New album 'Love songs' & Ayu-produced single 'Dream ON' 12/22 [IV]

[Kagome-chan]

Just preordered 浜崎あゆみ、URATA NAOYA feat.ayumi hamasaki ALBUM『Love songs』（特殊商品）＋SINGLE「Dream ON」（CD+DVD）

[love in music]

just ordered from the TA shop too

[pepper]

The covers I actually LOVE are none of the original albums. i LOVE A BALLADS and A BEST & A BEST II covers. The ones from orig that are nearly "perfect" are RAINBOW, Guilty, Asfxx, and MS

[Miltonic]

also finally ordered from TA shop.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by emiko

^The composition for the NEXT LEVEL covers is awful. The lines/shapes just dont fit very well. The text was messily placed, but that's because of the bad composition of the photos in the first place...the photoshop is also awful, and well, yeah, I guess it does "fit"...but she doesn't look THAT great.

I mean, I guess the outfit is fine, but I could definitely see how people would hate it.


For Secret, people complained about the photoshop again, the messy work, the star brush, and how it looks cheap, and I think in the full body cover, the photoshop again was like "wtf".

She looked good on that cover though...and the inside booklet is great.

So, mostly, I guess, it's the photoshop work by the art dept that ruins those covers for people.

That seems like a lot of thought over a cover!

I love both covers to be honest. But the NEXT LEVEL ones are probably my favorite original album covers. I'm simple, I love colors.

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

That seems like a lot of thought over a cover!

oh, we go all the way

@surrealrainbow: That's fine, people like her NL covers. For me, it's the fact that the text placement creates these lines that, aren't parallel to each other, and don't fit together. And they're so major in the whole overall composition...it just looks so weird and off.

I think the concept and everything is cool thought, and I don't really have a problem with her outfit and hair so much, except that...she's looked better...but then, I guess it does fit with the album.

Oh...and I just don't like the little animal in her hair coming down to cover her tattoo...that's like, some of the worst photoshop I've ever seen lol

I bet they won't remember any of those covers lol I think I had forgotten already...I was like...hmmm what do those look like again...

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Then again yeah, looking at the empty half of the glass, NEXT LEVEL's shoot had SO MUCH POTENTIAL... and I don't think shimoko brought the best out of it. He has good ideas but I don't think he achieves them a 100%, but still I like his works, sometimes lol

If he's gonna shoot Love songs' covers, I'm ready to expect the unexpected xD We might get ayu holding dead animals and 'Love songs' written with blood... who knows

[emi♡]

what was the last thing she used him for?

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Lady Dynamite's pv??

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

these waiting periods are stupid.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

these waiting periods are stupid.

agreed.

i just want something.
even if it's just the titles of the songs she shot PVs for

[Misa-chan]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

these waiting periods are stupid.

I foresee it dragging till she comes back to Japan.

[Zeke.]

I'm not really anticipating this so much as everyone seems to be. There is the entire Holiday season to enjoy in the meantime! Come the album's release, the best time of year will be just about finished!

[lividlillies]

Originally Posted by all.night.raver

I'm not really anticipating this so much as everyone seems to be. There is the entire Holiday season to enjoy in the meantime! Come the album's release, the best time of year will be just about finished!

But then you can listen to the album to help ease you into the beginning of the new year! : D But I agree that we should just relax and enjoy the holidays without stressing about covers and stuff. I remember being really excited and anxious for the triple-release singles, but now I'm just like, "Well, whatever. Maybe we'll get this info on the 21st?"

(I love the Secret CD+DVD cover. It's one of my all-time favourites! And I don't mind the NL covers, I thought they fit, and I loved the poster--it was so fun compared to my other posters.)

[Zeke.]

I think her album covers are never as good as the music. I think she's so much better than the album covers she has had overall. But you learn to accept them. Lol.

[njanjayrp]

Imo only Duty, I am..., RAINBOW, A BEST, A BALLADS and Memorial Address covers were amazing. The NEXT LEVEL ones could've been as the idea was nice, but it was poorly executed.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^You're probably right, since she is probably still recording. But who knows...maybe she already has titles and covers done, she just has to record the songs.

[SKYia]

I just ordered my CD + DVD version of Love Songs Wish I could win a candle, haha :3

It's my first Ayu order, so far I tended to buy Ayu things in Japan since it was cheaper and gave me this special feeling of being able to buy something 'right there', but since I got more cash this time I thought I will just do it. A pity I'll get it after xmas.

[YuriChan]

Looks like the PVs are being edited! http://twitpic.com/38z7qx

[Kazeyomi]

I hope we will have some infos when she'll come back to Japan.
Like tracklist or a tiny black and white cover preview like GREEN/Days lol.