On The Floor, Dance Again, Live It Up, Papi, and songs from album "LOVE?": Invading My Mind, Hypnotico, Charge Me Up; minus Pitbull stupid rap, basically all the songs he produce for JLo are insanely good!

after "Britney Jean" by Britney Spears, "Avril Lavigne" by Avril Lavigne, "BEYONCÉ" by Beyoncé, "Shakira." by Shakira ...... too many for trend, so plz NO, but the playful idea like "MDNA" by Madonna is good.

and plz, no acronym for album title plzzz, i still can't stand "A.K.A." by JLo

i prefer she use back her A logo for album title like R[A]INBOW ...

Diaishi Dance was never my style. Didn't they work with Mika Nakashima too? And that song sucked. Maybe because of her horrid vocals.

Armins track I hope is great. I fantasizes years ago what it would be like of he produced a track for her but never even imagined it as a real possibility. But, his original works lately haven't been up to par with some of his better material.

RedOne I think has potential to be the most "fun" track. He worked on Nicole Scherzingers album and I loved all the tracks he produced, even if the album was a flop.

Rodney Jerkins I am writing off as a dud track. Looking at the shit he's produced on wiki, like Nelly Furtados "Big Hoops" and some other trash material, his track as the most potential to be my worst nightmare when it comes to the direction he may take ayu in.

Just called this album BAE

I'm not too sure but I think Daishi Dance worked on Big Bang's "Haru Haru" and that is one of my all time favorite tracks from them. And also on "heaven" I think, both songs are really great in my opinion.
I personally think a composer can work on great and bad songs, a old good or bad song doesn't say much about the material they'll give a different artist so I'm basically just waiting for the songs to be released.

This may sound like a stupid question, but does anybody know where in Japan can I go to buy this album?
I just checked online with the Tsutaya near the place I'm staying and they don't sell CDs. Now that I think about it, I never really wondered about where CDs could be bought in Japan...

Daishi Dance should be interesting. Worked with MUCC for this one single I think and I liked it. So I'd be interested to see what happens with Ayu

I find it somewhat intriguing to see how many fans praise DAISHI DANCE for their remix of "HEAVEN" when it is actually Chieko Kinbara that made this remix stand out. Just my personal opinion, though.

A.Y.U.

HMV or Tower Records.

Not for me. Chieko Kinbara's violin was icing on the cake, yeah, but the remix stands on its own merits.

Then again, I like DAISHI DANCE stuff in general, always have. It's a good fusion of pretty, soft sounds & house beats. He has a distinctive style.

Too many remixers go for dissonance (or sound like they're remixing a different song entirely... or they just suck). Melody & harmony don't really seem to be a part of the planning process for a lot of remixers, and the result to me is just this dull droning cacophonic mess that to me has no merit at all. So I'll enjoy ANY producer with a good sense of melody & harmony, even if their stuff is thinly arranged or not my taste. Make your style distinct from anyone else's, especially in a simple way, and you DEFINITELY have my favor. DAISHI DANCE has always accomplished all of the above IMHO.

Maybe the album will follow the NEXT LEVEL structure, flowing from a soft but up-lifting start to intense EDM tracks, and ending with a ballad.

01. hello new me
02. Armin / RedOne/ DAISHI DANCE / etc...
10. Pray

Some interludes will be great actually.

You're a monster.

I had to log in and say lul @ NOW & 4EVA


Terminal... eh, could be interesting.

I just hope for covers better than these titles..

Yeah those were nice too. As were some if the songs in Nichole Scherzinger's album. I guess I can't see Ayu singing any if those songs haha. Now if RedOne were to do something like what he did for Mylene Farmer's Lonely Lisa, I think that would work.

It would feel very "final" if she used her name as the title lol

I kinda expect something silly ala "We can dance all night" or something.

End of the day , I hope her new album will be better as LOVE again is my least fave album from her (so far)

On that note , her new album wouldn't get #1 on the 1st week of release . I will be surprised if it were to happen

i would like "AYU" as the album title actually. "AH" would be cool too.
she had "A" single, so why not?

tbh I will be pleased with anything that don't include word LOVE.

I wouldn't mind "Ayu" as an album title but I don't think it should be for this one. I keep getting a fierce, upbeat feeling from the details we do know.

I can imagine the CM dub guy says,
"ayumi hamasaki....Ah~~~ in stores now" :laugh

And yes, please no more LOVE titles :\

I think we'll all be surprised in the end, knowing Ayu.