True, that was my initial thought as well.. but because that would be awful, we have to keep faith!! :laugh

nah, the news aren't even out on the official site. so they can't be up for preordering that fast, i'm thinking like tomorrow

most phones, NOKIA/LG/Blackberry/Samsung/Sharp are using mircoSD cards.

poor me too.... i wasn't expecting a mircoSD/USB version(and at 8800yen!!!!), so i just spent like USD$400 on Liz Lisa clothes, a pair of boots and a belt THIS MORNING!!!! :thud
ouch... i have to be on a budget now, no more new stuff till Dec when i can my bonus.

oh yes!!
i love the song Last Angel!!

Ayu so better make the Last Angel PV EPIC! :D i'm excited!

nice!!!!!!

I find this title to be the most hysterical thing ever. It's so lame LOL.

I hope that it doesn't only encompass boring ballads. XD

I'm both excited and disappointed. The album title sounds so... recycled. And no photobook unless you buy the super expensive version? That just plain sucks. I don't know if I'll get the SD/USB version unless I get someone to buy it for me, but even then I won't even use it. My Next Level USB just sits on my shelf. :headache

Huge OMG WANNA PRE-ORDER FROM TA SHOP

With this title i expect allot of ballads... >.< while i was hoping on uptempo songs, but who knows...
I am waiting for titles/ previews so i can get a better image from how the album will be.

I hope there isn't the same debacle with the NL USB edition release. I am tempted to get the special edition but it seems so unfair to not give the photobook with the CD+DVD.

I wonder what the USB will look like though, I will probably decide when I see it but the micro SD as well seems like unnecessary overkill. Why not just one digital method instead of two? *shrug*

The title sounds like this will be a slow album lol, perhaps better suited to a compilation album really.....

Anyone knows when it will be up for order on TA shop? XD

Gonna pre-order the limited+cd only versions and the CD+DVD of the single.

*me is bloke*

Wow, all this is kinda unexpected...
First, thank you!

Micro sd+usb... mmhhh I don't really get the point but I think I will get it... I'm curious!

Love songs... Kinda lame title, but doesnt necessarily mean ballads... We didn't have just ballads this year! And remember Rock 'n' Roll Circus was everything but rock.

Collaboration single... Why not, I won't buy it and I think she has enough work to deal with!

I'm really excited for this album. All the singles were consistent (minus crossroad maybe) and were fitting each other really well. I don't want another incoherent album with every genre on earth in it. I love when an ayu album is released at the end of the year, it is more special and easier to follow!

And for Last angel PV, I'm not surprised! :P

This is wonderful news. "Love songs"... Can I assume this will be an album full of ballads? :laugh And a collaboration is awesome. Excited to hear EVERYTHING. This is an amazing Christmas present :)

Yeah the same way we expected Rock'n'Roll Circus to be an all rock album. Many of Ayu's upbeat songs are in one way or another love songs ^^

ugh. I want to cut class now because I don't want to miss the preorders :( Based on how fast the NEXT LEVEL USB and the RnRC box sold... The super limited version will be gone :(

I understand that with a title like "Love songs" many assume it will be slow or ballad heavy, but really, after "NEXT LEVEL" and "Rock'n'Roll Circus" most should have learned that it isn't always so easy. I'd imagine her to release an album titled "POP ART" and it would be the rockiest album to date.
It could be about various kinds of love. Like love to her mother, to a friend, to life, to music. I think that maybe she will say something like this about the album. "Microphone" is basically a lovesong about music and it's far from being a ballad.

I'm looking forward to the album. ^^ Though sadly the photobook is only added with the limited edition. I'm not really interested in it, despite the photobook, so I will probably get the CD+DVD version. And I think I might get the single, too. But I have to see how much her involvement actually is. The collaboration is really interesting, though. I remember that a member wrote that Wada Akiko asked ayu to write something for her back then when she was on "ayu ready?". Well, it's a different person, but she actually wrote something for someone else.

Wah~~ Cannot wait!

I knowww I have to work in 3 hours.. so CDJapan has 3 more hours to put the links up, or I'm probably missing out, unless they put them up a LOT later than that.

The album isn't even announced on the official site yet, so I wouldn't worry yet. =P