14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [V]

[perfectodub]

petals and SAKURA sounds very good, i was waiting for at least one electronic full track like "wake me up"...but well...it is fine.
IMO the best trackS on this album is "missing" and "wake me up"

[TeamAyu2004]

im really happy with these previews..
and glasses not being a full song might be disappointing, lol.

[RylanJames0]

BoA sang Engrish with Amazing Kiss, look show brilliant that sounded. It sounded like an entirely new language.

your faves could never.

[FoObY]

Amazing Kiss in English was epic! It was like they translated the original lyrics using Babelfish.

[RylanJames0]

Originally Posted by FoObY

Amazing Kiss in English was epic! It was like they translated the original lyrics using Babelfish.

stahppp


ya'll need jesus.

[Delicious n Bold]

I wonder if any of the 5 new songs will feature English...

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by RylanJames0

It'd be something new and nice as it's my first language and I'd want to see how I'd appreciate it differently if NEVER EVER or Endless sorrow were in English as they are my faves.

Most of the time, the songs don't end up that great once translated into a language that's different from the one the song was originally written in. For instance KEY OF HEART turned out quite awkward in the end, but that was the case with almost all the BoA songs besides DOUBLE. The vocal melodies for the majority of Ayu's songs were made so they'd suit the Japanese language. Trying to rewrite the lyrics would be very hard and a mare translation would most likely end in failure. I mean look what happened when GACKT sang Mind Forest in English during his YFC! tour - I could barely recognize the song. It was plain awful.

[BlackSilence]

SAKURA - reminds me of Ivy just much better

Bye Bye darling kinda reminds me of "evolution"

petal reminds me of "part of me"

Gloria - Key ~eternal tie ver.~

DeJAVU totally xD

[FoObY]

Originally Posted by RylanJames0

stahppp


ya'll need jesus.

Only if it's pronounced "hey-soos" and he comes in chiselled model-form.

[pepper]

Ok. BOTH INTERLUDES ARE AMAZING. tasuku never failed me. I need a tasuku song now. glasses are fun too!

Songs are... nice. Just nice. I DISLIKE THE FACT THEY ARE ALL BALLADS beside Bye-bye darling. (all are ballad-medium). Which is very fun and retro pop sounding and I love that. I hope verses don't ruin this electro-pop light sounding. It's really like some of her electro song but in "light ver."

SAKURA sound like peachy ver. of any of her power ballad (No way to say etc) Like more powerfull November.

petal... ballad. Meh, Ok. But the music sound pretty neat.
untitled for her Story 2 - ballad. Ok. It sound like ANY ballad.
Gloria - another medium filler track, but it does catchy melody

But why they are all so peachy-pinky ;_;
She needs more claws to her music like she did with Wake me up :<

The thing that bothers me too is that task'n'bass is SO AMAZING and it doesn't fit the ballady atmosphere of whole album.

[Bad Wolf]

well these are all just fragments. we might be surprised and get another 'wake me up.' kinda like how 'last angel' shifted genres in the song itself.

and i don't think 'song 4 u' or even 'missing' sound all that ballady! i think it'll all kinda flow together once we hear the album as a whole, so hopefully there's more of an edge to the album. i also like when her music has some cut to it. :3

[pepper]

^ but Missing is still a power medium ballad.

so: *not in order*
1. Song 4 u (generic power pop)
2. Bye-bye darling (generic pop + with electro)
3. Wake me up (generic pop + with electro)
4. You & Me (generic cute pop + with electro)
5. snowy kiss (sad experimental angsty electro)
~~~~
6. Missing (power ballad)
7. SAKURA (power ballad)
8. petal (ballad)
9. Untitled for her Story 2 (ballad)
10. Melody (ballad)
11. Ivy (ballad)
12. Sweet scar (ballad)
13. Gloria (medium pop + ballady sound)
~~~~
14. glasses (electro)
15. tasknbass (electro)

I just don't like THAT cohesive albums (like Love songs)
Well Party Queen had this kinda big "rockesque" section but well, there were in fact TWO rock songs. reminds me and call. And rock-dance track with Shake it. It was well ballanced. She put "rnb" feel with Tell me why, epic orchestra Return Road with drama all the way, US rock feel with call, really good dance tracks, some experimental songs in the end (which almost everybody hates but ESM still amazes me...) Now I have... 4 pop songs, one experimental... something (snowy kiss) and... BALLADS. TONS OF BALLADS.

I know, I am picky, I just miss epic rock song from her... I didn't had this song since Microphone *crying in the middle of darkness* And I am just tired of ballads. They all sound the same to me.

Only Ivy don't. Ivy doesn't count.
<3.

But well, I guess everyone will find their own "Ivy" in these new tracks.



inbe4: Ivy should have a single.
5th realese: Ivy single with rock b-side. AW YES.

[RylanJames0]

now what if the next release are all rock / pop songs as these are mostly piano ballads?


HMMMMMMMMMMMMM? *<):3

[njanjayrp]

Bye-bye darling is pop/rock can't hear the electro in it >_>

[RylanJames0]

there's too much hype with the release..


If they did this with Party Queen and we waited three months, we'd all have PQ CD burnings.


Over killing hype is the wort.

[hayasaki]

I'm a ballad sucker! And i'll love LOVEagain as much as I loved Love songs. Can't wait!! <3

[RylanJames0]

Originally Posted by hayasaki

I'm a ballad sucker! And i'll love LOVEagain as much as I loved Love songs. Can't wait!! <3

the guy in your sig is cute =P


and yesssss except I want a cover.

[BlackSilence]

why do people actually compare it to love songs? it does have a theme but it's nothing like love songs. i dunno why but i maybe listened to the album like 4 times and never did listen to any of the songs ever again.. *shrugs*
Well her vocals are like 1000000 times better than on love songs...

it actually is kinda weird how i tend to like stuff none ese does and pretty much not like most of the things that people on here call masterfpieces lol YAY FOR BEING ODD ONE

[microphone]

So happy for all the new ballads. 'Wake me up' was enough. We shall have another up-beat song in a few years or so.

[Didz-19]

i just have to wait the leak or my cd...