Rock'n'Roll Circus - COVERS

[love in music]

Originally Posted by AngelSenshi

I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for 16 or 17 tracks.

This or I think it would be even cooler if she had 14 songs, but none were interludes. It'd make this album even more special because it'd be her first full album without any. I'm still expecting them though and I know it's highly unlikely she'd not have any, I just think it'd be cool.

[AngelSenshi]

Originally Posted by KillTime111

~!!! finally!! i`m liking the covers. not gonna lie though, i`m a little disappointed. liking the cd+dvd one more. was hoping one of them would be farther away showing more of her outfit and the environment. either way, nice photos, sanks very much for postin~

Have hope! Maybe the posters will be something like that; it'd be really really cool, wouldn't it?

^ Aren't the posters usually of the album covers?

[AngelSenshi]

I've never gotten any posters, so yeah, you could be right. Since there was so much shot in London, it'd be wonderful if the posters were a bit different.

[hachiroku]

Originally Posted by identity

I think it would be even cooler if she had 14 songs, but none were interludes. It'd make this album even more special because it'd be her first full album without any. I'm still expecting them though and I know it's highly unlikely she'd not have any, I just think it'd be cool.

Cool yes, but i usually like those interludes, especially Load of the SHUGYO and Are you wake up... So i hope 14 songs + interludes

btw, this "covers" thread is gonna be full soon Oh my

Originally Posted by xLitax

^ Hopefully there is another Are You Wake Up? Her best interlude, imo.

like " Are you still awake?"

^ Hopefully there is another Are You Wake Up? Her best interlude, imo.

[AngelSenshi]

Interludes are definitely nice to have, they help link songs together sometimes and in some cases they're really necessary. But still, if there are going to be a number of interludes I want the songs to be long and impressive. Or at least have a few more great tracks, in which case, 16/17 would be perfect.

[Ayumiko]

hopefully with the longer production time, we'll get more tracks or less interludes.

Originally Posted by hachiroku

like " Are you still awake?"

Bahahaha! Exactly!

[stepYOU1234]

Best covers in a longgg time! A bit more experimental and good for it. Here's hoping for a good booklet and photobook

[love in music]

Originally Posted by hachiroku

Cool yes, but i usually like those interludes, especially Load of the SHUGYO and Are you wake up... So i hope 14 songs + interludes

True, I don't think her interludes are pointless and she has a lot of great ones, but we have gotten a ton of great ones these past few years so I wouldn't be too disappointed if she didn't have any.

Originally Posted by stepYOU1234

Best covers in a longgg time! A bit more experimental and good for it. Here's hoping for a good booklet and photobook

I think the photo book will be great, and I think it will document ayu's stay in London. ND CHOW did the on my way and off my day photo books for her and I thought they were amazing and natural and captured ayu just being herself, hope this photo book is the same

[chestergringo]

Thanks! Very Cool!

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by Yumsushi

Right on. Just because I finally joined in 07 doesnt negate that Ive listened to Ayu since around 2001-2002 (whenever she sang M on the MTV Asia/World music awards). Decision dethroned Surreal as my favourite Ayu song and I dont think that everything old is Gold or vice versa. Dont turn this into a new fan old fan thing because that has nothing to do with people liking/not liking the covers, rather it sseems a reinforcement of the clique mentality that governs most forums and turns users away.

There's no way 100% that the older fans are fading away because they're getting tired of ayu. True, the atmosphere of the forum may turn users away (that's one of the reasons I didn't join AHS or any other ayu forums between 2000 - 2002... rather I joined newsgroup lol). However, you have to account for a fact that there are hardcore posters in different eras. The reason they dun post anymore could due to the atmosphere, but also it could be ayu's fading away in their hearts. I have encountered this once, the time when she released I am. I didn't even bother to buy the album. I was sick to Free & Easy because it just sounded similar to M. I wasn't really interested in H, and I just bought RAINBOW because the cover is pretty. I wasn't deeply into ayu again until & came out. So you can see that I don't always praise ayu old stuff. For me the "recycling problem" wasn't started recently, rather it has been already occurred in ayu's music since 2001. I gotta admit tho that her covers were still very creative back in the old days, so even in that withdrawn period I still found her cd covers pretty attractive.

That's just my personal experience.. I dun even know if that is an answer to your quote . I quoted your post because I do agree with you the possibilities of why the older members are gone. But there are other old members like me, who still stick around even ayu isn't attract us as deep as she used to be. No matter what we still wanna support her and there must be some songs/images we love from time to time .

Ok... a bit OT but I'm a bit curious... for those of you who has been ayu fans since her early career and not joining the forum until recent years (let's say... after 2007?). I just wanna know why you didn't join a long time before..? Was it because you didn't discover this place until recently? Or were you anonymous before and finally decide to join the community? Or was it that ayu wasn't in your most beloved artists before? Yeah I'm just curious .

Originally Posted by freedreamer

Coming from one who has been listening to MandoPop BEFORE stepping into the Jpop realm, I was never exposed to things like MEANINGFUL covers back in those days. Usually, Mandopop artiste pose nicely and thats it. it really didnt matter. Then when i came over, I realized how much photography and WORK was put into just a cover. So my point is, do covers really matter that much? Well, those that are more exposed to such probably would say yes because you've been exposed to greater forms of work and artistic covers. But, in the beginning, they havent reall mattered much. If a cover is beautiful, then it's all that matters.

and i think there's a general consensus of S/S's covers lol

I think in most parts of the world, covers don't have to be meaningful at all. Just look at EPop. How often do you find a meaningful cover? Of course there must be a few artists who wanna make meaningful covers. On the other hand, there are several Japanese artists make meaningless covers.

Back to your point. In a certain extend, yes. A "meaningful" cover can convey the music theme/direction. It can even tell the artist's current state of mind. Again that's just my personal preference. Some people focus on the music part. For them a cover is just merely a picture on a sheet of paper . Nothing wrong with both sides.

[LizBrazil]

Originally Posted by identity

I think the photo book will be great, and I think it will document ayu's stay in London. ND CHOW did the on my way and off my day photo books for her and I thought they were amazing and natural and captured ayu just being herself, hope this photo book is the same

He also did this for her:
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20ayuwe.htm
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20girlpop.htm
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20bluebird.html
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20ayubold.html
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20ayucd.htm

[adantatu2]

She can realease a new_
A COMPLETE -ALL INTERLUDES-

[love in music]

Originally Posted by YUIAyuNamieUtada

He also did this for her:
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20ayuwe.htm
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20girlpop.htm
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20bluebird.html
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20ayubold.html
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20ayucd.htm

I know! Some of her most beautiful shoots I have a feeling we're going to be getting some awesome magazine shoots like those first ones too.

[~kashifaita~]

Ohhh my goodness. Those covers are GORGEOUS. Especially the CD+DVD one. These are definitely the best ones shes had since Secret *__*.

[AngelSenshi]

Originally Posted by YUIAyuNamieUtada

He also did this for her:
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20ayuwe.htm
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20girlpop.htm
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20bluebird.html
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20ayubold.html
http://www.ndchow.com/album%20ayucd.htm

I was always happy and very impressed with his work; this is no different. His work is impressive =]

[LizBrazil]

Originally Posted by identity

I know! Some of her most beautiful shoots I have a feeling we're going to be getting some awesome magazine shoots like those first ones too.

I agree
I don't remember seeing him in London, but that was probably because I was impressed by Ayu and she was going to the recording studio I saw a photographer, but that was for TA I guess.

[angelicwitch1983]

Hahaha, this is awesome! Again, I love the album covers but this is just too much of a coincidence. Perhaps she plans to have an Underdome Riot on the planet Pandora? ;D http://www.thewyrmhole.com/storage/p..._mad-moxxi.jpg