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I very much doubt that what overseas fans think will affect how the release does in Japan. At the moment, both the limited edition and CD+DVD are in the top 15 on Amazon.co.jp (#7 and #13 respectively) which is pretty good considering the releases ahead of her are like... AKB / Masaharu Fukuyama.
I would say that this so called negative judgement of the mini album is about the norm for Ayu releases. Love songs and Rock'n'Roll Circus were received surprisingly well I thought, with few people hailing that they were the worst albums of her career. It's interesting how different opinions can vary, but for now I think it's a mix of being desperate for new Ayu and not getting what you might want to hear from her. I think that the insertion of collaborations into this album sort of ruined the 'groove' of FIVE. beloved and progress are both so very much Ayu-ish songs that I think if they had not included Why... and ANother song, she probably would have had a much stronger mini-album in people's eyes. But since essentially half of the album is made up of collabs and almost every track is of a 'medium' feel, it doesn't really feel right. As for 'fierce', if you think about this as a 5A-side (which would be classified as a mini album in Japan anyway), it's pretty well balanced at the moment with one fierce/powerful track and a few other genres mixed in there (mostly ballad/midtempo though). If she were doing a full album, I think we would've probably seen some more upbeat tracks mixed in. Personally, I would've liked to see a summery track on the album but I'm happy with what we have so far because I know that eventually she is going to do something upbeat, so why be disappointed that it isn't here right now? |
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I would say that the main reason for the looooooooooong delay was Tales of Xillia. avex probably wanted progress to be the first thing out after Love songs, but since the game wasn't coming out until late September, about nine months after Ayu was announced to be attached to the project... this ended up being what we got. The earthquake in March might have also played a part in it as well. |
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I think FIVE will probably end up selling more than say, L or crossroad, but it probably will not be able to sell 200k+.
The fact that it's all 100% "new" is pretty nice, but I think they should have probably lowered the price point since you're paying the same price for less than half the usual material you get for ~3000 yen+. We might see a bit higher sales than we normally would because of AAA, JUNO, and Tales of Xillia though. It's interesting how the edition with the special ToX costume has been the best selling version for the last two months. |
I just think people are being too overdramatic...
AHS opinion about Ayu releases almost always differ totally to general japanese public opinion... People over there tend to love the same tracks we bash over here... Face it, saying that AHS is responsable for 10k copies sold is being naive, I wouldn't be surprised if people over here together buy less than 1000 copies of her releases... and @Zeke., I know u can have your own opinion, but shouldn't you wait to listen to the tracks before getting in panic? x________________x Besides Tom Punks I don't see anyone really hating it more than usual... (and I'm not saying is wrong for Tom to hate it) |
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I think the only bad thing about this release is that there isn't the variety that is normally there that we have with a full album, so the 'hate' seems magnified.
Memorial address had help with having & and two ballads before it was released. Perfect balance, I think. Without any singles though, this release does seem to pale in comparison. (2 pop/2 alternative/4 ballads vs. 3 medium tracks/1 pop-rock/1 ballad) |
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Ayu wasn't in endless sorrow and it's one of her best pvs ever <3
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I like the new songs, but they aren't good or mind-blowing by ayu standards, she could do so much better.
I put my money on BRILLIANTE, but not really, if it's going to be another drag queen inspired pv, hopefully it isn't too trashy. Oh well, as long as the song turns out amazing. |
Sales are important but while I gey emotional with Ayu´s song I will be her fan...n__n
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I expect BRILLIANTE to be the second INSPIRE
please please please :P |
I am not expecting anything from BRILLANTE. Of course I hope it's good, but I'm not placing my bets on it. From the sound of it, BRILLANTE has a lot to live up to.
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better if you don't, so you don't feel even more disappointed.
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I think from what they've said about BRILLANTE, it will probably have a medium epic sound like do it again did? That's what I think of when I read 'movie soundtrack' anyway.
It's kind of awesome that we're gonna be getting 5 new PVs next week~ I want to see previews nowwww~ |
^^ yeah I know
but I just want to hope for something lol let it be at least WELL-PRODUCED song with a decent arrangement and memoramble melody. |
lol yeah, I just feel the bland feeling of this album was almost intentional, I don't know if they are bringing it down so the kids can jump on it or something :P (kids= urata, juno)
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I'm just surprised people are complaining so much about this release when they didn't complain about the last 2 years of her career....tbh. Everything since Mirrorcle World seemed to be some half finished thought that could have been a hit, but was rushed to generate sales or make convenient release dates. In the end, FIVE is going to fulfill its inherent purpose anyway, which is to grant her another #1 mini-album and satisfy a release deprived fanbase. Just be happy she didn't retire yet.
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