Mini Album threads (merged)

[bluegie]

Well...

I will buy it no matter what . No more comment...

[Raiu-Ayu]

Only 7 songs (maybe 8). Thats only 3 (or 4) new songs Maybe ayu's planning something big and this is jus a distraction for us??? *prays*

[immel]

^1 (or 2) new song(s), as we'll probably hear both JEWEL and 1LOVE before the release... which I think is a bad move from avex's side.

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by theprojectzero

Wot the hell is this? Can anyone please tell me? Wot does this 2nd mini-album means? I really dun't understand Ayumi anymore. I think Avex make her insane.

I thought Miss Understood is the 2nd mini-album already? Well... Simply because it look so cheap in every single way. Meh... I'm nut gonna expect much from Ayumi this time, but lookin' forward to another full album. Hopefully, they didn't rush this mini-album and then turned out to be so cheap like Miss Understood. Hope it's gonna be good. Better be!

er... so an album with 15 songs (well 2 interludes) is called "mini-album"?? (m)u is a full length studio album.. even tho half of the songs are already released as singles, it's full length no matter what. LOVEppears has the similar condition (8 songs out of 17 are pre-released in single, 1 song released as a single on the same day as the album release, 2 songs were released as singles later on).

[bluegie]

if she didn't have the eye problem, everything would not be the same probly. It's possible that she released JEWEL/1LOVE as a double-A in September, then she recorded 3 or 4 more songs in LA. If that happened we would get another studio album (like 11 songs + 1 interlude... similar to Duty album).

With that eye problem she needed to get some rest, so everything is shifted around... no more time to record more songs (or... she's already recorded some new songs and decided to release them as new singles in 2007).

to me... this is not too bad at all. it's better than releasing JEWEL/1LOVE as double A on the 29th and against the famous NANA single...

[immel]

Good theory about hte eye problem there... I wonder how serious it really was.

Everything we knew about it was basically that she had to wear sunglasses all the time, hehe.

[Aga-chan]

Originally Posted by immel

^1 (or 2) new song(s), as we'll probably hear both JEWEL and 1LOVE before the release... which I think is a bad move from avex's side.

I agree. Maybe they will even show the PVs to all the new tracks in TV as they did with "Memorial address"... I wish they would leave them as DVD-only-PVs or just release some kind of short version of it before we get the actual disc.
I just prefer to leave as much as possible as a surprise...

And as for the eye injury: Who knows, maybe ayu would have released a mini-album anyway. As already stated, we basically do know nothing about how serious it was. Maybe we will get to know more in future interviews - I hope so. I was really worried!

[immel]

And I really hope that we will have translations for those interviews, because there'll be interviews for sure. Let's hope they mention the injury and how it affected her various decisions.

I'm pretty sure that at least ONE of the coming magazines or TV shows will ask her the question why she decided to release a mini album.

[DerrickRocks]

i hope they don't show the 1love PV or Jewel pv on televison to make this mini miracle or disaster worth buying. They probally focused on the promotion of koda kumi this year i am still amazed at how fast she rised to stardom maybe next year they will promote Ayu again with her 11 song filled singles and stuff like that

[Chibi_Venus]

Everybody here is discussing the album and what will happen with it.

I just can't wait to hear (JEWEL and 1LOVE) and the new songs that may be on it.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

i dont think it will be called jewel, but even if it is, i wouldnt mind! i cant wait~

[immel]

@theprojectzero/bluegie - The term "mini album" only has to do with the actual minute length of all tracks featured on the album added up.

[bluegie]

yeah i know, immel I'm just a bit surprised that theprojectzero thought (m)u as the mini album

[bluegie]

at least avex's making a move to make sure ayu's next cd will get no. 1. I mean, there's definitely no slot for ayu to release a single with a guarantee no. 1 in november. it'll be too late if they release JEWEL/1LOVE (or whatever the song is) in mid or late december. The best thing to do right now is probly a mini-album. Probly she would have enough materials to release a full length album, but I guess it's easier to promote a mini in this situation.

[Norrel]

I geuss she wanted to get a album out this year somehow, so instead of a full album, MINI ALBUM

[qwerty]

Awesome! Thanks for the update!

[KyahRyorin]

Ah well, no full album. But I ordered the mini-album anyway.

[immel]

I'll wait with any pre-ordering until there's been more news about the album, I wanna know about extras and stuff before I decide where and if to pre-order it.

[paperbag]

So I guess it really is true! She's releasing a mini album! I just can't believe it! This will not even reach a million! And most of the songs are already released! Hopefully the rest of the songs are good if not better than the single songs.

[immel]

Originally Posted by paperbag

This will not even reach a million!

At least that won't be anything new for Ayu.

Hopefully the rest of the songs are good if not better than the single songs.

Hopefully. I'm sure they'll be =)