this really is some of her best work in a long while.

i love seven days war :3
it's easy to listen to~

i like how she ends it too, with her "ohh la la la" and stuff haha

and the bit about the crossroad PV sounds really great!!
...and kind of scary haha

but yeah, Virgin Road is definitely an amazing song.

This is just a ballad with a own sounds, unique in his kind. It's one of my fav songs of her. I am so curious for the lyrics

I was one who wanted upbeat songs from these singles but now I'm like woah!! Virgin Road is amazing!! I don't mind the ballads anymore. :)
Plus, I'm fine with the blossom remix. I love it. :D

I don't like her vocals in SDW...

I wonder if she'll use SEVEN DAYS WAR as a concert finisher..i mean, hearing the way it ended, it could totally fit

Lyrics of Virgin Road?? Misa-chan translated them:

i think crossroad and L is one of her best singles in some time..i LOVE virgin road~and how she sing seven days war.

Release dates for L (Asian pressing):
2010/09/30 (HK)
2010/10/05 (TW)

Source: Ayuchina

I'm only goign to listen Virgin Road from the upcoming singles, the rest i am gonna listen wenn i get my copies.
But WOW Virgin road is beautifull!! It will very probably going to be a one of my favorite Ayu songs. :luv2
I hope that Sweet Seasons and last angel have the same level.
I cant wait for my copies to arrive.:yes

My copies of "crossroad" are now "In Shipping Process" on CDJ.:D:D Just I don't expect them too quickly. I ordered something else from them recently, and yesterday was 7th Postal Day, but still hasn't shown up even when i selected Airmail. They're usually quicker than that.:(

Oh, and I found this on Yahoo Japan Auctions. Don't know if it was posted yet or not.

http://img357.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/u...pyyxfk4973.jpg

^The First Press poster for "crossroad".

Looks really lazy IMO. I could do that so easy on my own computer.

Thank you for giving me, aura
Thank you for transalating misa-chan

Woow they are stunning. These lyrics are great! It is always as a present for me when i get the lyrics in english:D

Ugh the poster u____u Whats up with a black background? So boring.

I would not tell that Virgin Road is sooo unique sounding, because it reminds me of a lot of her ballad, mixed in one :P But the bridge for chorus is unique.

crossroad sounds very great in HQ and omg i got goose bumps for Virgin Road *O* it IS really beautiful,unic,i love the arrangement sounds soo calm,and very meaningful

Ok Im weird, I enjoys SDW more than any song we have leaked, lol

Virgin Road is lovely

^oh awesome!! Is that in Japan?!

Whotf thinks Virgin Road is unique? I heard the first minute and felt like it was plagarized.

Her vocals are gross, so detached and bored...

Cool promotion! :D I hope this single gets #1. "crossroad" really, really grew on me. I love it as much as MOON & blossom now. I like SEVEN DAYS WAR a lot too and the blossom remix is just freaking awesome! Virgin Road sounds like it's going to be so epic in HQ.

I LOVE SEVEN DAYS WAR. Her vocals make me DROOL. :D

^ really? her vocal sounds gross?
I don't find it like u said though...I love it..it's really something different from the usual rough-deep vocal she has had in her previous singles..
i love her vibra this time, she's not liked overdoing it..

that is cool! i love to see something big and grand bout Ayu :D

omg,now start imagining shes singing Virgin Road with a beautiful and lovely wedding dress :heart:heart

All I've heard so far is "crossroad" itself. I wanna wait for the other songs.:)

thx ^^

SEVEN DAYS WAR is unexpectedly good, her engrish's so cute :D. Sounded so boring in the chakuuta preview lol. And omg I love blossom remix :heart
I was disappointed by all these ballads, but now.. I'm really happy lol. I hope Sweet Season, and Last angel will sound amazing as Virgin Road!

EPIC, AMAZING, FLAWLESS, PERFECTION BEYOND THE COMPREHENSION OF MORTALS! Crossroad is still awesome as hell, her vocals in SDW are DEFINITELY the highlight! Mature and sexy as hellllllllllll. Virgin Road is just too good to be true! Like a gift from above! I know there are a lot of anti-TK fans here but whatever! He composed the magic that is crossroad and Virgin Road. I completely forgive him for that tragedy that was a song is born. Doesn't exist. These two songs erased it from the planet xD;.

HAHHA interesting fact i found..
I was searching for "Virgin Road" on Google to see what it means (if any). And found that there was indeed a drama in 1997 in Japan called "Virgin Road"
and guess what? the theme song for that drama was Can You Celebrate? by our dear Amuro Namie :)

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Virgin_Road

my dream came true for the blossom remix omfg. the remix is just.. amazing. they completely changed the feel of the song, it doesn't even sound like blossom anymore, it sounds like a brand new song. another rollin' or something :heart

Just a few more days. I'm going to get home early on wednesday and chase down the mailman; he NEVER knocks for packages, just fills out the "missed you" slip. :<

I really didn't like Seven days war but that blossom remix is something else! I may have to get this single after all cause the beat is just so damn sexy!

I dont want to listen to vrigin road or SDW
until i have my copy of the cd >.<
but omg im dying of curiosity!
I LOVED BALLAD so much and people are saying its one of her best ballads
EVER in a long time so that must mean virgin road will make my head fall off
Im so excited!
Im glad she didnt dissapoint :)

Are all the songs from the crossroad single available to download now?

My thoughts on crossroad-single: crossroad and SEVEN DAYS WAR were both only okay, sadly. :| Definitely good, but not great. But I'm quite certain they'll grow on me. :) blossom's remix is great! The monotonous verses I could live without, but the chorus is HOT! Best remix in a while. :D

I'm really glad about all the tracks, they're so great...

But actually Virgin Road would have been perfect for her Winter Ballad. It's amazing.
I wonder if she will sing at Kohaku this year, and what she will sing...

Virgin Road is one of her best ballads, her voice sounds really beautiful, for me is really epic and is a mix between BALLAD and HEAVEN.
Crossroad in HQ is :heart
I can't wait for the full pv, she burned herself, woww,

some screencaps of the crossroad PV.

http://hiphotos.baidu.com/bevis%D0%D...bb53664f6e.jpg
http://hiphotos.baidu.com/bevis%D0%D...92b21cb168.jpg
http://hiphotos.baidu.com/bevis%D0%D...7e9a502768.jpg
http://hiphotos.baidu.com/bevis%D0%D...5f8718bf69.jpg

I can't see them...

none load, reupload please?

^
^
me too ;_; reupload them again, please

now works

Not working. :no

Could you please upload it to imageshack???Ican't see them...

now works the pics

It looks amazing!!

it looks so odd when she's burning o.o...

YESSS so happy she lights herself on fire! it looks so cool!

VAL, can you put the pics in spoiler?

It looks kind of weird to me. Her being on fire like that >_>

Why are you guys spoiling the PV

It looks weird as a screencap. Probably more effective in the actual PV but burn that ugly wig!

Damn, I love the monotonous verses WAY more than the chorus. The verses are sexy! I like the remix but for the chorus I feel like something's kinda missing at that part. But very good none-the-less! I like crossroad better than Virgin road.

blossom > crossroad > Virgin road > MOON

My official ranking I believe.

too much CGI in the burning scenes lol but her TV-self looks awesome <3

LOL what do you want them to actually set her on fire :P

She's smiling even when she burns :roflmao

I actually have the exact same feeling but for the verses. :roflmao But even with that small complaint I think the remix is great. :yes

My official ranking: Virgin Road > MOON > blossom remix > crossroad > SEVEN DAYS WAR > blossom

'Bout the PV, it's slightly disturbing that she's smiling while in flames. :P I'm quite curious to see how this PV will turn out.

My ranking -----> Virgin Road > crossroad > SEVEN DAYS WAR > blossom > [entire RnRC album] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MOON.

For me it's;

Virgin Road > SEVEN DAYS WAR > MOON > crossroad > blossom

The only thing that excited me about blossom was the bridge, but it was amazing.

I'd wait for the rest from L but okay...

crossroad >>> blossom > MOON > Virgin Road >>>>>>>>>>>> SEVEN DAYS WAR

so far for me it's like this
crossroad > Virgin Road > blossom (Clockwork yellow remix) > blossom = MOON > SEVEN DAYS WAR
basically everything so far is top notch though.

7days > blossom > crossroad = Virgin Road > MOON

lololol

i'm weird

For me it's:
Virgin Road>crossroad>MOON>blossom>SDW

OMH!!! Yes!!! :thud
Thank you very much Aura!! Reading this made my day!!!!!
I've been dying because I haven't listened to any single songs....I wanted to wait for the next album (silly :rolleyes)...but this week I started to lose my strength...lol... but now I feel I've regained a bit of it....aahhh~
I hope, hoooope it can be released late this year or early next year!! :o

I'm so happy that almost everyone here's loving L's songs ^^ and crossroad's too...

I don't think so xD That may be because my opnion is almost the same as yours (compared with the others) xD

For me : Virgin road = crossroad > SDW > MOON > blossom

But we got Virgind Road and SDW only 24 hours ago, I guess it's way too short to judge already, we're still hype about them !

Virgin Road = crossroad > blossom > MOON

I'm neutral about SDW, it's just a cover.

Yep!!!!!!!!! New album ^________^
and the pics of crossroad pv are so stunning

^ Memorial Adress is also a cover and it burns my heart out.

So far:

crossroad: more balladish version of GREEN
Virgin Road: Curtain Call mixed with Carols, Voyage and very movie-feel like bridge. And music reminds me of one certain Ayu song (It feels like someone cut this music and pasted)
SEVEN DAYS WAR: dunno why it reminds me of girlish... i love girlish.

Mine:
blossom > MOON > SEVEN DAYS WAR > Virgin Road > crossroad

:D

Though I do think SEVEN DAYS WAR is her best song in terms of overall production quality since like... GUILTY. And the best vocals since (miss)understood for sure.

Ahm....Memorial address is not a cover, is it? :tired
That would kill me T__T

Memorial address is the first song Tetsuya Yukumi composed that Ayu used. There was a song called Kumo that had the same composition by a group that he was a part of in 2003 (LOVER SOUND TRACK) and she used it but wrote her own lyrics. It's like what she did for the Sweetbox tracks on (miss)understood. It's not a cover really. From then on, he was hired and composed a ton of Ayu songs. Right now he has the highest number of Ayu compositions of all of her composers. It's like 20~ or so?

What? SDW is a REAL cover. I mean, "Memorial address" is another version of "kumo" as half of (m)u have another versions of GEO's compositions... I think that's different. But it doesn't mean that I don't like SDW :P

it's not really a full cover, she wrote the lyrics to it. she didn't write the lyrics to SEVEN DAYS WAR though.

you can delete it by yourself...

Thank you for the explanation ^^
I thought it was something like that...but couldn't remember well.

"crossroad" sounds fantastic in HQ! The drums are very TK-ish lol. I have no idea how Ayu recovered her voice from the "Duty" era, especially considering how much she has strained it in recent years, but it sounds perfect now.

"Virgin Road" is beautiful. :D When I heard it for the first time, I kept thinking about alan singing it. It would be a perfect "epic" theme for a movie or drama, kind of like alan's "RED CLIFF ~心・戦~."

Does anyone know who mixed "SEVEN DAYS WAR"? It has the best sound mixing and production compared to the other leaked tracks. I definitely agree with Tom on that point. :yes

Virgin Road > crossroad > SEVEN DAYS WAR = MOON >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> blossom

David Reitzas :yes
You can read more here

So it be awesome if ayu used that David Reitzas guy for all her mixing lol.

SEVEN DAYS WAR is unbelievable boring. Even her voice is annoying Dx The same goes for blossom remix, so the only good song in that single is crossroad^^

i haven't heared SDW beause i couldn't dowload it but for me it is now:

Virgin Road => god (sorry but VR is just too good for words) => crossroad => MOON/blossom




(don't take that god thing too serious please!)

I think one person tellin that is not a cover at all would be enough :P but nvm

maybe it's not the 'cover' but you know what i meant :)

I wanted to say that (but AHS crashing :grumpy)
blossom remix is so NEXT LEVELish, its amazing!!!

why I still cant get Crossroad? I just feel that song is plain. it's better to be a b-side track. So far my favorite single from 3 single project is L > MOON/Blossom > Crossroad

OMG... I'm amazed by her voice!

Way back when after Guilty was released, I honestly though she would probably never been able to sing this well again. Her voice sounds like MY STORY... wow. The song is beautiful too.

haha I think we just replied at the same time xD

i thought the same when i saw your post, but then was 3rd and i was like "wtf guys I can read..." XD

Uuuuuuugh I love Ayu and I'm a huge fan of hers but OMG these new songs she's releasing so far are sooooooooo boring (crossroad, SEVEN DAYS WAY, Virgin Road) and not original (SORRY GUYS REALLY, perhaps I shouldn't have even commented) but wow. I'm quite disappointed in her, PLEASE Ayu release something upbeat again *begs on knees*

^Maybe they aren't original, but for me they are pretty good, maybe because i love a lot of her ballads.
Honestly i hope a lot of upbeat songs in the new album

^^
Don't say that you're sorry, you like whatever you like. We all have different taste. Lately I was slightly bored too, but I really fell madly in love with virgin road. I'm sorry you didn't find that love yet in any of these songs, but there are 2 more songs waiting to be heard :)

besides the fact that the text is near impossible to read in the first cover, I think they are all good.

I don't get the big deal about Virgin Road....I mean, its good, but its far from being "wow this is Ayu's best ballad ever!!!" type of material.
In general, I've been underwhelmed by all three singles so far. :(

this

i had no expectations with virgin road and i haven't felt this impressed with a ballad since SEASONS. i could cry. old ayumi is back!

thats what i think too!

Thanks! I read that thread a few days ago and completely forgot about it. :laugh I feel so embarrassed now lol.

virgin road is really special, but I won't listen more than twice, I will have crossroad on repeat until whole L single comes out.

for me its like this:

crossroad>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>bloss om remix>blossom>seven days war>MOON

i'm listening to the blossom (Clockwork yellow remix) more than all the other songs lately. it's soo addicting.

The big deal is that it is obviously touching people. I, for ones, was touched when I read the lyrics and having the song just amplified that. It's such a sweet, honest song. It really feels like she is singing right from her heart.
It's a shame it doesn't touch you :shrug

@ Sunshine: From time to time, I just wish ayu releases something that will touch my heart. I dun need the song to be unique or original. There're too many songs since music was created on Earth. I can't always request my beloved artists to gimme something so unique.

Virgin Road obviously is not something unique. Somehow, it reaches my mind. Just like Days. It's further way from being original, but I just love it. I wish you (and the others who dun really like VR) will love the song eventually. If not, hopefully she will create another song that everyone will say, "Epic."

no worry! Ayu just confirmed through her twitter..
Last angel is not a ballad!

I think it'll always happen when it comes to new releases... most ppl will love it, but there must be also some ppl not like it.. it's normal though~ everyone has many different tastes... but i really hope that, some ppl who don't like it, maybe we should wait for the PV to come out then maybe you could like it :)