixed or redone but it doesn't seem like there is going to be any redone tracks, which is really disappointing and a big let down comparing this album to her past ones.

Come to think of it, did they advertise the redone tracks for A BEST? I didn't really follow Ayu until around evolution, so I don't remember how they went about it last time around. I hope a few songs are at least re-arranged. Nothing on this collection has necessarily bad vocals (unlike A BEST, which had the A Song for xx stuff), but it would be a welcomed change to hear these classics re-vamped a bit.

[~X2RADialbomber~]

I think the only reason they put Humming in was because it's very popular, unlike Daybreak.

[truehappiness]

Judging from the posts here about A BALLADS [at AHS in general] , it doesn't seem like it was advertised[was it?] that songs like Who.., A Song for XX, and YOU got redone.. right?

[summersnow]

thks for the info!! they added Humming 7/4 instead of daybreak? well personally I prefer Humming 7/4. So now I can't make up my mind on which version. My fav songs are all over the place, some in Black and some in White.

So now only left with the covers!! hope the covers are nice!! ^^

[ayu1m]

Originally Posted by bluegie

everybody... let's join the funeral of Daybreak...

May I join? I really don't like Humming 7/4 that much..

Other than that, looks still great

[Rebirthia]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Judging from the posts here about A BALLADS [at AHS in general] , it doesn't seem like it was advertised[was it?] that songs like Who.., A Song for XX, and YOU got redone.. right?

bit i think in the tracklistis you already saw it was a different version - i mean the addendums "030213"...


unn, i agree with the people who say the simliar songs are too close , specially the combo boy+game+about you...
nevertheless, i still like BLACK more than white.


It's like BLACK is the elder borther, the serious one, and rockish and tough, and WHITE is the younger brother, the funny and smily one...

Originally Posted by ~X2RADialbomber~

I think the only reason they put Humming in was because it's very popular, unlike Daybreak.

i don't think daybrak is not popular, indeed this song had a ot of promotion in hong kong and was used to promote uraayu, too... it was a full single, yes, those real singles of 10 tracks *sniff*...

[truehappiness]

I don't think the tracklists have anything wrong with them..

I mean, how else will you arrange the songs :|