Ayu ~Anything Goes~ XVI

[truehappiness]

I love that she made until that Day... into a full song from an interlude.

She should make full songs out of more just as a fun project.

[Gustavopc]

^ This. I am glad she made Mirrorcle World for an example, she developed it so much further, both music and lyrics-wise. I'd love to see more of this with her intro/interludes

[truehappiness]

I remember first hearing Mirror...

it was like ...

I can't even explain it.

Does anyone else hope Ayu experiments with weirdass progression again like in RAINBOW? That song was beautifully made and she really made all the fan suggestions work.

One of her hidden gems IMO.

[jiarongisme]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Does anyone else hope Ayu experiments with weirdass progression again like in RAINBOW? That song was beautifully made and she really made all the fan suggestions work.

One of her hidden gems IMO.

Yes yes yes!! It's definitely one of the best songs in her discography for me.

[4Seasons]

Really? RnR Circus feels very cohesive to me; I have no problem with the flow. Colours as well.

(miss)understood is the most jarring to me. It's like they couldn't decide which direction to take the album so they just dumped everything on it. The interlude placement does nothing to help it for me.

I can't get an emotional grasp on I am... either. There's so much different stuff going on that when I think "I am..." I don't think of anything. Same for (m)u.

[Gustavopc]

Originally Posted by 4Seasons

Really? RnR Circus feels very cohesive to me; I have no problem with the flow. Colours as well.

(miss)understood is the most jarring to me. It's like they couldn't decide which direction to take the album so they just dumped everything on it. The interlude placement does nothing to help it for me.

I can't get an emotional grasp on I am... either. There's so much different stuff going on that when I think "I am..." I don't think of anything. Same for (m)u.

I thought I was the only one who didn't think of m(u) and I am... as such masterpieces Also agree with you on RnRC, it had different styles but still felt like a whole piece of work for me.

[//ABEST]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

I thought I was the only one who didn't think of m(u) and I am... as such masterpieces Also agree with you on RnRC, it had different styles but still felt like a whole piece of work for me.

I am... and (miss)understood are so over-rated imo, yes they have some gems but every album does

[sitara]

not yet was the only song I instantly loved on secret...

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by sitara

not yet was the only song I instantly loved on secret...

The moment I heard the children in kiss o' kill I was in LOVE.

[MeltingCORE]

Yay! My copy of LOVE again arrived! (I think the seller knows me now because I keep buying Ayu albums from him. Normally it takes a month for Japanese CDs to arrive, but he's been sending the Ayu albums faster and faster. It hasn't even been a week since I ordered LOVE again. ^o^) Anyways, I dig this album a lot. Song 4 u is still one of my all-time fave Ayu songs. And wow! If task'n'bass was made into a full song, it'd be in my top 10 fave Ayu songs. Also, snowy kiss... amazing. Another favorite.

The only thing is I remember people saying it was dumb that they tacked on You & Me at the end and I agree. I think it's a cute song, but it doesn't really fit with the rest of the songs (imo). And I've been laughing at the fact that Ayu actually sings "oh lunch time" (booklet confirmed it for me). I love you, Ayu, but no... lol.

[luna7996]

Love Songs cd+dvd first press came with a slip case. Didn't it? The cover coloring is so similar to Love Again that I always confuse the 2. Anyways, did it have different covers under the slipcase like A Best? How many different covers were there? I think I saw pictures of one in a selling thread here at AHS but I can't recall.

[jiarongisme]

Originally Posted by luna7996

Love Songs cd+dvd first press came with a slip case. Didn't it? The cover coloring is so similar to Love Again that I always confuse the 2. Anyways, did it have different covers under the slipcase like A Best? How many different covers were there? I think I saw pictures of one in a selling thread here at AHS but I can't recall.

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[luna7996]

^ Thank you
Does anyone have pictures of both that they can share?

[truehappiness]

I can get them from the old Love songs threads.

We made a bit of a big deal about it since we had no idea we would get different covers.

Actually, M(A)DE IN JAPAN has a sleeve too so...

Spoiler:

Second ver. is edited textless.

[luna7996]

^the first thing my eyes were drawn too in the second ver was those super duper shiny legs.

First one is real pretty tho. Thanks truehappiness. You are a fountain of info were ayu is concern. Love you.

[ayu-michan]

thank you truehappiness for sharing the photos! i honestly prefer that cover over the one with her hair in pigtails tbh. I WISH WE HAVE A PROPER SCAN OR SOMETHING OF IT SO I CAN PUT IT AS MY ITUNES COVER

[truehappiness]

Japaneseprincess scanned theirs before they stopped doing scans. I dunno if it's a good enough scan but here it is!

Spoiler:

[ayu-michan]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Japaneseprincess scanned theirs before they stopped doing scans. I dunno if it's a good enough scan but here it is!

Spoiler:

thank you so much for this!!

[DevilsClap]

I love everything about Love Songs. The regular covers were cute imo

[Miduhyo]

It's actually my favorite cover of hers, or at least one of them. xD I have the one where she's smiling and even though she's done so many shots like that since then I remember thinking it was just so freaking pretty when it was first released. It's an album I fall back to time and time again. Though I can't say I've really listened to anything else but MIJ in recent days but I'm sure at some point I'll go back to LS like I always freaking do. (Sending Mail is my musical spirit animal.)