Awoh, is she adorable or what? XD You just gotta love her. Looking forward to whatever she's working on, whether magazine or album! :)

Wow, she is gorgeous~~! :luv2

huuuh why would that be a possible date

It was reported by haru@AyuChina aka Cloud@AHS. He usually gets CDs 2 weeks before release and etc....

He's very reliable.

i remember there are lots of singer/band releasing album on that day.but i think they are not ayu's competitor.

There are only about 4 bands releasing that day right now.

ya.and the others are releasing single.i guess the cover,title and tracklist will announce by today or tomorrow?

Hmm, still no official news on TA website as of now...

excited. :)

So close! :D About 5 weeks notice before release isn't totally unheard of either, NEXT LEVEL info was only released about that far ahead wasn't it?

Yes, that's right. It was just as close with Secret, if not closer.

The only time of year I get excited about Ayumi news is right before an album release, and the PV pics make me excited! Though I don't think her ballad PV this year will surpass Curtain Call, the one shot idea was stunning!

:( I can"t wait ayu new album T_T

It feels like ayu is spending more time and putting more effort into this album compared to NEXT LEVEL...so this longer wait is worth it but I really hope they'll announce the release soon.

^ I don't know about that. We didn't get as much insight into the making of NEXT LEVEL than we have with this album. But 4 new PVs is one more than usual. I wonder if the album will be a 10 song 4 interlude one again?

It's looking like it'll be 16 tracks this time around... if not more.

12 track-4 interlude is possible, but I wouldn't think she'd put that many after recording for the last 4 weeks...

The list I made about two weeks ago about her 1:1 ratio of video clips to music tracks:
Memorial address - 5 single PVs, 2 album PVs - 7 clips - 7 tracks on the album (8 with Memorial address bonus)
MY STORY - 4 single PVs, 3 album PVs, 4 making-ofs - 11 clips - 17 tracks on the album
(miss)understood - 7 single PVs, 2 album PVs, 6 making-ofs, 1 side story - 16 clips - 16 tracks on the album
Secret - 4 single PVs, 3 album PVs, 7 making-ofs - 14 clips - 14 tracks on the album
GUILTY - 4 single PVs (if Distance Love is split between the songs), 3 album PVs, 7 making-ofs - 14 clips - 14 tracks on the album
NEXT LEVEL - 3 single PVs, 3 album PVs, 6 making-ofs - 12 clips - 14 tracks on the album
This new album - 4 single PVs, 4 album PVs, 8 making-ofs - 16 clips - 16 tracks or more on the album??

More often than not, she's had about the same amount of tracks as video clips since she's started the +DVD thing (if not more...)

I still don't think she's going to include Sunset on the album. Really no need for both of them on the same album, even if it was a double a-side single. In essence they are the same song with different arrangements, it just won't "fit" in an album setting. So I think there's going to be 7 PVs - that's why she made 4 new ones, in line with the rest of her recent releases.

The fact that they both got PVs imo makes it more likely that she will put it on the album along with the making of for Sunset. I don't really see the big problem with including both of the songs as they're inseparable imo. We'll see what she's doing with the songs when the true tracklist comes out, but some people really need to get over their dislike of Sunset, haha. (From what I've seen, no other artist has really done this sort of thing with two compositions and two opposite arrangements since usually they either try to keep the songs both upbeat or both midtempo/ballady, not one of each, which makes it easier to decide to axe one... plus she chose to create Sunset over a completely different ballad that Ayu hated, so I doubt she'd just leave it off and let it die like that ballad.)

^ Why should we get over our dislike of Sunset if it's a totally boring song...? @_@

i think sunset still gonna be on the new coming album , there are no reasons to eliminate this track out of the tracklist as well.The lyrics and arrangement are different like another
one song. I like sunset LOL

no sunset pls...i would rather have red line for ta :D