Finally!! Horeeee New album with new songs...
can't wait @_@

i have big hope for this album since it's an anniversary release! Bring it on!

damn the power of the end of the world!! i've ordered mine, the GOODS+CD+Bluray edition! only 8 left now ^^ i've never made such a quick decision like this! plus the price is not so expensive for CD+BR edition! go go Ayu it's time now!

OH YES♥

Really surprising news but I'm rather happy too. :D I was hoping she would release a new album too while releasing these 15th Anniversary releases and she heard my silent prayer. Nice. And all songs are new? I really hope so. I would be pissed if they put LOVE and again songs in there and there was few new songs so they really should stick with this idea.

Btw, I don't know if I'm wrong but when these 15th Anniversary releases were announced, I thought they said they're all going to be mini albums? o.O

Oh and I am so glad we won't get A BEST 3.

As Koumori said, it was just fans speculating and getting ahead of themselves as usual. Nothing like that was ever announced by avex or TeamAyu.

AWESOME :D

Now I'm SO happy that "love" and "again" were labeled as "mini-albums", that means they won't be on the new album, which they would have if they were "singles"!
14 new songs!! Yes!

Thanks for the answers. Actually, I'm pretty happy that they weren't because there wasn't as many songs as I wanted there to be on those albums anyway. XD

Kind of unexpected but I'm really happy! I can't wait already :heart

Yayy for new album~!

I'm glad she decided to release a new album. I honestly hope for single, but looking at the date, I guess it will better if Ayu don't release any single on Feb 8th.

I see major potential with this release. While I have enjoyed LOVE and again, I'd really like to see a return to the natural sound and direction she was going in with Party Queen. I know plenty of people hate it, but it is probably my favorite Ayu album. Also wouldn't mind another song in the vein of BRILLANTE.

Wow the best of 5 releases!!

YASSS! i really didn't expect this!can't wait for more infos!^^!
Btw, i'm just too scared to think how this 'd sell!~~

maybe 7 pvs, and 7 making offs

I think is crazy that this album will have 14 PV's *0*

Ouh yes! Is that, 7 making offs :rolleyes But 7 pvs are amazing!

I hope it will be an high quality album !

Maybe 5 original PVs, 5 making ofs, Missing making of, Snowy kiss making of, Wake me up making of, Sweet scar making of~

Is it a typo or does the cd only say 15 songs (according to google translate and we all know how reliable that can be...)

Or I'm just not awake enough to read this morning...

I believe TeamAyu too because I really want 15 new songs!

Title To Be Determined (ALBUM+BLU-RAY+GOODS)(First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version) already sold out on YA !! O_o

I wonder how many different covers this release will have.

I'm guessing either three or five.

They've changed the info on TA and the official site. The line reading "album containing all new tracks" has been removed, so I foresee mini-album tracks on this upcoming full album..

Now it really is the end of the world for some people.

Great news!

what...a....bummer...:thud

****h better be tricking us, I want nothing but new tracks. Even if ten out of them are interludes.

So strange...

I hope there will be two or three songs from LOVE and again but no more!

Thanks for the info Misa chan ! =)

HAHA! avex, you're so lame :innocent

Maybe the sales of LOVE and again failed to meet expectations, so they're adding them for marketing?

Awesome news. :)

I'm really excited for this. It wasn't until RnRC I really started to fall for her and I've loved everything she's released since then (yes, including PQ!) so I'm looking forward to seeing what she pulls out. :D I'd prefer it if she didn't include the mini album songs, but I won't throw a fit if she does. I imagine she has already begun recording, but if not then she still has the time to create all new content as long as pre-production is already completed. It's the post-production that will be the most time-consuming rather than the actual recording/filming (that's the quickest part in the entire development process!), but the more people there are working on the album then the less time it'll take to produce.

Pre-ordered the LE w/ GOODS+DVD version. :love

Even if it does turn out to be only five new tracks (possibly six/seven if we receive fewer interludes), it's still worth buying I think.

I'd hope that she would rearrange some of the again/LOVE tracks kind of like what Namie did with Uncontrolled...

haha so true XD

Really hope it will be all new songs, everthing else whould be a rip-off ><

If it's just song 4 u & one song of again it's Ok for me !

So excited *_*

DVD / BLuray gotta be Music Videos and making of only, I'm pretty sure

I can see 3-4 interludes
Then 10-11 full songs, it may have 10-11pv+4-3making (ok, it seems impossible lol)

really, the only thing left after this is a best album.

Yay! I got the last bluray copy at CDJAPAN... It says out of print now, but I think they replenish? Anyways, I hope it's worth it! Her CDS have been kind of meh to me lately...:innocent

so surprised 4th release is a new album
very excited to see what 5th release will be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 5th release could be DVDs for CDL or Hotel Love Song ARENA TOUR 2012.

seriously guys...
releasing 2 singles and everyone would be like: "zomg want"..
releasing 2 mini's which are just singles labeled as Mini-Albums (even RIAJ certified LOVE as single) everyone is like "omg no, gonna cancel this"... lol

it's probably like Song 4 u/Missing+Wake me up/snowy kiss/Sweet Scar+You and Me+Ivy/Melody+Intro+Interlude+5 New Songs
maybe without Ivy and Melody to make them LOVE/again onlys
so like a typical ayu album release nowadays!
and i mean, 7 new videos and 15 new songs...
yeah sure...

maybe she surprises everyone with complete new music, BUT i think it's unlikely to happen...
and whats the problem..!?
We have great songs and if the album tracks are in the same vein i think it will be in my Top 3 Ayu Albums with (miss)understood & Love songs!
and i'm happy we got into a new era of CD+Blu-Ray Versions!!

lol it's so obviously that A BEST 3 will be the fifth release or at least a 15th Anniversary release during 2013!!
we have enough albums and it's about time!
So New Album and then A BEST 3 with songs from Secret to Party Queen...

if the new album does not include "LOVE" and "again", strongly recommend the ones who haven't bought buy them back!!!
"again" is really nice!!! All 4 songs are sounded great!!!

woooooah! awesome!

I don't want a best 3.
The sales of that album would cause crisis on this forum....
We all know that Ayu has Promotaphohia now.

I was panicking when I saw Ayu releasing her new album...and end up buying all of the versions!!! LOL

NEW ALBUM OMG!! I am sooooooo stoked for this!

now I'm in the dumbs, not all new track oh gosh

They always find a way to ruin good things.

Looking forward to a new full length album

Mh, I'm happy about a new album. But I would love a new single. Singles prior released to an album always make me more excited.

There better be more copies available of the CD+bluray+goods version soon!!! I've been waiting TOO LONG for a CD+bluray version of an Ayu release!!! lol.

i think they're going to add the Melody PV that was supposed to be on LOVE but was replaced by Missing PV...

Nooo, CD+Blu-ray+GOODS version already sold out in CDJapan ;___;
*pre-ordering CD+DVD+GOODS before it's too late*
So many versions!

I'm really excited for this!! *----*

I think they never actually filmed that Melody PV.

^
oh rly =\ i love that song...


i hope it doesnt have a title like "songs" or "feelings"... i want something more conceptual this time

I'll NEVER understand why people prefer a single than a new full lenght album... :shakehead

I don't really get it either. ALBUMS are infinitely better than singles no matter the circumstances. So you want to spend 1000-1500yen more to get the songs in some other form? Or is it the extra photoshoot that we don't get very much of on singles?

i dont think its time for a full album, we all know this album is being released just because of the contract ayu have with avex to release one full album once a year... i think she needs to think about her creativity around her career

it has nothing to do with the money.
It's the hype thats around it.

I LOVE getting singles. I miss them and would love to get more of them one day.

Since when was that a 'contract'? She released two albums in 2010. What exactly was that?

I really wish people would stop trying to blame Ayu/avex for certain things that are just made up in their head.

In any case, so far in 2012, we've had Party Queen/A SUMMER BEST/two minis, so I don't think there's any sort of "Oh, you need to release a full album this year" stipulation in her contract otherwise she'd have released one in 2011.

chill out... being or not a contract, and of course she has a contract, everybody does, the thing is lacking of creativity. in the past few years, most of her songs sounds the same, three or four sounds new to me. and this is my opinion, you can disagree, but dont try to change my mind.

^
Like all artists when they are in the business since a long time IMO

Is it safe to expect a track list within 2 weeks?

I agree with TeamAyu2004 here. I love it to get about 4 singles before a new album, it just makes it more exciting.

It seems that you misunderstood.

"Since when was the one-album-per-year thing you mentioned a part of her contract?" was what I was saying... not "Since when did she have a contract?"

Also I wasn't saying that these releases are or aren't creative (I personally think they are) so that can be thrown out.

I really don't understand why for whatever reason, people want to put words in others' mouths when they never said anything remotely close to what is being referred to.

Maybe more like 3? We'll probably get a title at least soon and maybe a preview of a track at CDL? This also brings up a weird point... will this be the album that is going to get promoted at AT13 or whatever the tour is then?

Party Queen.
Most creative and unique album of her discography.
I will leave now.

THIS

What other styles do you want her to to? Opera? Enka? Beatbox? New Age?

To me, most of her songs these last few years sound quite new and distinct...

^

its not about style.

i just think that you are overrating this thing. it's my opinion, and what's wrong for me to think about the '1 full album per-year' of new songs? and Love songs was released late enough to be considered a 2011 album ;P

whatever, this conversation is getting nowhere since we'll never know her contract.

I won't ever really understand how some people say "Oh everything sounds the same..." when it just seems like they never actually listened to the albums. A lot of the tracks imo on Party Queen were rather varied and had a sound that she doesn't normally use (though the middle got very Michelle Branch meets Ayu).

As far as creativity goes, she's doing just fine I think, but I think the issue is that for whatever reason people want her to experiment with different genres and all that...

(but when she does, no one ever likes it, so she loses either way)

Basically, a lot of fans are setting themselves up to hate whatever she comes out with anyway regardless of the outcome.

Because it's a falsehood that's made up and for whatever reason when things like this get tossed around, people think it's the 'truth' like how the theory that we were getting five mini albums came out because LOVE and again were mini albums but now we have A Classical and this 14th album.

I prefer singles than nothing, of course, but... If she releases 3 singles and then she anounce a new album with 14 tracks, I know I'll have aproximately the same amount of new content with the album than we have with a single

And this is only because they decide to include those "single songs" into the album. If they didn't do that, I'll be really hyped with the album announcement.

IMO it's much better to have a full album than a single. :)

I think people are just too obsessed with getting singles. I don't really care what gets released as long as we get something new along with it (see A BEST 2/A SUMMER BEST). It really just looks as though people are complaining for the sake of complaining. Does it matter that all Ayu has done in the last 2 years are albums when they've mostly been completely all new material, especially in the long run? Sure, it seems less hype-train worthy and it doesn't really promote her upcoming albums as much, but if she doesn't want to release singles or doesn't plan on doing so from now on, why keep beating a dead horse?

i loved when she recorded Eyes, Smoke, Magic and the next LOVE, two of her best songs in years. the problem seems to be her japanese fandom...

excited. hope the songs from LOVE and again are NOT featured.

LOL what a joke

???

you gotta be kidding me...

I know I'm bringing up an unlikely scenario, but I hope she releases that PV she filmed in Dubai. I mean, if there are 14 PV's, this could easily be one of them lol

There would be more hype with a single?

More hype than there is now over the stupid releases every month? lol

I can't wait for the cover, tracklist, and to find out what the goods are!

Although I do love singles, an album without prior singles means a lot more suspense and a lot of new songs :luv2
But it also means less publicity for the album D: But Ayu doesn't care for sales anyway...

I don't think she'll put LOVE and again songs in this album, and, if she does, it might not be all those songs, maybe only one or two from each? But let's wait and see... either way, I'm really excited for this album *-*

Maybe you think these songs were crap but at least that was creative and not common for a pop singer

I'm surprised that the 4th out of 5 releases is an album...I would think they'd save the album for last. So that tells me that maybe they really are trying to do A BEST 3. Sort of how they released Secret followed by A BEST 2, and nothing from Secret was on it...

i'm so happy that a new studio album will be the next release in this anniversary project! i totally can't wait! :)

To anyone who was wondering about the 2CD thing with Party Queen, I don't think that hinted at her having enough material for 2 discs, but that it was an idea that came up during discussions as translated by Misa-chan:
It would be nice though if she had old unreleased tracks on here because I bet she has a TON of them.

I wonder if anyone can confirm anything about there being a 'new songs' line in the TeamAyu listing when it was first posted.

I HOPE there's nothing from LOVE/again =_=

^I think that's what everyone wants. If they ARE on there, that's half the album right there, plus an introduction and maybe an interlude or two. It would be the biggest troll move ever...next to A CLASSICAL.

If you want creativity and not something that sounds good go listen to Bjork, lol.

omg u guys...

I tried
Her voice makes me want to gnaw a puppy.

Ayu is a better artist than Bjork. People only listen to Bjork because she released one good album like over 15 years ago. Bjork was a wannabe Japanese lady on that album cover where as Ayu is a real japanese lady.

wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

This is why we laugh at your music taste sometimes.

^but what he's saying is true. even though it's subjective, still true to me.

really excited for the news

not to dissapoint fans they should not include again & LOVE minis stuff, really

hope for smth really great from Ayu this time. last minis were good

but I do think that for nice album sales they need at least digital single or one strong song promotion off the new album