quite same opinion as mine.

The title of the new album is so stupid, but never mind, I can't wait for new Ayu stuff ^^

I sort of agree about that, but I can't judge the contents by the title!

Omg I just checked and I actually have a slot! My phone is cheap as hell but it has one! I wonder if it'll work! If I could listen to Ayu on my phone..... *-*;;;;;;;

^ guys i know this is bad but you don't need that specific micro sd to listen to the songs on your phone LOL

micro SD seems so outdated to me. do people even seriously use those anymore?!?! my phone like 5 years ago did, but i haven't had any use for a micro SD since then. i don't get it.

USB again is kind of cool. although, it was so much cooler with NEXT LEVEL because of the whole futuristic electro pop thing. :shrug

and i don't get all the hate for the title. its not amazing, but its better than RnRC. also, just like RnRC wasn't really rock, this isn't going to be a ballad album. i don't get people here, lol.

of course not! LOL
I have a few mp3s on my phone but I have an iPod so that's what I typically use.

microSD cards' main market and purpose, I think, is the digital camera, so it makes sense that lots of people would otherwise find it useless.

Of course, microSD cards are very useful if your phone has the capability and then all of a sudden your regular mp3 player died! *personal experience :thud*

I was SURE there would have been the word "LOVE" in her new album title XD I understood it by her last singles lyrics ^^;
Anyway, "Love songs" doesn't means ballads. You know, Last angel is a love song too ^^

Anyway, I want the limited edition but I hate to have albums on usb or other strange supports, I love to have my albums on CD.. and I don't have money to buy 2 versions so I'm going to order the cd+dvd one. And dv+dvd of the collaboration single ^^v
Hope we can order it from TA shop without problems this time ;_;

Yes. I do in my phone. I have a 16GB MicroSD card where I store music, photos and videos for my entertainment on the move! \(^_^)/

I've decided to buy 15 USBs and then sell them at double the price.

Actually... I probably do. Like I said, my phone is CHEAP! Cheap, old and outdated. The only way I can even have songs as ringtones is that people send them to me via text. That's how cheap my phone is, can't even buy ringtones xD; So if I could listen to Ayu on my dirt cheap phone, I'm going to scream with excitement lol!

LOL, yes. For a fanfiction I'm about to write, I was trying to come up with an Ayu title, and I was trying to base it on her usual album title schemes and her most recent lyrics, and then LOVErrives, popped into my head. Haha. XD Not the same, but LOVE was still there. :roflmao

"Love songs"? Sorry, the first thing I thought of was "trying to copy Ai Otsuka"... But I can't wait for the album anyways, I'm sure it will be epic!

Hmmn... the title is quite... un-ayuish lol but gonna order CD+DVD. The USB version is too expensive and the photobook is only 12 pages. I love the idea that the quality on USB is higher than the ones on CD, but still... too expensive..

^^Hey. Love is popular. lol Ai didn't even pop into my head until you said something!

If it were [LOVE songs] then maybe. haha

No? It's not dated. It still sells everywhere and they are now making the 16GB+ ones.

this is pretty awesome news!

... but what to do with that MicroSD? lol
oh this is gonna be so expensive for me xD

and Glitter, Sunrise, Because of You, Love n' Hate, is this love?... :P

The thing about the title... Well it wasn't too much of a brainstorm to come up with it but it could have been worse... Imagine if it was Winter Ballads, then it would never be an album for all seasons, this way it's more global and it really could have been much worse. As long as the CD and DVD are good I'm happy, never mind the title or the cover in my opinion.

I'm rather excited! Just wish that the release date was closer to the start of December so it would come during the Christmas hols rather than when I go back to work. At least it makes for some excitment in January after the Xmas/New Year come down. Can't wait to hear the song she has produced! Though I wonder exactly what it means by "produced"?

mi|kshake~

I think everyone should let go of the album title. Ayu already released 11 albums already so, I am guessing there is going to be a time when her new albums tile is going to have a very generic title.

I am probably going to end up getting the CD+ DVD version. Since the expensive limited edition version is usually get sold out really fast like all her other super expensive limited edition version albums.

the news is on her website already....pre-orders please!

? As if Ai has a copyright on the word "love"...

I want preorder links now!! :laugh
I will preorder CD+DVD and the usb+... version of the album.:D But I will wait for previews of the single song and decide if I want to buy it afterwards.

I think the same. I was just going to post something about this topic (not to attack anyone) it's just that even so the title may sound boring or "stupid" to you, it can't always be something unique and I am sure ayu still put thoughts in it.

I really can't understand why people get so upset with album covers and titles, as for me I rip the CD and mostly don't look at the cover anyway, yeah it's pretty, yeah it's useless, but at the end of the day the music and clips are what's most important. Right?

^No.

^^...no?

YES, OF COURSE.

I was just joking, haha. But I'm pretty superficial in that I WILL judge a CD by its cover initially at least.

CD covers are arts, at least in Japan. They tend to provide visual meaning of the album, unlike the ones in the US or probly other places, where the singers just stand and pose on the covers. Of course not all the Japanese artists do meaningful covers, but I still think Japanese album covers are much better compared to other places.

I have to go out now....NOOOOO I don't wanna miss the preorder!
Who wants to shoot me a txt message when it's available?! I can order on CDJ from my phone...LOL

I don't mind interludes if they are EPIC like the intro from AT2009 before Hope or Pain (with Ayu and Maro in rain) or from AT2008 before (don't) leave me alone (with the cat on the table and Ayu hiding from female dancers) or interlude before HANABI (with Ayu on stairs with Shuya) or the outro from Fated on A-Nation 2007. Why she never included them on an album?

Besides some album interludes are epic: taskinst, tasking, the judgement day, catcher in the light, bridge to the sky, are you wake up, mirror which evolved into Mirrorcle World! I also love Everlasting Dream but the version from Panasonic CM, I even loved Kaleidoscope after I watched it with AT2005 video.

I just don't want interludes like Montage or Labyrinth, I also think that interludes from Next Level album and Rock 'n' Roll Circus didn't go well with the songs, interludes should be more like the Marionette prelude, ne? :)

Ok, feel free to throw stones at me (or any other objects near you) ayu has the most plastic and unartistic covers I've ever seen. Except for RAINBOW, I am... (she said it was because of the 9/11 the dove meant peace, I wish we could know what a almost naked ayu represents), and the covers for A BEST and A BALLADS. The rest it's just what it is, over-photoshoped covers as any other artist asian or non-asia.

do you think the preorderlinks will come up in the next hours??

very exited about the last angel PV and new PVs
maybe she decided to make a last angel pv because that song will be the only up-tempo song of the album :S

for me the worst ayu PV of this year was blossom. (bad acting, bad idea...)
and i have no hopes for the director's cut version of Blossom
maybe the video will include a few more dialogues, a longest man/doctor scene, etc, like a short-movie-video-clip
but the original idea will be the same.
with the same simple girl (i don't even remember his face) in love with an unmanly dyed-fake eyes -bad acting-guy)

They usally come out short after the official announcment, and Ayu´s official site allready has announced them.

Well you're just giving out your opinion, so why throwing stones at you? ;)

anywayz... when will cdjapan update..?

IMO, Ayu has both the best and the worst covers (maybe because she has COUNTLESS CDs.. it's over 100 releases right?).

Uff... Thanks Bluegie, I thought people would get offended as I've seen happening sometimes in the forum. Anyway I really respect ayu, and have been following her career since 2004, but to me it's mostly what she sings and the person she seems to be that get me to buy her music. But I also respect that that is important to have a cool title and cover to sell a little bit more.

If Lady "wtf" PV isn't counted, then I agree here. I don't really need another version of blossom.

Anyway, I'm excited 'bout new album and another USB edition - cool! Definitely getting it.
I just hope it's not A COMPLETE ~BALLADS 2~. I had more than enough this year.

Lol I just realized i've NEVER watched the Blossom PV.. who cares about a PV of one of the weakest Ayusongs, if Ayu isn't even in it? :S

I never understood the blossom hate. It's such a sweet song :'( I saw the PV once and I'll never watch it again though.

I like blossom but I can say it's my least favorite song among the single songs this year.
All the others just outshine it in their beauty.

I think blossom's ok. Her vocals are sort of weak in it though. And the PV's nice, but nothing memorable at all. Like a very mediocre drama.

I know I'm going to get flamed for this... but...

I WANT SHIMOKO TO DIRECT THE LAST ANGEL PV!!! \(^_^)/

Absolutely agree, to me the best songs released this year are Sweet Season, Virgin Road and MOON, in this order.

thank you! then I will stay awake a bit more and see if they come up :)

Lol Last Angel PV-preview? http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-3Hvn-ak3Hfo/last_angel_short_version_pv/


o.O haha.. that's too easy ne?

LOL

Hmmn, I love blossom :(.
But nothing beats Virgin Road :).
I only have three fav songs from the singles: VR, crossroad, and blossom :).

Ok, I must admit that if the clip really takes off after Sweet Season I wouldn't mind at all, it really looks right. Although no Virgin Road please, the clip wass horrible itself, and HANABI CM? Hmmmmmm...

Lol that is so obviously fake! I got so excited tho

I was thinking about the preorders... Will mu-mo but the cd's on their original and international site or just the original one...? O.o

Mwahahha, for a second I got too excited as well he he. By the way today I'm in a ayu day, so it's only her playing until it's bed time.

Preorder at CDJapan is up! : D

Preorders are up !!!!!!!

^
THANK YOU VERY MUCHHHHH!!!!

With Hanabi cm in the end, lol :)

Come on, come on, come ON, HMV, get the pre-orders up... I can't do CDJapan what with only having 50 bucks in my account right now and I hate their card authorization thing. >_<"

YesAsia, pleeeease :D

CD+DVD version pre-ordered and while at it I pre-ordered Crystal Kay's new album as well he he. Now we just need to wait almost 2 months. WEEEEE for us.

CD+DVD here I come!!

"*microSD music and movies are currently compatible only with cellular phones sold in Japan with the capability to play them back." - cd japan

Uh... what?

I just ordered the limited box thingy, and chose FedEx shipping. Bye bye €100

GOD I'M SUCH A MAD C_NT

Just ordered everything and spent $199.
Happy and sad. Lol

I ordered through CDJ this time, they have not that high shipping this time imho compared what the box will most likley cost on YA, and I don´t want to wait for the YA Links, I am so tiered o.o
Just hope it won´t be catched by the custom, that will be expensive xD

Not on TA shop (mu-mo) yet T_T

I LOVE CDJs FedEx option. I always get my order on or the day before release!

man I wish CDJ did Bank of America without the hassle I always get }=[...

Hurry up YA, I need to have this thing orderedddd

...Well, instead of the limited edition thing, I'll just get the CD+DVD. I don't have a use for the microSD card if it's restricted to the Japanese region, and I can live without the photobook (...I think).

Heh heh. =D;; Besides, I want to see how much faster CDJapan's FedEx shipping is than HMV's EMS.

I want the USB for the ultra extreme HQ files tbh.

Yeah... that quality is quite tempting, but it's still too expensive for me.
So I just ordered CD+DVD at cdjapan.

Btw... did anyone get to choose the green tea bags while checking out at cdjapan...? I didn't have that option at all..

My mom said she'd buy it for me for Christmas, so I'm golden. My life is cool :D

Oh good for you :D. I hope someone will buy me the USB version for x'mas...

OMG you're even more of a mad c_nt than I am! love it :luv2

Lol. Am I stupid or just...? I can't find it on CDJ... O.o

You'll get the option in your confirmation email, and when you click the link in the email, you'll get to pick which tea you want. :cool

^Thanks for telling me that!!!!

No problem. I have no use for the tea, but looks like that'll be my Christmas present for my brother this year. :roflmao "LOOK, JAKE, IT'S AUTHENTIC JAPANESE GREEN TEA."

Thanks! :heart

Now, I might skip TA/mu-mo for this... I'm too excited! But what to have? O.o

If you didn't tell me that I would probly just leave my confirmation mail in the mailbox for ages (well I still haven't opened the one for hikki's SC2). I wanna try the premium tea bags haha, cuz I love green tea :).

I got the bags, not the instant tea :)

Wow, I could have been the original writer of that quotations ^O^
...100% agreed with your opinion!

Avex and all the CD labels have no clue how to use Photoshop adequately, they over-do it. That's why I usually ignore magazine scans etc. (There are a few exceptions, though ^v^)

Never thought I'd see Ayu collaborating with another artist of her own choosing. Very interesting and I'm definitely gonna check it out the moment it's released =]

My only hope for "Love songs" is that I like it lol.

I guess the bags are better since they only offer for the first 100 orders, and I prefer tea leaves over powder...

Personally, I think SURGE would of been a better name for this album! lol But it's ayu! :P

Thank heavens that AT2010 DVD wont come out for a while...!!

YESASIA I NEEEEEEEEEEEED PRE-ORDERS!

Love Songs? Now I have to decide which version to get.

Koda Kumi just released "love songs", didn't she?

yayyy!!! pv for Last Angel!!!!

Edition Details:

"microSD music and movies are currently compatible only with cellular phones sold in Japan with the capability to play them back"

THIS SOUNDS ****ING AWESOME

"Koda Kumi just released "love songs", didn't she?"

If by that you mean she covered other peoples ballads and romantic songs then yes lol.

No, she released a cover album called ETERNITY~Love & Songs~.

Koda Kumi didn't invent the word Love or Song or the combination and neither did Otsuka Ai or Nishino Kana. It's just kind of a generic title :shrug "Love" is a common word, lol... and it's the most prevalent theme in all of Ayu's music so yeah. :P

I know they were cover-songs, but the title is the same regardless of that.

I'm not saying those two words belong to anyone. I would have expected something more original not only from Ayu, but anyone, really.

But oh well... it's just the title, the contents of the album is what matters.

so if my blackberry cellphone has a microsd slot since its not a japan cellphoe ...its useless..well that sucks...

is the single 'Dream On' out for pre-order?

I...I can afford the box set... but but...do I?? ;__;
Ugh... I may be able to persuade it as a christmas present TOMORROW. But tomorrow may be too late ;__;

:/ that sucks. Oh well I'll try to get it anyway.

Btw all this complain about the title reminds me when she released BALLAD.
People think she copied alan lol.