14th NEW ALBUM『LOVE again』 tracklist & covers!

[pepper]

Originally Posted by miru2590

If you don't like what I wrote then ignore it. I still think this has a lot to do with the whole maro and Mannie thing. But I won't talk about that again.

same thoughts, but I will shut myself as well.

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

April album with tracks reminiscent of I am..., Duty, and LOVEppears please.
Go back to your roots, when you were the ****ing queen

Agreed

Anyways, based on what I'm seeing and hearing I just don't feel about buying this album, if I wanted to buy it. Even since the Party Queen album I have NOT listened to all of the songs released since then. I have to say - what's going on?

Yes, I have to say, even though I'm not planning to buy this, I'm just not in favor of this album. And I'm predicting that there might be a possibility it's NOT going to be a #1 release, unless if there's no other powerhouses (you know - Johnny's acts older than Ayu - especially SMAP who beat out Ayu on A SUMMER BEST - are still strong, not Ayu...), but especially the fact that it's releasing 2/8, there's that release date disadvantage that we have to be careful of.

Now, I have to say, there are some things that I'm observing about:

• The title of "LOVE again": Ever since the release of mini-albums "LOVE" and "again" the title is quite coincidental to Sayuri Sugawara's "Love Again" song (from "Open The Gate" album that I got in November, and you know I'm more of a Sayu fan this time than Ayu...) Umm...
• "task'n'bass" - What is that, really?
• I'm not sure about the covers...

Overall, if I had a choice between buying this or not, my answer would be a resounding NO.

Even the tracklist - I'm kind of skeptical about.

For Ayu's case in the future, if I'm planning to buy new releases, I'd rather wait until they announce the official tracklist and covers before deciding if I would buy something as such or not, so I'll be able to take input and hear what you guys here say. (The only exceptions that I would do for me is Yanawaraba, which is a HARD-TO-FIND artist today (unlike five years ago in the "Uta Gusui" era with a lot of success!), and sometimes Sayuri Sugawara, which in the case of "Open The Gate", I was actually pretty impressed with it...!)

[ExodusUK]

I almost gagged when I saw this headline in my twitter feed
http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.co...inment+News%29

[kimmeh]

:') Oh my god I still can't believe this is true.
THANK GOD THE COVERS ARE GORGEOUS.
If they weren't, people would be even more pissed

[Kanzaki]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

I almost gagged when I saw this headline in my twitter feed
http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.co...inment+News%29

I may just have scared off my cat that was in my lap, guffawing at that.

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by kimmeh

:') Oh my god I still can't believe this is true.
THANK GOD THE COVERS ARE GORGEOUS.
If they weren't, people would be even more pissed

Agreed a bit, it looks beautiful, but I'm still not sure...

Anyways, kimmeh - are you planning to buy it or not? If you already bought it, are you thinking about changing or even cancelling your order?

[kimmeh]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

Agreed a bit, it looks beautiful, but I'm still not sure...

Anyways, kimmeh - are you planning to buy it or not? If you already bought it, are you thinking about changing or even cancelling your order?

I'm slightly unsure. I kinda like the PV's, a bit at least. I just got 'again CD only' in the mail, so I might order LOVE again CD+DVD, as I regretted not buying again CD+DVD. I'm going to wait for HQ covers. They weren't so expensive either.

You?

[gogirlanime]

DISGUSTING!!! I am SO SO SO UPSET

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

I almost gagged when I saw this headline in my twitter feed
http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.co...inment+News%29

omg that's a ****ing mess

[perfectodub]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

If you're going to try to point out how many 'new tracks' there are, you should at least know there are five.

now i know thanks..
but still...only 1 PV to fill a mini?

[Tom Punks]

.................................................. .

jfc

Not only is this such a rip-off for people who bought the minis, it's also going to be the ****ing blandest album she's ever put out AND it's already glaringly obvious from the track list that they only put 2 seconds thought into how it should flow...

****

Well, I guess Party queen will just have to be the last album I buy by Ayu, and from now on I'll just kick back and relax as I watch the remnants of her career crash and burn. >_>

[あーちゃん]

I think Ayu is best making at music when she has broken up or something *sigh*

[kimmeh]

The graphic designer at Avex needs to get a new job. The font and placement is horrible. Who uses outer glow anymore??

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by perfectodub

now i know thanks..
but still...only 1 PV to fill a mini?

If you're talking about the hypothetical mini that never existed... yes....?

Originally Posted by kimmeh

The graphic designer at Avex needs to get a new job. The font and placement is horrible. Who uses outer glow anymore??

Actually, I find that's common with most J-Pop artists who don't already have SUPER MODERN (see Yellow Brain or the team behind Perfume) design teams.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

listening to MY STORY now...miss the old ayu

[perfectodub]

i really don't care about it, but honestly i think MELODY PV, it would be a collage of images, random live footage of ayu, and not a PV properly

[Jester]

I don't know how to react to this right now, first when I saw it I laughed so hard and now I just wanna cry.

untitled for her...story 2?

you better sung this for your poor marketing team gurl.

[Ayufan11]

After getting the ayu bluray box set, I decided I wouldn't be purchasing combos until they started releasing cd+bluray combos. Especially since other artists were already doing this... Because of that I only got the CD versions of Love and Again, it kind of sucks to be getting old tracks, but I am glad because it'll all be on one album and I will get all the PV's I did not have on bluray

[Ayufan11]

Originally Posted by perfectodub

i really don't care about it, but honestly i think MELODY PV, it would be a collage of images, random live footage of ayu, and not a PV properly

This sounds like ayu material lately... LAZY.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by Jester

I don't know how to react to this right now, first when I saw it I laughed so hard and now I just wanna cry.

untitled for her...story 2?

you better sung this for your poor marketing team gurl.

Hopefully it turns out better than P.S II