14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [III] - Page 18

Didz-19 · #**341** 31st December 2012, 02:20 PM

I already have a remix album, "A CLASSICAL" is the remix album.

microphone · #**342** 31st December 2012, 04:59 PM

If she ever decides to stop making new material, I hope she'll continue to release remix and classical albums.

Chiharo · #**343** 31st December 2012, 06:05 PM

You & Me is on there. Ugh. I really don't get these things. You & Me was a new song and a part of a compilation album. She never puts (and in practice this rule goes for all new songs that are included on compilation albums) the new compilation album track on the next studio album. It's just funny that she breaks this rule with You & Me which is horrible, yet one of her most amazing songs which is part of Me was not on the album.

I really don't know what the heck is she doing with all these releases but it's not good at all. She releases two maxi singles masked as mini albums and then just combines their names and makes an album out of them. Where the hell has all the creativity gone? An album titled "LOVE again"? Really?

I don't know, but she really didn't need this whole "5 releases" thing in her discography at all. I mean, vogue, Far away and SEASONS was a great project and it made a lot of sense. Kumi's 12 weeks 12 singles were at least marketed as singles (as well as v/Fa/S) so one would expect they would eventually end up on an album or a compilation album. IMHO their masking of LOVE and again as mini albums was a terrible move and completely unnecessary (maybe not for avex, but for fans it definitely was).

Also her covers are just getting worse and worse. I won't comment further on this since this is all subjective.

Meh I just don't know what to think of this all.

jewelbox · #**344** 31st December 2012, 06:11 PM

At least "A" was marketed as single, and it has more tracks than LOVE or again.

TeamAyu2004 · #**345** 31st December 2012, 06:15 PM

^ different time, different times...

Delicious n Bold · #**346** 31st December 2012, 06:33 PM

You know, I don't mind you & me being on the album
It's a crap song but its so bad that it's good
And I kinda wanna own it legally, as well as the craptastic pv

jewelbox · #**347** 31st December 2012, 06:37 PM

@ TA2004:
It's kinda sad, though.

Linoa62 · #**348** 31st December 2012, 07:42 PM

ayupan design

TeamAyu2004 · #**349** 31st December 2012, 07:43 PM

i saw it on facebook!
Im happy about it... its my first ayupan! lol

FoObY · #**350** 31st December 2012, 08:05 PM

Awesome! My first ayupan too

harufi · #**351** 31st December 2012, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiharo

You & Me is on there. Ugh. I really don't get these things. You & Me was a new song and a part of a compilation album. She never puts (and in practice this rule goes for all new songs that are included on compilation albums) the new compilation album track on the next studio album. It's just funny that she breaks this rule with You & Me which is horrible, yet one of her most amazing songs which is part of Me was not on the album.

I really don't know what the heck is she doing with all these releases but it's not good at all. She releases two maxi singles masked as mini albums and then just combines their names and makes an album out of them. Where the hell has all the creativity gone? An album titled "LOVE again"? Really?

I don't know, but she really didn't need this whole "5 releases" thing in her discography at all. I mean, vogue, Far away and SEASONS was a great project and it made a lot of sense. Kumi's 12 weeks 12 singles were at least marketed as singles (as well as v/Fa/S) so one would expect they would eventually end up on an album or a compilation album. IMHO their masking of LOVE and again as mini albums was a terrible move and completely unnecessary (maybe not for avex, but for fans it definitely was).

Also her covers are just getting worse and worse. I won't comment further on this since this is all subjective.

Meh I just don't know what to think of this all.

You sum up my feelings much better than I can

Although based on the strength of the "minis", I'm expecting the new album to be really strong...my main problem with it now is that I don't see a particularly "theme" for it that will make it stand out it her discography. Like with the covers, it comes off as a second attempt at Love songs, but then each track on the minis have reminded me of a different era/album of Ayu and I'm not sure how they're all going to work together.