14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [V] - Page 17

microphone · #**321** 22nd January 2013, 06:25 PM

SAKURA and petal are fantastic. Gloria may grow on me.

Hopefully the next release will be announced soon.

progress · #**322** 22nd January 2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by js_surrealism

Was reading some of the comments that express dislike for the new album tracks because they sound "mediocre" and "boring". I guess I can understand the desire for something "fresh", but anybody who has lived through the 98-2002 golden era of JPOP will understand where she is going with this album. It's basically an amped up, more updated version of a song for xx. I personally love it. A straight up well-written pop album with no gimmicks or pretensions.

This.

**taskinillusion** · #**323** 22nd January 2013, 06:46 PM

Zzzzzz.... Oh, sorry, I fell asleep. :/ I hope her next album is more upbeat and dance-y like NEXT LEVEL. This one is definitely very ballad-y and honestly kinda dull. It's more cohesive than Party Queen though, for sure.

attractive nausea · #**324** 22nd January 2013, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by taskinillusion

Zzzzzz.... Oh, sorry, I fell asleep. :/ I hope her next album is more upbeat and dance-y like NEXT LEVEL. This one is definitely very ballad-y and honestly kinda dull. It's more cohesive than Party Queen though, for sure.

I would KILL for another NEXT LEVEL

But i'm ok with this album though haha

Bad Wolf · #**325** 22nd January 2013, 07:40 PM

NL was such a freakin' mess, though. Like Secret. It was just like a vomit of songs that stuck out all over the place.

Oh well. Ayu's been releasing things I think are absolutely stunning, so I guess it's time she released things I hated that other people love

RylanJames0 · #**326** 22nd January 2013, 08:09 PM

Secret is her best

mizuki-7 · #**327** 22nd January 2013, 08:45 PM

^
Secret was far to be bad IMO lol Next level only few songs are good (except singles)

Kanzaki · #**328** 22nd January 2013, 10:08 PM

NL was a beautiful mess! Electronica is my favorite genre, it was nice to see her poke into it, although it was more sort of an electro-pop experience. I believe she could make a really kick-ass electronica album, if she wished to do so. Truth be told, I'd rather be a bit surprised and have a few messy, ****** songs on a new album, than this old, routine, boring ballad party. It's just song after song which I'll listen to once and then forget about. I like almost all of the new songs, but there are plenty of songs I know that I like and never feel like listening to.

Same old, same old. Fans who are bored with generic, mid-tempo ballads that are "nice", and the fans who adore them. At least there's always something she releases that really makes people happy.

roanmy · #**329** 22nd January 2013, 10:16 PM

With the exception of GREEN, I think NL is her most coherent album.

SURREAL__RAINBOW · #**330** 22nd January 2013, 10:22 PM

She will never please everyone, and that's fine!

I'm happy with the new songs so far

brener · #**331** 22nd January 2013, 10:24 PM

not being ironically but this album reminds me A LOT of what i heard on Love songs..

Bad Wolf · #**332** 22nd January 2013, 10:56 PM

What's weird is that I love individual songs off of NL or Secret, but as albums I think they're just sloppy. It's only if I try to listen to either album in order do I realize this: if I have my iTunes on shuffle and a song from either album pops up I'm pleased to hear it. So idk what that says about my taste lol. I do typically like anything Ayu does (save for that veeeery first mini album she released pre-avex) so it's not a matter of musical taste, it's really just a matter of coherency and the flow of the finished product. That's why it took me so long to get into FIVE and why even now I'll regard classics such as Duty with a bit of hesitancy.

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With the exception of GREEN, I think NL is her most coherent album.

I found that if you stick GREEN in right after NEXT LEVEL, the rest of the album goes along quite nicely. That way you have these nice, crisp, fresh sounding songs right off the bat and then it gets jarring and dance!angry.

truehappiness · #**333** 22nd January 2013, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by brener

not being ironically but this album reminds me A LOT of what i heard on Love songs..

Lyrically, I think they're completely different. They do kind of have that same vibe though, I guess. Less Komuro-feels though.

***koumori*** · #**334** 22nd January 2013, 11:03 PM

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Lyrically, I think they're completely different. They do kind of have that same vibe though, I guess. Less Komuro-feels though.

It's to be expected, and is probably on purpose. Both albums are based on love, and I guess this is what Ayu thinks her 'love' songs should sound like.

SURREAL__RAINBOW · #**335** 23rd January 2013, 01:25 AM

Melody PV preview from the news! (screencap)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

jbrat2219 · #**336** 23rd January 2013, 01:39 AM

I thought that was Sparkle for a second!!!

truehappiness · #**337** 23rd January 2013, 01:39 AM

Love the look! Though Melody is so laidback...

I wonder if I should tune into KeyHole so I can see this, hm...

Bad Wolf · #**338** 23rd January 2013, 01:39 AM

Maybe the director was watching more porn and got some ideas lol

TeamAyu2004 · #**339** 23rd January 2013, 01:49 AM

porn and melody... man, I may have to give that song another go around... lol
and her next album being more like next level in terms of dance tracks i would die for!!
I love her sound right now, but Im over love... she needs to be too... lol

freedreamer · #**340** 23rd January 2013, 01:53 AM

hows that porn =.=

that looks beautiful! definitely throwing off the initial simplistic idea i had in mind.