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#41
8th October 2010, 02:33 PM
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i'm happy with the quality of all songs in this project ( except for SDW but i don't care since it's just a cover ) ! About covers , i just find Moon covers good ! the only thing i hate about this project's promoton ! it's Avex fault for not promoting her 50th single enough ! being the face of many magazines doesn't mean her singles can sell well but some promotion in music shows may improve her sales !~~!
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#42
8th October 2010, 06:06 PM
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Songs: VERY SATISFIED
PVs: nor crossroad's but it doesnt bother me since the song is stunning Promotion: NOT SATISFIED
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#43
8th October 2010, 06:21 PM
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These are all just my thought.
48th- I love it over all. The covers, songs, pvs, remixes, I love ALL  49th - The covers are just ok for me. I love crossroad, my most favorite song!! The pvs is just ok too.. Not amazed me much. blossom pv is awesome! 50th- Great covers. But dont love it that much. I love all songs in this single! VR n LA are greatest! LA pv is the best ever! Over all : songs are great, pvs are great too, covers great three. So, I'm satisfied 
Last edited by asmAyumi1992; 8th October 2010 at 06:33 PM.
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#44
9th October 2010, 04:10 PM
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blossom/MOON:
blossom is so boring :/ MOON was a definite grower though. It grabbed me after about 3-5 listens. crossroad: Boring, as usual. SEVEN DAYS WAR is okay I guess. L: Sweet Season and Virgin Road are boring. Last angel is all right, totally unexpected. Haven't bothered with the PV's (simply because I don't care for PV's sooooo)
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#45
9th October 2010, 04:28 PM
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up to now , I don't bother to download/watch the PV for blossom as what's the point in that ayumi's not there ~_~
I probably will if I want to kill some time or if I want to see JaeJung (I known him as Hero as he was blonde in the LAST ANGEL PV xD) but nope , not going to happen anytime soon
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#47
9th October 2010, 04:56 PM
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#48
9th October 2010, 05:43 PM
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well lets see here...
Songs: MOON was phenomenal, it captured that old Ayumi Hamasaki feeling very well. blossom was great in concept, but I felt like the verses and chorus were too disconnected. Plus the harmony in the chorus is one of her worst, whoever mixed it needs to be executed. crossroad was a pretty strong single, surprisingly enough. The Chaku-uta version remains horrendous, but I'm glad someone was able to catch how bad it was and fix the arrangement. SEVEN DAYS WAR doesn't count to me, it's not her song. My problem with the crossroad single is that it was treated as TK's comeback single instead of Ayu's 49th single. Onto L. WTF was she thinking with Sweet Season? This year's Sunset, it may even be worse than Sunset. It's just... awful. Virgin Road took some growing, but it disappoints me in the end. Her voice now just... can't sustain a song like that. If Virgin Road had been released five years ago, it probably would have been her best song ever. It disappoints me because of all it could have been. Last angel is perfect though, it's trance heaven. Music Videos: MOON, crossroad and Sweet Season essentially had the same music video. She sits around for five minutes and something "shocking" happens at the end. And they were all boring as hell. She needs to stop making videos like this. blossom was boring as well, but I'm not a fan of those drama videos. Would have rather had her sit around and sing blossom tbh. Virgin Road was the only good PV from this project, and not for the reason I'm sure she intended. Virgin Road was comedic gold, easily the funniest thing she's ever done. The climax of it was disappointing though, with them on the water tower and her singing. It was so lazy. Covers: I only like the crossroad covers in terms of idea and photoshoot. L and M/b's photoshoots were really lame. She looked incredibly fake and plastic on all of them. The worst part about them is they weren't special. They looked like everything else she's done for the past two years. For this project, I was expecting... something. But I got nothing. Avex's Mishaps: avex ****ed this up. They really did absolutely nothing right for the promotion of these singles. From short versions of the PVs, to her limited TV lives, and canceling L's bonuses. They messed up BIG time, and shouldn't have given the supposed grandeur of the project. OVERALL: Songs I love: MOON, crossroad, Last angel PVs I like: Virgin Road Covers I like: blossom/MOON CD-only, crossroad CD+DVD, crossroad CD-only A tl;dr: expected more, liked portions, hated others. Disappointed.
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9th October 2010, 06:02 PM
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#50
9th October 2010, 06:42 PM
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I'm not that satisfied with the project in general.
The only songs I love are crossroad and Last angel, but I have to admit that she really wowed me with these this time. SDW is also pretty nice. I don't feel the other songs much though. Sweet Season probably is the most boring song she ever released. Everything else was also pretty meh. The covers, the packaging, the PVs, the promotion especially - lackluster. It is a step up for me personally music wise, but other than that it doesn't feel like this project deserves that name.
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#51
9th October 2010, 07:55 PM
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I've grown to accept it, but I thought it'd be more of the return of me listening to the songs because I love them, and less so that I'm listening to it because it's Ayu's newest release. They are nice songs and I listen to them a lot and have grown to like them (I love crossroad) but everything else, although nice (still have yet to get comfortable with Virgin Road), ... Let's just say if it was some random release by another artist, I would not feel the need to listen to them over and over.
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#52
9th October 2010, 08:57 PM
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I don't care about PV's, so I'll just rate the singles based on the songs and covers.
MOON/blossom: MOON was an instant hit for me, I loved it since the first time I heard it. Her voice in the beginning of the verse was a little off-putting, but the rest of the song was gorgeous, I'm a sucker for rock ballads like these. blossom was a little bland in the beginning, but after hearing the remixes on crossroad it grew on me hugely. I don't think it's her best song ever, but it's very nice and I love it. The only remix I liked on this single was Last Links' orchestra version. Microphone's remix was okay but nothing compared to the original, Don't look back remix sucked and I'm probably the only person who preferred meaning of Love's original version. :/ Whatever. The covers were... blah. She looked drugged on all of them and old poutface is getting boring. The booklet shots were gorgeous though. crossroad: I love the title song. It's so calm in the verses and gets hugely melancholic in the chorus. The arrangement is great and I love the lyrics. And singing it aloud, I've noticed it's actually more high-pitched than I originally thought, I appreciate that. SEVEN DAYS WAR was just plain okay. I love the beginning and the first verse but the boring chorus just kills the whole song. It gets a little better in the end when guitars and whatnot enter the stage, but at that point it's already too late. Remixes were all great. blossom's remixes were both better than the original and also helped me love it a bit more. MOON's wasn't better than the original, but still good. The covers, however, were horrible. I dislike everything in them. Except maybe the outfit, but that thing should've been on some other single's cover. L: Let's get the good out of the way first. The covers were the best out of these three, and though it's another comeback for pouty lips and dead eyes, I like it even if just for the face-mask she's holding. Continuing with the good, Virgin Road is a fantastic song. Such a touching, sweeping ballad, the best song out of these singles. And now we enter the bad. Sweet Season is awful. It's so boring it's unbelievable. Why does it have to exist? Last Angel might be quite nice, but I can't remember anything about the song for the life of me. It's quite nice when I listen to it, but I just can't remember it afterwards. But I think it has a good chance of growing on me. Oh yeah and there were remixes too, I guess. From what I can recall, crossroad's orchestra version sucked and SEVEN DAYS WAR's was an improvement, though not big enough to redeem the song at all. In conclusion: I was very happy with MOON/blossom and crossroad, but sadly disappointed with L.
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#54
10th October 2010, 02:44 AM
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I completely love Moon and Blossom. I think the covers are nice and the pvs are okay. To me, music and lyrics are all that I care about from Ayu.
For Crossroads, it surpassed my expectations. It's a strong song and a good concept. It's catchy and nostalgic. Also, 7 days war is a nice song too. L raised the bar even higher. Virgin Road is pretty much one of her best songs ever. Sweet Season is addicting and laid back. Well... for Last Angel, I don't care about it. Overall I'm extremely satisfy. It's like we got a mini album with all of these singles. Now, I can't wait for the album!
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#55
10th October 2010, 02:45 AM
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to be honest , the only PVs I kept in my mp3player are MOON & crossroad . I do like her black outfit in crossroad so it's not so bad but other than , nooo  . I saw the 2 PVs from L once & that's enough for me to handle
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#56
10th October 2010, 03:03 AM
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meh barely.
But it could be worse. They could totally suck. At least there are some good songs.
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#57
10th October 2010, 03:05 AM
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MOON/blossom was really poorly done and rushed.
crossroad was downright crappy. Thank god she got a tiny bit of redemption from L, a solid single but nothing worthy of being #50. Thats all I have to say.
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#58
10th October 2010, 03:26 AM
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all I can say is that there better not be a single non-single ballad on this album if she is going to include every song so far from these 3 singles.
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#59
10th October 2010, 04:41 AM
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^I was wondering if she'd do an album full of just ballads and call it Lullabies or something. I can't imagine the AHS reaction... Wait, yes I can.
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