Rock'n'Roll Circus - COVERS

[zyoeru]

Wow, she looks soooo nice!

[Deep snow]

OMG I Love both covers! I LOVE THEM OMG! THANKS!!!

[Mirai Noah]

Hmm, I like them. I can't decided which cover I like the best, but I do like both of them.

[Cherry Dynamite]

You should cry then :O

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I personally think the covers are better than NL :O

[Zeke.]

The CD+DVD is so ****ing cute! I love it.

The CD on the other hand is ugly. I love the whole design but that facial expression HAS TO GO!

Anyways, I'm pleased.

[Paparazzi]

they get the job done

[GRACE]

I'm hoping whatever the put on the lid of the box takes advantage of London mroe

[matt9210]

I'm OK with the covers. Not as happy as most other people, haha. They'll probably grow on me, they're just not instant love.

Not sure which I prefer, though I'm liking how much British theme there is to this album (probably because, being British, it's great to see how much British there is on a cover for the Queen of J-Pop) The hat, the old style British phone box.........

The CD+ DVD cover reminds me of the style of pics cam*****s take of themselves ^^;

[Delirium-Zer0]

The thing is, the English "mood" coulda been captured in a studio. Doing it on-location, she would have had to have a landmark of some kind in the background, and that would have been less than congruent with the album title anyway. I think they're English "enough" really.

But I do agree with some other people's sentiments that these would be great as magazine shots, but they are pretty underwhelming as CD covers. It's becomiing increasingly obvious that Ayu doesn't really know what she wants anymore beyond a vague idea... Something like "RAINBOW" or "I am...", their covers came about because Ayu had a very specific idea in mind. Since then, I feel like she's just taken random photos and let everyone else pick the design and treatment.

These covers are good insomuch as they're simply inoffensive in almost every way. No risk taken, no imagery, just ayu and the title. The fact that those red bands are there at all is very different, and it's such a TINY thing that's really mostly pointless. The fact that all the text is readable is fantastic. It shouldn't be fantastic.

There's much more that could have been done with this idea and probably any of the undoubtedly many photos taken, but they decided to play it safe - This time they did it right and finally followed BASIC graphic design rules, so good for them. I just hope that when the next album comes along, they actually take some conceptual risks.

[LacusClyne]

Like wat deli said, I'm always hoping for some epic covers like Duty, I am. . . or Rainbow, but my dreams don't seem to come true. I miss the days when ayu have ideas on her shots. But netherless, I still quite like these 2 covers, not bad, the CD+DVD version is so cute!

[chloeM]

i actually liked the both of it... haha~!

Eh...

Seriously, what happened to good covers like I am... and RAINBOW?

[pepper]

In some way, it got (miss)understood feeling, which is my favorite album, which means this is gonna be ********* good album. Amen.

[GRACE]

Originally Posted by ♥pepicolada

In some way, it got (miss)understood feeling, which is my favorite album, which means this is gonna be ********* good album. Amen.

that's a really good point. These covers are actually strikingly similar to (m)u :O

[Marseille]

BTW, WHAT are the LOLLIpop pics? Could someone post a link or the pic here? I may have missed this. Thanks


YEAH! I like the CD + DVD cover-best though her face look a little wied there. Its like the bottom of her face is smaller. Wierd camera angle maybe (like when you shoot yourself with your cellphone and get a really big forehead) only here her forhead is normal. But the overall effect is nice, sh looks kinda like a doll.

The CD only cover looks fine to me. She's really pretty there, but there's nothing aspecial about it. I like the look, but I don't like the hat.

So I think overall I vote for CD+DVD cover (even though this isn't a poll).

[GRACE]

Originally Posted by Marseille

BTW, WHAT are the LOLLIpop pics? Could someone post a link or the pic here? I may have missed this. Thanks

They're from a PV, check the Celebrity News for TA blog posts from March

Originally Posted by waterballoon

yeah similar to (m)u in a sense that most people hated the CD-only cover LOL

Think about it, they're close up head shots that she flew to a foreign country to shoot ((m)u was done in NYC, R'n'RC in London)... It's not unprecedented in Ayu's discography.

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by GRACE

Think about it, they're close up head shots that she flew to a foreign country to shoot ((m)u was done in NYC, R'n'RC in London)... It's not unprecedented in Ayu's discography.

I noticed that haha, but it's also freakishly coincidental how the CD-only cover for both seems to make Ayu look weird on a whole new level, and hated by the general community as well XD

[waterballoon]

yeah similar to (m)u in a sense that most people hated the CD-only cover LOL

[kawaii:3]

I cant wait for HQ covers these look awesome and I loove ayus little hat!

[Jwiz]

Hmmm...contrary to what many have preferred, I will go with the CD-only cover, which IMO is decent at most

Photoshop is quite evident in the CD+DVD cover, and 'Ayu' looks like a porcelain doll to me

EDIT: And since Secret and RnRC covers were shot by the same photographer, I would say Secret's cover 3X> RnRC's.