that's why initally I thought was GND just 1 person but I guess they want to focus on Chisa more cos she being the rose among the thorns :laugh but you're right the guys are not bad looking themselves

-- -- -- *3 *4 *3＼*6　GIRL NEXT DOOR 「情熱の代償/ESCAPE」

not bad. :yes i think it deserves much higher, though.

:yes although ESCAPE's a bit forgettable but still the single's pretty good overall

at most overall another top10 single for the guys & girl

yea, jounetsu no daishou is my second favorite a-side from them (the first being guuzen no kakuritsu) so i really hoped it'd get better sales.

omg yes same like me Lisa :hi5

honestly if not for MTV China , I wouldn't have discovered their music as they kept on playing guuzen no kakuritsu initally every time I tuned into the channel

they kept on playing it , so much so that I had to check them out & ta dah :laugh

1st week sales of Jounetsu no Daisho/ESCAPE - no.3 weekly with 22,117

a bit higher than Drive away which was 21,081

Guzen no Kakuritsu's 1st week sales was 30,025

all their 3 singles debuted at no.3 overall in the weekly chart which's cool

their sales are basically the same for all 3 singles. it's okay though, at least it's not worse, lol.

:yes

I can't wait for the album to be out now :D

with the right promo I guess it will be possible for them to hit 100K for their debut album

I will be shocked if the sales will be lower than their singles :dead2

I've listened to all of their singles so far and they're all very good. Looks like I'm actually gonna buy their album, gonna try to their special one from mu-mo :)

http://i37.tinypic.com/el8tuq.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/2vjsoew.jpg

Bigger covers. :D

^ thanks cloud :D

I just wonder are they trying to create a Winter version of Alice In Wonderland inspired like theme for their album ?

the big covers are so beautiful :love i'm guessing the theme is winter? but i can't remember anything about alice in wonderland, so..:laugh

I like the first cover myself! But that's just me! :laugh

I really gotta say I hate these covers. She either looks horribly proportioned or she looks like a bunny*****.

their site has been updated with the DVD tracklist of their debut album - http://girlnextdoor.jp/information/

& apparently they will have like what 12 different versions of 偶然の確率 ?!? :thud & there's no CD only edition except it will be released in CD + DVD and CD + 2DVDs edition ?

ok I'm a bit lost here :dead2

& they will be releasing their official fanclub called 'next door' on 22nd Dec

LOL 12 editions? OH AVEX.

I know it sounds scary O_O

man then at this rate I don't know how & which edition I should get T_T

maybe cloud_honey can provide some answers on that

stupid avex :eviltongu

& apparently ESCAPE will be getting a PV of its own :thud

1st DVD tracklist :

01. 偶然の確率
02. Drive away
03. ESCAPE
04. 情熱の代償

ok screw it I will ask my friend Shuji for help again on this

cool, i wonder how this PV will be! ESCAPE isn't my favorite, but maybe i can like it better with a PV.

lol it probably be a mix mash of stuff ? I frankly don't know especially since Jounetsu no Daishou was so random

OOooh! An ESCAPE PV! I love that song <3

Anyone notice that they're music sounds very Nami Tamaki?

My Japanese friend Shuji translated part of what was said on GND's official site regarding the album :

緊急告知！TSUTAYA RECORDSとmu-moショップそれぞれで、オリジナル限定パッケージ同時発売決定！！

Urgent announcement, TSUTAYA records and mu-mo shop will release the original packaged item at the same time.

※「★」マークが限定パッケージにのみつく特典になります。

★ mark represents the contents that only limited package has

【TSUTAYA RECORDS限定パッケージ内容】
TSUTAYA RECORDS全店（TSUTAYA/すみや/ヴァージン）にて販売。
※一部対象外の店舗もございます。

【CD＋2DVD】AVC1-23795/B～C ¥3,800（税込）
・CD
・DVD
・スペシャルフォトブック
★特典DVD・・・偶然の確率＜MUSIC VIDEO ANOTHER VERSION　I～ III＞
★スリーブ・・・TSUTAYA RECORDS ver.

【CD＋DVD】AVC1-23796/B　¥3,000（税込）
・CD
・スペシャルフォトブック
・スリーブ
★特典DVD・・・偶然の確率＜MUSIC VIDEO ANOTHER VERSION　IV～ VI＞

【mu-moショップ限定パッケージ内容】

【CD＋2DVD】AVC1-23797/B～C ¥3,800（税込）
・CD
・DVD
・スペシャルフォトブック
★特典DVD・・・偶然の確率＜MUSIC VIDEO ANOTHER VERSION　VII～ VIIII＞
★スリーブ・・・mu-moショップ ver.

【CD＋DVD】AVC1-23798/B　¥3,000（税込）
・CD
・スペシャルフォトブック
・スリーブ
★特典DVD・・・偶然の確率＜MUSIC VIDEO ANOTHER VERSION　X～ XII＞

umm ok but this still doesn't really help matters :dead2

lol some much diffrent stupid versions xD

Hm... no. ESCAPE isn't getting its own PV, as far as I know. The track who's getting a PV is Winter Game, the first track of the album.

anyone have rip of full jountesu no daishou pv?

winter game? okay, so i guess i'll be excited to see that PV then, lol.

ESCAPE has grown on me from listening to it alot, though. :D but still not as good as jounetsu no daisho :yes

I know grr :eviltongu

lol I hope you're right on that somehow or another :dead2

aw sad T_T

I thought ESCAPE might be getting a PV of its own , guess not & that they don't have a habit of making PVs for the 2nd double a-side too

hopefully someone can upload it soon *prays*

01.Winter Game~冬のプロペラ~ [ Listen WMP ]
02.Drive away [ Listen WMP ]
03.Power of love [ Listen WMP ]
04.幸福の条件 [ Listen WMP ]
05.WINTER MIRAGE~冬の残像~ [ Listen WMP ]
06.情熱の代償 [ Listen WMP ]
07.Fine after rain [ Listen WMP ]
08.Breath [ Listen WMP ]
09.INST [ Listen WMP ]
10.ESCAPE (Album Edit) [ Listen WMP ]
11.Winter Garden~冬の温~ [ Listen WMP ]
12.Climber's high [ Listen WMP ]
13.NEXT DOOR (INST) [ Listen WMP ]
14.偶然の確率 (Album Edit) [ Listen WMP ]

message http://www.avexnet.or.jp/avexdb/girl...tdoor_mumo.asx

looks like the track 9 instrumental is now named "Day's ..." (I can't make out the japanese if anyone eles could please post the name)

hummmm new tracks from track 9 onwards sound awesome but the others sound a bit filler imo. Which one is the new PV? And whassup with the instrumental previews??? xD

NEXT DOOR.... :heart

And whassup with Chisa in the video? She looks like she smoked something xDDDDD It´s funny to see the other members do something more than playing the guitar/keyboard LOL

I like the previews so far for some reason. I hope it comes out good ^_^

Every song they do sounds like a Nami Tamaki song.

i'm never reminded of nami tamaki, actually. but i see where your coming from because it's both that "dance" type of music, you know? but i dunno, i still enjoy it, lol.

Everytime I listen to them, I go "oh, this is something Nami would do" or "oh, this is something Nami did." Some of their stuff sounds suspiciously similar in some cases >.>

But I still love them, XP Chisa-chan has a nice voice, not perfect, but it's smooth and nice to listen too~

^really Nami??? I keep thinking of day after tomorrow's music even though one of the members was from the group....misono is prolly like 0.o??


edit: ok im starting to terribly notice that the songs song way too similar in the beats. Like it's the same thimping sound....oh this isn't good

they remind me of nami tamaki too. basically, they sing songs that we can clearly see nami singing, much like Winter Game, Drive away, etc. all their songs are influenced by 90s anime songs, and the same happens with nami. eurobeat and dance are these genres.

a close friend of mine told me today that they use samples of much old anime songs, and you know, the phonograph industry on japan nowadays is much more diverse and variable. and also, much more creative.

i love winter game! but it's my least favorite PV from GND. only the ending was cute, lol. :P

Maybe that's why I feel like I've heard all their songs before!

Power of Love is definitely from a Nami song hhahha...I think...Promised Land..but yea
very Nami..(and i kinda miss her music)

they actually made a very WINTER album..which is quite unique for me...i mean, usually debuts...u would showcase more, instead of just very WINTER-Y songs...

i love ther cover with the tree

HQ-ish covers and detailed tracklist. All the songs have at least one tie-in o_o avex is amazing, it is!

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01.Winter Game
　フジテレビ系「ウチくる！？」エンディングテーマ
02.Drive away
　トヨタテクニカルディベロップメント株式会社 企業CMタイアップ
03.Power of love
　東京タワー開業50周年記念オフィシャルソング
04.幸福の条件
　TBS系TV「王様のブランチ」10・11月度エンディングテーマ
05.WINTER MIRAGE
　日本テレビ系「HEROES シーズン2」テーマソング
06.情熱の代償
　ABC・テレビ朝日系ドラマ「ギラギラ」主題歌
07.Fine after rain
　日本テレビ系 「NNN News リアルタイム」 リアルSPORTSテーマソング
08.Breath
　TBS系TV「噂の！東京マガジン」エンディングテーマ
09.Day’s...(Instrumental)
　日本テレビ系「NNN ストレイトニュース」 ウェザーテーマ
10.ESCAPE
　東芝携帯電話W65T(au)TVCMタイアップソング
11.Winter Gaden
　TBS系テレビ「ランク王国」12・1月度 エンディングテーマ
12.Climber's high
　日本テレビ系「ぐるぐるナインティナイン」エンディングテーマ
13.NEXT DOOR(Instrumental)
　TOKYO FM/JFN38局「赤坂泰彦のディア・フレンズ」エンディングテーマ
14.偶然の確率
　TBS系TV全国ネット「CDTV」8月度オープニングテーマ
　TBS系TV「王様のブランチ」8・9月度エンディングテーマ
　TBS系TV「あらびき団」8・9月度エンディングテーマ

I just downloaded the new GND PV . I probably will watch it tomorrow or something as I'm so exhausted now due to lack of sleep (I hate exams period)

I just hope in due time avex will update us on the PV tracklist & etc

& btw does anyone have the extended version of the Jounetsu no Daishou PV ? I wanna see it !

There's nothing really extended. It's basically the same PV with the credits and some random scenes in the ending after all.

oh I see , do you happen to have it ? if so I would like to see it

"these many", I guess.

Karen: I'll send you a PM today, right? I'll upload it while I'm at school. YAY, last day before vacation. <3

thanks dude & yay you're like myself , today was my last exam paper & I'm officially on holidays now :D

the HQ covers are awesome :cool

YAY, NO MORE SCHOOL, LIFE IS AWESOME! XD Karen, I'm just about send you the link through a PM, right?

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All the promo pics of theirs in high quality, if anyone's interested here.

wow thanks cloud

oh wow that's really nice

& ok I saw the PV for Winter Game ~Fuyu no Propeller~ earlier on , it's so random & the ending's funny

& I thought Jounetsu no Daishou was weird

WOW..so many tie-ins?! omg crazy...lol

edit:

from previews...
i like Winter Game~冬のプロペラ~, Power of love, WINTER MIRAGE~冬の残像~, Breath, Winter Garden~冬の温~, Climber's high, NEXT DOOR (INST)

their songs have that typical *** tune ending...how do i put it...like, songs that end not on a nice note..but those that kinda lead on to something...u noe?

wikipedia still state that all the songs in their upcoming debut album are used/featured in ads , drama shows & TV shows too :thud

contents of the DVD :

15. [DVD/MUSIC VIDEO-SPECIAL VERSION] 偶然の確率
16. [DVD/MUSIC VIDEO-SPECIAL VERSION] Drive away
17. [DVD/MUSIC VIDEO-SPECIAL VERSION] 情熱の代償
18. [DVD/MUSIC VIDEO-SPECIAL VERSION] Winter Game

eee then I might as well go buy the CD only when it's imported here T_T

somemore I actually like the CD only cover a bit more than the CD + DVD edition

hopefully someone can upload the special mu-mo cover in due time , er a bigger pic of it I mean

with all these different covers, i'm expecting better sales for the album than what they sold with their singles :yes or else i'll just be a bit disappointed.

ditto Lisa

it will be a bit strange if their album were to sell lower than their singles :S especially with all the $ that avex is pumping into the trio

http://listentheworld.wordpress.com/...008/#more-6200

looks like they will be doing their debut single on MSSL , nice , can't wait for it :D

i love guuzen no kakuritsu! :D i totally can't wait!

oh yeah I agree with you on that one :D

http://www.a-nation.org/ updated information with regards to their self titled debut album but too bad I cannot read french or is italian or spanish on their site ? :shrug

looks like we'll be getting an album version of ESCAPE & their debut single

& gawd , so many music video another versions for 偶然の確率 :dead2

Maybe that another versions will be that short promotional clips in few versions - I was thinking about that ones from YT

frankly I don't know because the way that avex's marketing them is scary

at 1st I thought we'll be getting their self titled debut album in CD + DVD & CD + 2 DVDs but it looks like it's the standard CD only & CD + DVD now

Do you guys think GND will be able to get number 1 for their album? I don't think they will be able to beat ikimonogakari :shrug. Even if they don't number 2 is still great.

erm I don't know even though frankly it will be great if they can get no.1

besides there's no record that they're planning to aim for & etc

they probably will get #3 just like the same positions for all their 3 singles :laugh

Wow.. so many tie-ins :laugh


Does anyone know is the album going to leak before the announced release date?

it'll probbably leak by the end of this week or early next week, i guess.

hopefully as early as possible before I leave for vacation :laugh

everyone is on vacation except for me. i hate my school :scry

lol but i honestly think the album will, for sure, leak by this time next week.

lol you will be on break soon Lisa , don't worry

hopefully so *crossing fingers*

i dunno, i'm home for 2 days next week (3 days since i might not go on my school trip, lol) but my real break probbably won't be until january or something. i need to get a school calendar from my school :laugh

ANYWAY, i hope GND's album is good. :yes

I do hope that their album will be good because honestly it's not really a good way to kick off the album with Winter Game ~Fuyu no Propeller~

I had to take a while to get used to the song & not to mention remember how it sounds like

GND will be performing their debut single at Kouhaku - http://www3.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/artists/index.html

yay 5 more days before the album's out :D

I do hope the album will be leaked out by tomorrow or something

Winter Game is #1 at Chaku-Uta Ranking!!

that's good! maybe it'll help the album sell well.

what's the NINKI index for their debut album ? anyone knows ?

NINKI hasn't been published yet

^ ah ok thanks , hopefully it will be out in due time

yeah that's weird why isn't NINKI out yet?

they usually come out on fridays, so who knows? :shrug

The album's out in like three days, it seems weird that there's no NINKI yet ._....

Oh well, I guess we'll just have to wait for actual oricon numbers

i think NINKI might not be out because this is the double-week for the new year, right?

yeah I think GND might be having a double 1st week sales because I think this week's the last week that ORICON stopped keeping track of sales as ORICON has 52 weeks instead of 53 weeks within a year

I just want the album to leak out now dammit :P

The album is out over on kmc forum. Someone will probably upload it on here soon.

I really enjoyed this album! The 'Winter' songs are great on top of the singles, and the 2 interludes are awesome. Perfect way to end off my J-pop purchases for 2008.

ahh, someone's gotta upload it!

so i downloaded it and I got a question....is it Shiawase no Jouken or Kofuku no Jouken?

no need to look any further , cloud honey has uploaded it - http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84119

320kpbs somemore :thud

it's Shiawase no Jouken

omg NEXT DOOR's :smitten & it's great that they included that piece of melody in the album .

Power of love's quite oriental influenced , the beginning ie. .

The album tracks sounds very promising from what I have so far :D