A Classical cover & tracklist

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by takashi526

where a RULE?

rule was fan made and was never official, not sure why anyone was expecting that. i wish more people would ****ing read rather than just look at pics and watching videos.

can't believe I'm ****ing buying this.

[TeamAyu2004]

Originally Posted by orbitalaspect

Creative? Sure. I know a lot of people who are "creative" and make complete, useless crap from their creativity. PQ was a great album for only a couple songs. After 20 minutes of listening, you have to be drunk and wearing a shoe on your face just to "imagine" where Ayu is coming from in the music. I'm still very angry with them for not releasing Return Road as a single, and I probably always will be. I would NOT, however, call anything at the end of PQ "creative". I would call it life threatening white noise.

I would never call FIVE or PQ some of her "best work". I think if you feel that way, you really don't have a well-rounded perspective on her career. I would say she's had some best work from points in her career, but her "best work" isn't anything released in the last 5 years.

yet again, jsut because you dont like it, doesnt make it uncreative. AND the reason why I can say that its some of her best work is BECAUSE i have a well rounded perspective of her career

and quite frankly she hasn't given up. She's still doing wonders.
But... I see where this is going, so I'm done.

[ExodusUK]

lol at people thinking Ayu has rerecorded vocals for this, Ayu's voice isn't here for that.

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

rule was fan made and was never official, not sure why anyone was expecting that. i wish more people would ****ing read rather than just look at pics and watching videos.

can't believe I'm ****ing buying this.

It's never too late to cancel~

[Bad Wolf]

DRAMA QUEENS STAY PRESSED
THIS LOOKS AWESOME
GET YO PANTIES OUT OF A KNOT AND RELAX. you'll probably be downloading this anyway lol

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by pepper

I expected that tracklist. The cover is huge joke though...

I'm only excited for Love song class. ver.
And maybe M/SEASONS a little. I think Dearest/Voyage might be not so changed, cause their arragments are very minimalistic (Voyage itself is kinda "classical" in original)

Keep in mind in Ayu-speak "classical" means "full orchestra", and "full orchestra" means "big". The most minimalistic the song, the bigger changes we can expect.

[spanishfan]

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

DRAMA QUEENS STAY PRESSED
THIS LOOKS AWESOME
GET YO PANTIES OUT OF A KNOT AND RELAX. you'll probably be downloading this anyway lol

If Ayu still have that rumored 2nd CD for Party Queen, she must release it behind that title, i'll buy lots of copies just to spread her words for the world xD

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by Uemarasan

Yeah, 2012 definitely is the worst year Ayu has ever had, musically speaking. I hope her fans cease from buying into this kind of lazy, uninspired work to force her into seriously rethinking and reconsidering the future direction of her musical career. Frankly, this kind of garbage is a one-way ticket to dinner theater and discount bins. She needs a healthy shock to her system to get that creativity flowing again.

I'm always optimistic when it comes to Ayu, but seriously, from Five onwards she has been nothing but a major disappointment. Hikki released one song and one video this year, and both of those blew away all that Ayu had done for the past couple of years. At this point, Ayu should think about collaborating (it worked for Namie) with REAL artists and younger composers and not just random and old people she likes. Superfly, Yasutaka Nakata, Funky Monkey Babys, Naoto Inti Raymi, Jake Shimabukuro, Mr. Children, Kuwata Keisuke, Ikimonogakari. You know, COOL people. If she continues on this track, she'll most likely end up as an irrelevant fossil before her time.

Quite a bit harsh there, but I agree.

And what I posted last night, it came true:

Originally Posted by Bigtop

Wait a minute...

I have a feeling JEWEL is an OUTSIDE shot... I have a feeling JEWEL isn't going to make the cut...

That's what I expected after taking a close look at the description. It seems JEWEL was just overlooked...I think that song is so underrated!

[jbrat2219]

I am definitely going to wait to hear the album before I decide to buy. I'm not a big fan of the tracklist at all but I know these songs have great potential to turn out beautifully! I'm definitely happy about Love song and Days.

[HikariDesu]

WTF!!! What a ****in cover!! The worst ever!!!
And the tracklist... OMG!! And where the **** is "Rule"??? The upload a video on youtube!!!

[Polyrhythm]

That cover

Tracklist isn't completely horrendous but there's no way in hell I'd pay 3100 yen for that (really? 10 tracks?). Don't expect too much from the actual tracks either. Based on how much time they spent on the cover, they probably spent like an hour tops mixing the songs. Also, no Secret; waste of potential (but that's just me). Is this whole whacky release schedule actually for the fans or for ripping off the fans? She's making good music for the first time in...forever, but they decided to release it in these bizarre, poorly-charting, half-assed "mini-albums." Seriously, why didn't they just give her a proper 15th Anniversary and release one solid album? It'd chart better. Win for Ayu. Win for the fans....Loss for avex...which I guess is the reason why.

[My Rainbow]

well... not happy
the cover is awful and I don't like the tracklist in general, but I will wait to hear the songs to discuss whether it is worth it or not. So far... not really...

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by Polyrhythm

That cover

Tracklist isn't completely horrendous but there's no way in hell I'd pay 3100 yen for that (really? 10 tracks?). Don't expect too much from the actual tracks either. Based on how much time they spent on the cover, they probably spent like an hour tops mixing the songs. Also, no Secret; waste of potential (but that's just me). Is this whole whacky release schedule actually for the fans or for ripping off the fans? She's making good music for the first time in...forever, but they decided to release it in these bizarre, poorly-charting, half-assed "mini-albums." Seriously, why didn't they just give her a proper 15th Anniversary and release one solid album? It'd chart better. Win for Ayu. Win for the fans....Loss for avex...which I guess is the reason why.

I agree.

To be honest, I don't care, but I have to say I'm on a bit of a "negative" side...

[Kazeyomi]

Drama on AHS. Nothing new lol.

I did not expected a stunning cover from this. So I don't get why people are so disappointed. Just look at MY STORY Classical did you really expected something different? The drawing looks well made for me though, I wonder if it will come with a slipcase like for MY STORY Classical, but I don't know lol.

In the other hand the tracklist is.. is so japanese. I'm glad there are new songs as: Love song, Days, You & Me, Missing and Song 4 u.
I'd hate japanese for choosing the same songs over and over, but makes it clear that japanese people have different tastes than mines. And her huge classics seems much worthy than her underrated and most interesting songs.

I don't think I'll buy it in any soon. First I'll download it, if the remixes will be amazing maybe I'll get the cd.

[Heavenly]

Originally Posted by HikariDesu

WTF!!! What a ****in cover!! The worst ever!!!
And the tracklist... OMG!! And where the **** is "Rule"??? The upload a video on youtube!!!

Rule was fanmade, it was said billion times.

[tasking]

For me, it's a case of, if I didn't already get LOVE and again and didn't want the gift for ordering all 5 releases, I'd definitely say **** it, especially since half the songs have orchestra or AO versions already. And the cover? Really?! It looks like that drawing artcika did a few weeks ago - but hers is better. But I wasn't expecting Ayu to be on the cover at all, ala MY STORY Classical. And quite honestly, I would've preferred that.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

DRAMA QUEENS STAY PRESSED
THIS LOOKS AWESOME
GET YO PANTIES OUT OF A KNOT AND RELAX. you'll probably be downloading this anyway lol

shut up ***** before you get slapped in your mouth

and I need to buy it since I'm insane and need to own everything she releases

[truehappiness]

I wonder if the gift for buying all five is going to be worth it. It had really better not be 'wallpapers' or something since the money going into buying all the releases will probably be... insaaaaaane. Maybe it'll be like early online streaming of an entire set of unreleased tracks or something like an entire full 'album' of them, I don't know. An extra that costs five releases of codes to get... it just has to be something more than just downloadable wallpapers or images.

[Chibi-Chan]

This:

Originally Posted by Ayu-me

The skill of the cover artist doesn't really matter much to me, what bothers me is that the original cover was very simple, which worked with its colors and the fact that the mini "LOVE" centered on pop ballads, but for a majestic classical album to have this colorless facial close-up... No. It just doesn't work for me.

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I wonder if the gift for buying all 5 is going to be worth it. It had really better not be 'wallpapers' or something since the money going into buying all 5 releases will probably be... insaaaaaane. Maybe it'll be like early online streaming of an entire set of unreleased tracks or something like an entire full 'album' of them, I don't know. An extra that costs five releases of codes to get... it just has to be something more than just downloadable wallpapers or images.

Just imagine:
If the gift IS wallpapers/screensavers like it has been suggested, AHS would crash completely and there would have to be a 100% rehaul and stuff.
The meltdowns will be IMMENSE. We ain't even at nuclear bomb level yet.
This is like a supernova.


Has there ever been huge meltdowns here before?
I wouldn't imagine cuz ayu's releases from before haven't been completely crap. This classical album seems to have caused a nuclear reaction among fans.