lol peope are so quick to jump on the relationship they don't like which probbaly has very very very little or nothing to do with this. she's got an ALBUM almost every year. western acts get one full album out in 4 YEARS, and none says a thing about the artists being busy with their lifes as people, not as icons of the entertainment industry..jeeez... :headache

and even tho i really hate the love theme going on, almost all artists have the same thing....

Ayu was with Nagase for a long time and that was during her busiest time of her career, so I don't really think her dating life is an obstacle to her work.

EXACTLY! At least get INSPIRED by being in love and write us great lyrics and compositions like Voyage, Dearest, RAINBOW, etc.

maybe she has and on february 8th we'll get to hear them! :yes

i'm trying to be optimistic. i hope we'll get an epic amazing song (maybe gloria?) on this album.

Well back then she was more private then she is now. You didn't see her Nagase all the time. I still think she is to busy this days

(where are pieces of seven and teamayu2004 i thought they post every minute i miss them :laugh:laugh:roflmao jajajajajaaj)

^LOL I'm here, I had some patients to see so I was busy for a while. About to go to dinner now.

I wonder when we'll get previews for the new songs? Avex is as ****ing lazy as they are greedy.

What a creative album title. And this fabulous track list. Why I`m not surprised?
I don`t (want) believe that Ayu is doing these stupid things, I think it`s Avex.

Not sure if I buy the album. Maybe if there is one song I MUST have:D.

But I will support her on next years tour (Hotel Love Again Tour?:rolleyes).

Now Outback, you know it's "A Hotel Love Again Tour Limited Special Edition -featuring Maro"

Well the only reason she was more private then was because Johnny's aren't really "allowed" to have girlfriends/wives. That's why we barely saw them out together. Now she's allowed to be out with her boyfriends, flings, whatever.

I guess I'm ready for her and Maro to break up...or at least run into some bumps. Creative songs came out of her marriage/divorce to Mannie, and I hate to say this, but I'm excited about what crazy songs she might write about Maro. Let those creative juices flow, Ayu!

:yes Love it!!!! I'm ready for another Return Road

15th album
[maro's D]

7 versions with various Maro faces
+ including You & Me ~winter ver.~
and DVD with You & Me ~ Wake me up ~ snowy kiss PV'S BUT IN MONOCHROME COLORS.

tracklist will also include:
THX A LOT
Happening here
EGG

and a hidden track with Ayu's laughing at us.

special limited ver. will include super sexy track
[riding the D feat. Timmy]

i don't want sakura to be an interlude
as generic as it sounds, songs with sakura in the title are always pretty.

I didn't buy the previous releases because I couldn't afford them, however I've followed Ayu for 13 years of my life. The fact I've only bought about 6 albums/singles doesn't mean i'm not a die-hard fan. It just means i can't afford to buy every release and thus buy my favourites. I'm ashamed to say I've had to DL almost every album.

I'll definitely be buying this one though, considering these releases have been much better than her Party Queen releases. I'm hoping the GOODS will be better than a keychain or something lol

I can understand the frustration with Avex and their Ayu releases lately. I'm pretty sure Ayu herself is just as angry and annoyed as us, but she probably can't do squat about it. Avex is so up-tight and stupid that our local Asian Pop radio station here can't play more than around 5 Avex artists' songs per day coz the licencing is ridiculous. I've given up on avex. I hope Ayu moves labels eventually.

While it is nice that Avex is investing a lot of money into this.. something about it seems odd.. I kind of like the `prolific` ayu back for a few months, but the full album outshines the mini-albums too much, where there is barely a need to re-visit `LOVE` and `again` even though it has been expensive it has been nice to see her getting so much attention again, and I`ve enjoyed most of the new songs that have been releasing lately..

also.. I`ve noticed that Avex has quite a few of their artists doing some sort of `Anniversary` thing.. with weird years like `13` and `8` or something.. With very vague explainations.. What`s with this? 15, or 20 I can understand, increments of 5 or so.. Can someone shed some light onto this?

at least I like 8/15 of the songs of the album 100%
thats like 53.34% of the entire album already.
if i count how many times I've played those 8 songs, the album already has 1050 individual plays...

Oh my goodness, are Maro and Ayu dating now?

I hope SAKURA will sound something like Will.

That happened a while ago!! :)

^ you should've seen the chaos xD

I think she made the covers similar to Love songs style to tell everyone that it's a part 2, another chapter of her love life. She's a bit too much though, coz she said Mannie was her Last angel and all. And yet now she's back in the game.

not a huge fan of Will but YES YES YES
i need a because of you meets it was.