[Official Message] A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition-

[//ABEST]

oh right, my mistake!

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by //ABEST

i think it's amazing that they honour A BEST's legacy when they are doing this maybe it makes someone fall in love with ayu again

i wanna have those t-shirts! i wonder are they going to be like the one she wore on RnRC Tour

why y'all complaining? we are getting bts pictures and MAYBE something amazing comes out of those re-arrangements

i wanna see is she going to re-shoot the covers

re-mastering and some meh bonuses that's all. lol there won't be anything amazing out of that.

[marekcarey]

I am not eating the whole month but I am buying the deluxe!

[Next_Level29]

its A best for the newer generations.

[MessiahofSilence]

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

It's really no surprise that a white male rock paradigm persists in popular music when a fanbase still manages to be critical of a harmless re-release of one of the biggest selling Japanese albums of all time. The woman has a legendary back catalog, God forbid she make money off of it. No one says anything when The Beatles/Zeppelin/Springsteen re-release their old albums several times a year.

It's still a cheap cash grab, no matter how much you want to make it about gender roles... lol.

[Coelacanth]

Originally Posted by MessiahofSilence

It's still a cheap cash grab, no matter how much you want to make it about gender roles... lol.

Missed the point of the post entirely, but alright.

[ExodusUK]

I feel like they could have tacked on a 2nd CD to make it more value for money with the Acoustic Versions from the single re-releases around A BEST and some alternative versions.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

^I doubt they are specting big sales... Those kind of "legacy" re-releases are more to reinforce the importance of the artist on the market over the years... Something the has been doing slowly and constantly since 2013...

I also don't think they expect big sales.
But if this kind of release reinforces the artists importance depends on how they're marketing it and especially if and how they're promoting it. Otherwise it could go unnoticed apart from her own core fandom.

[NintendoHTF1242]

avex coulda taken some notes from the First Love 15th anniversary release but whatever lol I have no interest so I can't complain.

[mi|kshake]

It's really no surprise that a white male rock paradigm persists in popular music when a fanbase still manages to be critical of a harmless re-release of one of the biggest selling Japanese albums of all time. The woman has a legendary back catalog, God forbid she make money off of it. No one says anything when The Beatles/Zeppelin/Springsteen re-release their old albums several times a year.

That's a really interesting point! Re-releases and repackaged albums by pop artists are viewed differently.


Despite owning A Best (and only buying it in the last couple of years mainly for the rearranged songs and as an Ayu fan I felt I should own it!), I am considering the deluxe version. I may preorder (once YA have their preorder links up!) and cancel if I decide it's not worth it. But I am happy about this news whether I buy it or not!

I'm listening to A Best right now. Gotta admit it's not my favourite compilation of hers (that would be A Ballads) and I think that is down to some of the song choices. I love how it wasn't a straight up single collection, but would have been happy to swap out Love ~Destiny~ and Fly High for Whatever and Monochrome...or maybe Love ~Since 1999~.

[DogboyShugo]

I feel this is a waste of a release unless the songs are re-done

[rikku1994]

Well the release is aimed for collectors and people who never had the album (at least physically). If you already have the album then what's the point of complaining about it online if you're not gonna buy it anyways? Like chill and smoke cigarette or something, she's gonna release a new album or single anyways so why stress so much over this?

I, for one, am excited for this since I never had the album. It would be nice if she re-recorded new vocals but i liked the A BEST version of A SONG FOR XX so nvm... lol

[ayuinh.k?]

i thought there would be a cd+dvd and cd+blu-ray version available..avex is really thirsty for that money.

Also no demo versions of the tracks from A Song for XX to Duty? or are they keeping that for some ultimate deluxe golden box in the future along with return road from AT12?

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Anyone think there will be a TA version?

I don't mind...it's a nice release/tribute/whatever. I'll be getting the special edition!

[aliceshields]

I just realised that this release also mark my 15th anniversary of being her follower.

[luna7996]

I get why some people are mad (this would be like a million times more exciting with new vocals) but the collector in me want to have this very badly. I will wait to see if we get a TA ver and if not i will buy from cdjapan. I have like 20 dollars in cdjapan points and I was waiting for an excuse to use them up. This is perfect.

I hope we get a real nice photobook tho...not something with like 8 pages only.

[aliceshields]

^ I too waiting if any TA version, if not I'll go for CDJ

[TeamAyu2004]

This should be fun!

[Andrenekoi]

Wouldn't something be more expensive make it MORE attractive for collectors considering it will sell less and become more rare, being a more difficult collector iten to archieve on the years to come?

I bet they aren't making much more than 5k, 10k copies for this.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

I know there is a tracklist, but is it confirmed that there are no re-recordings? I'm happy with just remasters though, to be honest...