These songs are not orchestra versions versions, they are classical...
in ayu-verse there is a difference.
Just listen to My Story classical to any of her other orchestra versions, they are completely different.

THIS.

I think this release will sell like 10k copies...

It could work. The only obstacle really is "ooo lunch time/sunset/Tuesday/Friday night/Saturday" and so on. I want to hear it since her upbeat tracks can make really interesting classical arrangements since they're not normally anywhere near that style at all.

I always imagine AHS as a war camp everytime something is announced.

Don't know what I was expecting but I hope Love songs and missing will be awesome. Also maybe now when she sings 'oooh~ lunch time' I won't throw up in my mouth as much since there's an orchestra playing along and now it's supposed to be refined...

Not sure that the orchestra versions are necessarily the classical compositions of these tracks. Listening to My Story Classical, there seems to be a difference in feel. So I'm thinking this will be 10 brand new tracks.

Although at 10 tracks, this is a bit light. She could have done without the newer songs, ESPECIALLY You & Me.

What about re-recorded vocals? I'm thinking that's a possibility and might explain why it's 10 tracks as a lot more work is going into the older songs.

I'm not expecting new vocals since the MY STORY CLASSICAL didn't have one, even that in that time she probably had more time to prepare the material.

I think/feel this release is just something to give her more time to prepare the next ones.

MY STORY CLASSICAL came out a few months after the album, so there was no need to re-record the vocals.

SEASONS, M, and Dearest are likely to get vocal re-recordings. Possibly Voyage as well.

Surprised JEWEL isn't here. I thought that was an obvious inclusion.

haha, no way.ayu never rerecords vocals for things like this. :(

i wish she would though...so much. :'(

I know everyone keeps saying "Classical is not the same as Acoustic orchestra blah blah blah" but that really doesn't make a difference for me I want OTHER songs in ayu's 220+ songs discography get to be reworked and have the spotlight and see another side of them.

Ayu is trolling us so hard.

She was so stunning during this era. Extremely elegant.

loling. loling so much. Merry christmas to you too Avex.

this ducking sucks!!!
only 10 songs... 3 sucks in all posible ways!!!
the cover isn't new I mean, they didn't take only 2 picstures of Ayu in that photoshoot right?
argh... I hope at least the orchestra was from Boston, Berlin... What the hell I'm saying???!!! I'm asking to much... but this deserves because of the cover and the poor tracklist... :/ *breathe*
please... please please I hope the songs was good! It's my only hope.

i wonder how many times the titles "SEASONS", "M", "Dearest" and "Voyage" has appeared in an ayumi cd cover back XD

I wouldn't be so certain, it is her 15th anniversary campaign after all. Plus her vocals from that period are just going to sound off next to Song 4 u and Missing.

Imagine the tracklist with JEWEL and RAINBOW...

I wouldn't even care about the cover!

:thud

what theeeeeee :thud

i dont have the problems with the track..

but the cover..

waattdaaaa ************ :tired

Am I crazy to think that ayu is driving fans away so that she could retire and be a married little woman?

lol i do like that idea that it's a drawing, but why should they use that pic? couldn't they ask someone to do an original illustration instead? even with the same pic, but adding more imagination to it. wouldn't have looked so lazy and unoriginal. I actually then would rather prefare something like MY STORY CLASICAL cover instead.
If you are being lazy then be lazy to the maximum. I hate when they do half-ass stuff -g ood or bad. They are workaholics?my ass... >_> i honestly sometimes wonder what avex is thinking paying to those people...:irked

And i can bet they could have gotten a drawing like that for free from some fan xD