New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [III]

[thatstacey]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

^^Yeah, people who decide whether they are going to buy an album or not based on the covers always baffles me. I don't want to say stupid, but I'm not sure what else to call it. lol

Content is usually what tips the scale for me, but how many J-pop collectors never crack the seal on their physical copies--opting to download the aforementioned content instead? I suppose if you're getting the physical copy for display purposes anyway, you might as well base your purchase on which looks the best.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

^^Yeah, people who decide whether they are going to buy an album or not based on the covers always baffles me. I don't want to say stupid, but I'm not sure what else to call it. lol

It's because how many times are you really going to listen to that physical copy? In today's age of iPod's and media players, where everything is digital, there really is no point in owning a "CD" that gets no use. But if the packaging is nice looking, it really feels like money well spent then. Otherwise if you have the rip on your mp3/PC, and the cover is atrocious, what good is it doing sitting there - you aren't gonna listen to the CD and you aren't gonna look at that fugly coverart.

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

It's because how many times are you really going to listen to that physical copy? In today's age of iPod's and media players, where everything is digital, there really is no point in owning a "CD" that gets no use. But if the packaging is nice looking, it really feels like money well spent then. Otherwise if you have the rip on your mp3/PC, and the cover is atrocious, what good is it doing sitting there - you aren't gonna listen to the CD and you aren't gonna look at that fugly coverart.

actually, this is another reson why those playbutton things are funny...

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

It's because how many times are you really going to listen to that physical copy? In today's age of iPod's and media players, where everything is digital, there really is no point in owning a "CD" that gets no use. But if the packaging is nice looking, it really feels like money well spent then. Otherwise if you have the rip on your mp3/PC, and the cover is atrocious, what good is it doing sitting there - you aren't gonna listen to the CD and you aren't gonna look at that fugly coverart.

Yes there is a point to owning CDs. Why would I waste money on something digital when for a couple of extra dollars I can own something tangible? Yeah I rip the CD and never use it, but I ALWAYS prefer to have it there in a physical format. Even if the covers are "ugly", its the music that counts. Even then, most Ayu fans collect her albums, they're going to buy them regardless of what the outside looks like. Most Ayu fans like her for her music, not for her ability to take nice cover photos.

Having something in your hands to hold will always be better than something digital. On top of that, with digital music you are paying for music transcodes and usually pay premium dollar. CDs give you quality you rarely can buy digitally.

[owlflight]

I buy her CDs because iTunes USA will never put up her new releases. Plus I'm turning into a collector. Hurry up 3/21!

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Tony G

Yes there is a point to owning CDs. Why would I waste money on something digital when for a couple of extra dollars I can own something tangible? Yeah I rip the CD and never use it, but I ALWAYS prefer to have it there in a physical format. Even if the covers are "ugly", its the music that counts. Even then, most Ayu fans collect her albums, they're going to buy them regardless of what the outside looks like. Most Ayu fans like her for her music, not for her ability to take nice cover photos.

Having something in your hands to hold will always be better than something digital. On top of that, with digital music you are paying for music transcodes and usually pay premium dollar. CDs give you quality you rarely can buy digitally.

I was not insinuating that it's pointless, but it kind of sucks when you actually don't get physical use out of something you purchased (damn expensive too) and it's not even attractive to look at. I would never pay for digital alone - I usually buy the album AND have the digital copy on my iPod. But if the covers are God-awful, it really just angers me and actually does break the deal of if I will purchase that album or not. You can always download the album and it'd be the same quality if you ripped it yourself, but as far as beautiful cover art/packaging goes - it takes a lot more time, effort, and money to reproduce something or even print out a beautiful picture. It's not the same as having that gorgeous shoot straight from the presses.

[TeamAyu2004]

I just hope the cover to the limited blu-ray is amazing! lol

[emi♡]

Some people only buy for the packaging

weird, yeah. But whatever.

And ugh there is such a long wait. wth for?

[adantatu2]

C'mon guys, we only have to wait almost 1 month =)

[attractive nausea]

Originally Posted by adantatu2

C'mon guys, we only have to wait almost 1 month =)

Well one month and two weeks for me since i took the slowest shipping method *forever crying out of frustration*
I didn't know there actually were people buying cds depending on the covers lol

[Kazeyomi]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

Well one month and two weeks for me since i took the slowest shipping method *forever crying out of frustration*

I know right? That's why I will listening to album leak when will be out lol. I don't want to wait until early April to listen to Party Queen It would drive me crazy.
I resisted once for Love songs, just because I had enough money to get the limited edition from CDJapan and use FedEx. So I got the album few days after release day.

Also, I agree with thatstacey and Zeke though.
There's nothing wrong choosing an album depending on what cover you like if you keep CDs unopened on shelves. As long as you're supporting Ayu and love her music, there's nothing stupid about it seriously. Covers are made for attract, first. Tbh I did this for Love songs, I bought the CD only too because the cover art was gorgeous .

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^I don't mind 14 tracks....I tend to like the albums with 15 tracks like RAINBOW, or MY STORY with 17 tracks haha...but 14 is cool, as long as the rumored four interludes is FAKE. Two preferred, three is more likely, but 4 would be just another GUILTY, and I really don't want that!

[freedreamer]

Please release something today AYu!!!!

[AyusakiFan]

While I think that all of us can agree that we would like for the album to have a nice cover, for me, it loses it's relevancy as far as it being a part of my decision to purchase the album once I become a fan of an artist. After having purchased close to 20 Ayu albums, it's become one of the least of my concerns as I'm more interested in the content than the cover. Plus, I am confident that the covers will be nice anyways because she has never disappointed me in that arena as far as album covers. Also, even though I have an Ipod, I still like to have physical copies of albums because I do use and like to own them. I listen to many artists and don't put every single album that I have on Itunes or my Ipod (my computer or Ipod would probably explode if I rip everything I have, lol). I like to listen to my CDs in the car as well so I like having them available to pop into the CD player whenever I go somewhere.

[truehappiness]

IMO, it seems like most J-Pop collectors buy the CDs mainly to support the artist. Do many people even use CDs nowadays (in the West) with the advent of mp3 players and such?

As for anything new, I would not expect any new information until the very beginning March BUT we might see a how beautiful you are PV or something before then.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by everlastingRAINBOW

Idk. To me "This." usually means "I agree with this/ this is correct". How many times has someone on this forum used that phrase to agree with someone?

That's what I was saying, but the fact that they are unconfirmed was obvious and he just agreed since well... there's no confirmation. He probably cannot say otherwise but it hints at everything being wrong.

[everlastingRAINBOW]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

That's what I was saying, but the fact that they are unconfirmed was obvious and he just agreed since well... there's no confirmation. He probably cannot say otherwise but it hints at everything being wrong.

Sorry! I misread that lol. It seems he's agreeing with you that it is unconfirmed