[Official Message] "WINTER BALLAD SELECTION" 2014.11.26 Digital Release

[Chibi-Chan]

No Close to you?

[Delirium-Zer0]

appears is at least lyrically relevant at one point, and the video follows... but they shoulda put '99 Greeting Mix on here instead of the original.

But yeah, "Over" is definitely more lonely warm summer sort of sounding. Close to you was specifically intended to sound like Christmas/Winter, so it's odd to see it not here o_O

The rest of the playlist is pretty much dead-on for me, although I might have put Marionette or M on there instead of Missing, personally.

[freedreamer]

HAHA seeing how they were promoting her winter ballads, I thought A WINTER BEST was comingg LOL
this is nice..it reminds her fans of her amazing winter ballads and LOL Days is first

[kotora]

so avex.

[Zeke.]

Missing actually works well leading into winter. Actually, the time I felt my surroundings mirrored Missing's the most was during a sunny snowfall. But I think it was either in November or early spring - where spring was on the verge of taking over but one day the snow fell down hard while the sun shown around 4PM. It was a very unique and strange occurrence but the colors and everything totally mimicked the environment that Missing creates.

Missing is a distant song. It gives off the feeling of opposites as well, and a painful irony (which the lyrics seem to portray as well).

[salina]

its hilarious

[brener]

loved the cover and the tracklist as well

[pepper]

the "buying playlist' idea it's stupid itself, but the cover its nice.
and Missing? Maybe bcos the PV, but it reminds me of summer more than winter

[Aderianu]

1400x1400 cover

[Sunrise]

FINALLY! I was wondering when Ayu would get her digital best release. Everyone should expect a summertime playlist at some point too. Kuu and BoA already got their digital best releases for both the summer and winter.

[ayu-michan]

Originally Posted by Sunrise

FINALLY! I was wondering when Ayu would get her digital best release. Everyone should expect a summertime playlist at some point too. Kuu and BoA already got their digital best releases for both the summer and winter.

I think A SUMMER BEST is enough lol. Not bc i have anything against it, love the album but yeah we don't need another one :/

[Chibi-Chan]

I really love the cover!

[Mari-chan]

I would add Close to you and cancel Missing. Missing isn't a Winter Song.

[Coelacanth]

I would nix 'teddy bear' as I think it's the least winterish song on this compilation.

'Missing' is very winterish IMO, always thought it was a superior version of 'momentum'.

[tsumekaze_]

I do feel that Missing is winterish enough. Appears tho...

[DonkeyKongRemix]

I looooooove that cover. Such pretty colors!

[NintendoHTF1242]

I think the only reason why I don't associate Missing with winter is because of the PV. As for appears, I agree that the 99 Greeting Mix should have been used.

[orangeakira]

01. Days
02. CAROLS
03. No way to say
04. JEWEL
05. You were...
06. Missing
07. appears
08. momentum
09. POWDER SNOW
10. teddy bear
11. Together When...
12. Over


so is this what Avex considers to be Ayu's true winter ballads?

[adantatu2]

It's ok, I loved every song in the list, and I'm glad avex didn't produce a physical version.

[orangeakira]

^I also like how they arranged the songs in a certain way and didn't just automatically slap them in chronological order of release date. It doesn't mean much, but it shows that they spent at least a little time working on this release.