They had a bunch of different DJs working on ayu-mi-x 7, though.

Same here.

Her albums usually tend to have 10-ish tracks, it's just that the singles and interludes boost it up. Normally the interludes aren't counted when they talk about 'songs'... but this would certainly be strange for her.

I was looking at the mobile version of the discography page and it still has this there:
※ほか収録内容未定

It will have interludes~~ If it was the finalized track list it would be in order.

"what is forever love"? I believe it is a song by X-Japan, ayu! :laugh

As a fandom, it'd be hilarious if we went from bitching about too many interludes to bitching about 0 interludes.

Remember the shitstorm when they revealed that NEXT LEVEL had FOUR interludes?

Oh my, at first I read "What is love" and I thought she was going to make a Haddaway cover lol.

The tracklist looks promising. I hope there will be more than only 10 tracks, but eh if it means there are no interludes, it's ok for me. Or just a intro, like Duty.

The possibility of the album just having 10 tracks is high due to the 全10曲 being present all over the place. Even Japanese fans are thinking "Isn't 10 a little too short?" despite the information being there.

Some previous album announcements:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/902130110/ - NEXT LEVEL's (CDは全14曲を収録。)
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/74086/full/ - Rock'n'Roll Circus' (自身初となるロンドンでのレコーディングによるアルバム曲10曲を含む全14曲。CD+DVD、CDのみ の2種類で発売される。)
http://contents.innolife.net/news/list.php?ai_id=125766 - Love songs' (人気シングル曲と米国・ロサンゼルスでレコーディングした9曲の新曲まで、全16曲が収録され ている。)
http://khbean.seesaa.net/article/249721828.html - Party Queen's (新曲のみ全14曲)

I've always liked interludes so I've never had an issue with them really.

Could japan please quit WITH THOSE DAMN SHORTEN TEXT MESSAGING/INTERNET VERSIONS of words in song titles?. YOU ARE MAKING A SONG TITLE NOT TEXT MESSAGING SOMEONE. >_< i hated when GACKT went with P.S. I LOVE U for a f-ing hertbreaking ballad. It makes it look stupid rather than serious to give such titles to songs. PERIOD *thud* STAPH IT!

lol ok i am done with the rant. I'm really liking Lelio as a title.

*Crossing finger for more songs*

It's been a while since LOVE again (which was already filled with leftovers)... I expected more than 6 new songs. And it's not like the album will be a themed one from start to finish. She is not limited by that.

More work seems to go into creating new "interludes" for her concerts lately tbh. I think it's time better spent.

14 track albums weren't a thing until the compact disc was invented. Before then the average # of tracks on an album were 8-11.

I really love Ayu interludes, but I'm not against an album without them.
It'd be something "new" and it'd fit well all this fresh project with re-shooting PVs and unsual release date.

I know right? And there were still only 10 songs. I guess it's a matter of whether people like interludes or not. But I thought a lot of people disliked them so it's weird if I see people complaining about them potentially not being there.

Or about how long the tracklist is. She's been doing around 10-12 full songs for some time now. And then Duty is like 11 songs plus am intro so....

And I love Duty

lol, I'm sure we'll get people coming out of the woodworks claiming "but I've always loved her interludes!!!11111"

I personally don't care for interludes, they take the album's overall quality down for me. I love NEXT LEVEL a lot more if I delete the interludes and can see all those amazing songs in a row.

On the other hand, I want at least an Introduction track. :c or 1 interlude. It's Ayu habit <3

^ more like 1 1/2 months. plus June only has 30 days. It'll probably be out on iTunes a little bit earlier. My guess is that, at the very least, the two tracks on the first CD have already been mixed & mastered.

the release date is honestly very close.

me too... those titles... :dead2

So there'll be a fanclub version after all. I hope someone does another fc buying thread like there was for FTL!

so its been decided that the new album have 10 tracks. With at least 4 interludes to come... hmm I see no different from her previous albums, why getting hype about it?

The official site seems to be telling us that 10 tracks is all that we will get with this album. No interludes. Until we get a bit more information though, all we have to go on are the descriptions we have so far.

It does seem a bit weird that they'll be releasing just about everything beforehand.

Feel the love/Merry-go-round were already in a single, Pray/Hello new me got digital releases, and the other songs will be given away during the showcase.

No way, really?
NEXT LEVEL interludes are my absolute favourites! I'm not too fond of LOVEagain ones, but because they don't make sense in the tracklist for me.