Considering how tacky I found the title Rock'n'Roll Circus, Love songs sounds like a breath of fresh air. I love the title. I'm really excited for this album, I really want that Last Angel PV! And the single collab sounds interesting too!

I hope they wait that long ;( I don't wanna miss out on the limited version.

And the single will be just produced by Ayu ornshe will sing??

I almost fell of my chair. Oh my god. I love the titles and everything. :O

Are we sure that the USB is limited?

And just because the album is called Love Songs doesn't mean there won't be anything upbeat...hm...

Yes it say Limited Edition for the boxset.
I think I will stay up this night to wait for the links xD
I think I can´t sleep anyways when my honey not here ><

an album full of love songs! exactly what i desired for so long

^^^Oh ok. Can someone start a new thread when preorder is available?
Haha...I barely got the RnRC boxset last year...I woke up for work and it was almost sold out!

At least it's cheaper than the RnRc boxset...ugh my wallet is going to cry.

At least I don't have to order the single...it's not really ayu, haha.

Why bother including a DVD with the USB version?

Love songs sounds nice for a x-mas present from ayu. somehow, i cant wait to see the cover of this one!^^ and yayy for the collab, thats something new!

Love songs sounds so tacky to me X"D
However I am gonna tear off the wall, if the photobook will only come with the
super special limited+expensive edition.:gnash

I wonder how limited the limited version is...ahhh I need preorder links now!!

^
Me too ;__; I don't wanna miss this limited thing.

Yup, photobook comes with the limited edition only :/

This is probably very true.

Isn't basically EVERY Ayumi song a love song???

well, if on ROCK N ROLL circus was ballad and pop, maybe Love songs will be rock album lol

The album is titled Love songs, not Ballad songs not Slow songs. Even a rock song can be about love, even a techno song can.

ahh i wished she came out with a better name for the album.. sounds more like a compilation album! I dreamt that ayu will name this upcoming album 'DREAMS' coz of the dreamy cover art for her recent singles.

imagine "ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2011 ~Love songs~" hahahah!

anyway, I wanna get the photobook.. but my money can't bear to part with my wallet )=

Y'all are forgetting "Last Angel" is included on the album - it's far from a ballad, so we're guaranteed the album won't be only ballads :P

As usual, I'm excited for a new Ayu album :D The only thing I'm disappointed in is that the photobook won't be included in the CD+DVD (or even CD-only) version. I hope she changes her mind! Haha.

I think because of the size of the photobook, they can't include it. Maybe it's the calendar...

I like the title. Nice and simple :)

And cool! She's producing a single for Naoya! Looking forward it too :D

I literally said "Oh my God." when I read about the special edition with photobook. Way to milk the CA$H. But hopefully I will get it for Christmas this year!

I will not judge the album based on the title, although I too would have like a little something more... Ayu?

It's really cool that she produced a song for another artist, but I really hope she produced something for herself as well!!

And the countdown begins...

So she's "producing" the single...which means what exactly? I guess she's not composing so there will be no CREA...

^ Oh oops I took it as producing = composing. As in she wrote the material and also arranged it. But I guess it might be more of a "vision" she had for the image/style of a song and really executed the whole thing.

They could include it, they'd just have to package it in a bigger box / envelope, that's all. Haha.

It is 12 pages... and it's big... It very well could be the calendar! =O

^ Japanese calendars generally are only 6 pages though. Each page represents two months.

This is awesome news!

i don't like the title but still looking forward to new songs

I really hope there is only 1 intro and 1 interlude. sighhh.

(Is CDJ still doing that free shipping thing with paypal?? hmm...)

AAA?!　And Ayu?! Aaaaaaaaah~~~! I'm so happy!!! I know it's just one singer from AAA, but that's enough for me! Will she be singing in it, as well?

Man, this is the first time I've considered buying one of her crazy-bundle albums (the SD + USB + DVD). Maybe because it's Christmas...? XD;; I'm also super pumped for the Last Angel PV. That was the best song on that single!

I didn't say it was lame at all. o_o; I love the title personally.. It just reminds me of the album ETERNITY ~Love and songs~ that Koda Kumi just released! :laugh But I am thankful that Last angel is getting a PV... But I hope it won't be as disappointing as Sparkle's was. :(

She's paying to have it made as is my understanding of the term, then she gets revenue based on how well the single sells.

yeah, I'm pretty sure this is how production works in Japan. She'll also be the one who oversees everything, and gives the final "okay" on it.

This is soooo exciting!! It says 8 new songs, so assuming there are 3 interludes, that's 5 new songs.... <3 <3 <3 So excited for that single too! "Love songs" isn't exactly inspiring or anything, but it really matches the material we have so far and A SLIP CASE!? <3<3<3

the title is a little blah to me, i'm secreting hoping for a name change. It just seem so rush and unoriginal. I hope she will tell us why she picked it. None the less i'm really looking forward to it, like anything she releases. That single is something i have always hope she would someday do. Can't wait for it :D

I read somewhere blossom is to have a new PV on Love Songs,is that true ??? Ifso, don't you think it could be the first part of MOON PV? That would be awesome !

Aah, I forgot about that... Maybe she'll be doing it Western-like? idk A 12-page photobook seems so small...

It does say "URATA NAOYA feat. ayumi hamasaki" so I'm assuming she'll be singing in it!

That's not what it says...it's 8 PVs ... one for Last Angel and two new album PVs.

If there is 15 new tracks, and we have 6 already, that's nine new tracks.
(YAY FOR NO SEVEN DAYS WAR! Unless they include it as a bonus track...please no!)

It's 8,800yen tax INCLUDED on the limited box set, so I guess it's comforting to know that on CDJapan and HMV the Japanese tax does not count for us non-Japanese people. :roflmao

I hope so! I never even watched the blossom PV... lol but "directors cut" usually just means different or alternate scenes...I can't imagine us getting a completely new PV.

Yeah, that's with every release ^^;

I know that. But I think it's something people tend to overlook. And something that price, I'd forgotten about the tax being included.

Of course it was 7 AM when I was first reading this news. XD;;;

@tokyoxjapanxfan, thanks for sharrin'
New album :『Love songs』:heart the title...
「blossom (video clip -director's cut-) ※初収録」← can't wait for PV!〜 ♪
and covers, 15 tracks... overall?!

↑ I didn't know about this!! (*laugh*)

Oh I see... Honestly, you didn't miss much, I might sound tough but I think this PV doesn't worth to be on Love Songs...

I agree though...they should leave it exclusive to the crossroad single. :/

I'm hoping ayu will make some appearance like Endless Sorrow. However that just wouldn't fit into the plot xD

this may mean she is paying for it and will receive part of the money from the sales (like Max Matsura with Ayu)

OR

that worked on the actual musical content of the single, being it 100% or just lyrics/melody/arrangment/whatever (like TK with 80% of jpop acts from the 90's)

OR

that she chose the direction the single had, worked so it would sound on the way she wanted and gave it her final ok (like she does with her own singles and albums)

and it also can be any mix of 2 or all of those...

She could be a nurse in the doctor scene. XD

I quite liked the blossom PV. It seemed more... idk, realistic without Ayu in the PV.

? I'm not sure what you're talking about- I didn't mention anything about the PVs :P

（ほか、全15曲収録予定）<-- all together 15 planned included tracks

What I'm saying is that it does not say 8 new songs, it says 8 new PVs.

Yes, there are 15 tracks planned, and since we have

MOON
blossom
crossroad
Virgin Road
Sweet Season
Last Angel

There will be 9 new tracks. :)

Oh I had no problem with the absence of Ayu, but I didn't like it, I found the plot kinda banal, some moments were even ridiculous (seriously,his death is not sad at all!),I don't know, I didn't like it...
But of course it's my own opinion !

Conclusion:

Album should be like (not official order obviously):

01. MOON
02. blossom
03. crossroad
04. Virgin Road
05. Sweet Season
06. Last angel
07. interlude (opening one)
08. interlude
09. interlude
10. new song (with PV)
11. new song (with PV)
12. new song
13. new song
14. new song
15. new song

Hope it only includes 2 interludes...
I would love to have : a winter epic ballad, a rock song like BoY, a cute song like HONEY or STEP you, a electro-trance song, a piano driven ballad, rock agressive song and something unique

LOVE~destiny~
LOVEppears
LOVE~refrain~
is this LOVE?
1LOVE
Sunrise~LOVE is ALL~
Sunset~LOVE is ALL~
Love 'n' Hate
meaning of Love

...and now Love songs. Idk, I don't mind it too much, but she's used it too much already IMO, and I always expect interesting titles even if they're simple, like GREEN or GUILTY.

But I'm so excited anyway :love

The album's title has deceived me a little bit, but I won't let the prejudices guide me and I will wait for the cover and the songs xD I only hope that if the hole album is full of ballads they won't be like BALLAD xDD
I'm very curious for the single, maybe ayu will start to produce all her songs if she receives good critics :P

I agree with this. 3 new 'ludes, and 6 new songs. It's a formula that works for Ayu's albums, and I honestly don't understand why a ton of people don't really agree with this kind of formula other than "NEW SONGS NEW SONGS NEW ORIGINAL SONGS."

Honestly, if Ayu's albums did not have at least one interlude, even if it's just the intro (obviously I do not count Memorial address since it's just a mini-album), it would take away what makes Ayu's albums HER albums. It's not really all that common in the music industry to have intro/interludes, although anyone is free to correct me on that (I know alan has introludes).

They're also pretty lazy and annoying. If she was composing them, that'd be one thing, but she sticks other people's compositions, instrumental compositions, into her album because she's too lazy to make a whole album. I'd rather have a 12 track album with no interludes than a 15 track with three :l no one else uses them for this exact reason, they care enough to put a full album out :l

Really? That was the best title they could come up with? 88,000 yen for some box thingy? Nthnx. I'll take the CD+DVD.....OS press.........if the cover is good. The singles are all boring but Ayu has the best ballad album tracks....so I guess we'll wait and see....

whaaaaaaaaaaaat? i seriously don't think ayumi uses interludes because she is lazy. she does it because she wants to. if it was laziness why bother with them at all? she could release every album without interludes and still call it an album just the same.

:yes x1,000 to everything you just said.

8800 not 88000. Learn to read.

Also, are you really in a place to complain when the artist in your set released a cover of a picture of lint on black fabric :rolleyes

we only have a title and the drama already started xD
I'm waiting for the day where the simply fact that Ayu is breathing will be enough to start AHS drama xD

LMAO. I didn't even notice the typo.
Do you know how much 88,000 yen is?!??

eh...I'm excited...but then not really.

I'm excited for new songs...

Love songs? eh...:laugh

I dont really care for the "formula" either. I mean, once or twice, or three times, okay.

Every time? :tired I dont mind the interludes at all. I like interludes. But 6 new songs? :/

Does she always have to put all the single songs there? Is she utada? And if she does...then maybe she should add like two more new tracks...

but whatever.

I hope they dont all sound the same like all the single songs.

LOL really? we're going to go there now? 8800, 88000 i dont give a fk. I'm not going to buy it so it doesn't mean anything to me :shrug

Lol, that's not necessary, but it's funny.

I don't think Ayu is lazy with using interludes... she can release 12 songs and that be an album so interludes just serve to blend the songs in. :shrug

Haha, who needs my Critical Thinking class when I can just sit here and watch people drag Hikki into an argument?! XD

In any case, I am sure to love this album anyway. :love

WHERE ARE THE PREORDER LINKS.
I'm trying to get my day started. LMAO

:laugh I totally missed the lint comment.

I still got it. :innocent

I hope preorder links come out soon :l... with my luck, they'll come out right when I leave for the theater, and the special version will be sold out by the time I get home.

It´s in the middle of the night in Asia, we won´t get links now, earliest in ap. 4-5 hours I think

OMG, ¥8,800 for that deluxe ver. GOD BLESS my wallet in the next december :~

Ohh...maybe u are right!

photobook 12P = Calendar??
That's why we didn't know anything about it!

I NEED THE PRE-ORDER LINKS ToT I don't want that limited edition to get sold out before I do my pre-order :~

that would be much more acceptable than a simple photobook. :yes

I still don't get why they're releasing the USB with a micro SD AND a DVD!

The USB alone seems sufficient...especially since there is already a CD+DVD version...

i do hope the name gets changed, but so many were hoping the same thing for RnRC.
after the 3 singles project it was clear to me that the next album would be very ballad heavy. so i would not be surprised if it is followed by "A ballads 2"

milk it avex...

someone said micro SD are used in cellphones in Japan. So you can listen to Ayu with your cellphone, I guess.
But well, even my cellphone has micro SD lol I hope it works. If I'll get the limited edition, of course =_=

I hope it works also on mine too *-*

9 new tracks! Even if there are four interludes, there will still be five songs. I hope they'll include upbeat/dance songs about love.

ATM 8,800 yen is $108.64USD... :laugh/:dead2 I couldn't get it if I wanted it.

:roflmao

At this very moment 88,000(.004)yen is $1,083.280 USD

Then get out. :innocent

hmmm... it's only €77.9 :D

album title sounds not tha promising even the single is not for her mainly...

kind of meh

I need a up-tempo or rock song from ayu...

But I am happy nevertheless.

I hope the instrumental tracks on this album make up for the ones on RnRc! THE introduction and montage were... :/

^ Montage wasn't so bad, it was just really out of place! It was very creepy so I loved it... Which the following song was creepy as well.

it's about R$ 200,00, my wallet will explode hehehe.

Holy....!!!!! *PUTS ON CHRISTMAS LIST* I hope the USB is as gorgeous as the NEXT LEVEL one!!!!!!!!!!


Oh, god, this is gonna be so expensive, though :dead2

Agreed here, Rock'n'Roll Circus' interludes were shamefully bad, especially compared to the ones on NEXT LEVEL.

I hope they make the USB in some kind of logo... something new... or maybe just simple, good old "A" ? I wonder... I just hope it's not just a flat and boring USB.

As for micro SD.... I wonder if it will work on any type of phone that takes micro SD? My phone takes one~

agreed, Disco-munication was gorgeous!!

I'm sure they'll make some kind of design for the USB.
And I believe the micro SD will work anywhere...not like it's region-coded or anything.

And then it will turns into 100 € on YA :laugh
I don't know how much costed the NL usb. But if it comes with all that stuff, it could cost a little more.

I'll never understand the hate for The Introduction. When I heard that song, I thought the album was going to be epic. I was kind of let down honestly lol

and montage was pretty. I think both RnRC and NL had good interludes...the interludes are like, the best songs on NL :laugh ;P

But I hope that the use of interludes means that the songs will be different. It's so up in the air right now lol

that would be cool if the microSDs are like compatible with everything.

Just checked... no micro SD slot on my phone!
My last phone had one...but now I have the HTC Evo. Oh well.

Not like I was going to use it anyway! It will sit on my shelf LOL

Well you never know, it's like the NDS games used to be region free, and now the new ones are coded... :S

Hope for the best, prepare for the worse? XD

I agree, I think I liked all of the interludes on both albums. They helped RnRC have a good flow imo, and NL's were probably the best of all her albums.

the NL USB was 6,800 yens. Now 2000yens more with DVD+photobook+microSD... that's why I guess the USB design might not be as nice as the NL one hahaha

All intros and introductions on both NL and RnRC were great and were a huge step up from mediocre (IMO) GUILTY ones.

hmm if you think so.