If we had A BEST 3....
 

What tracklist do you think it will have?(Not what you want it to have)
here goes mine:
1.BLUE BIRD
2.JEWEL
3.1 LOVE
4.glitter
5.Talkin' 2 myself
6.Together When...
7.Mirrorcle World
8.Marionette
9.Days
10.Rule
11.Sunrise-Love is All
12.You Were...
13.Microphone
14.MOON
15.crossroad
16.Virgin Road

I don't think she would include the Secret/GUILTY era stuff onto A BEST 3 (if she were to release one) since they were all on A COMPLETE already.

If it went the way A BEST 2 went...all the songs I hated off the last 3 albums. -_-

Well, half of A BEST 2 was also featured on A COMPLETE, so I don't think she really cares if things overlap.

Also, A COMPLETE featured the main A-sides only, so she could still include the other songs on A BEST 3. Like Beautiful Fighters, fated, Decision, etc. Or even album tracks that definitely deserve to be on her BEST, like Marionette.

Beautiful Fighters and decision were B-sides, that's why they weren't included. As for leaving out the other A-side in double/triple/quadruple A-side singles, I don't get why she did that but ok lol.

It'd probably be Secret through RnRC, and exclude the newer singles (like A BEST 2 did for everything after B&D) I could see MW being dropped tbh

so...

-BLACK-
01. Pride
02. momentum
03. 1 LOVE
04. fated
05. talkin' 2 myself
06. decision
07. Together when...
08. Marionette
09. (don't) Leave me alone
10. GREEN
11. Curtain call
12. You were...
13. BALLAD
14. Microphone
15. Don't look back
16. New Song

-WHITE-
01. Bold & Delicious
02. Ladies Night
03. rainy day
04. Startin'
05. Born To Be...
06. BLUE BIRD
07. Beautiful Fighters
08. JEWEL
09. glitter
10. Days
11. Rule
12. Sparkle
13. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
14. Sexy little things
15. Lady Dynamite
16. Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~


(and yes, I do think it'll be 2 or more again. Avex LOOOOOOOVES money)

If it's one disc, I think it would be:

1. Bold & Delicious
2. Pride
3. Startin'
4. Born to Be...
5. BLUE BIRD
6. Beautiful Fighters
7. glitter
8. fated
9. talkin' 2 myself
10. decision
11. Together When...
12. Days
13. GREEN
14. Rule
15. Sparkle
16. Possible new song (could also be first track)

I think if it were released this year it would exclude the RnRC era.

If it were a "classic" A BEST and include album tracks (and not just a single collection) I think it would include tracks such as Ladies Night, rainy day, JEWEL, 1Love, Secret, Curtain call, LOVE'n'HATE, and possible the RnRC singles plus Microphone and Don't look back. Dunno really!

I think its too early she needs another 2 or 3 albums before it can seriously be talked about but if she did do one tomorrow it would probably be something like:

1. Startin'
2. BLUE BIRD
3. JEWEL
4. glitter
5. talkin' 2 myself
6. Days
7. GREEN
8. Rule
9. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
10. You were...
11. Microphone
12. MOON
13. crossroad
14. Virgin Road
15. Another song off of L or New Track.

hahaha bsides
you are funny. those were double a-sides. the only b-sides she had recently were teens, life & SEVEN DAYS WAR.

Don't be that way.

It all depends on what you consider an "A-side" or "B-side", since they don't actually exist anymore. I mean we don't flip around the CD anymore, do we.

In your definition, a B-side is a song that is only included on a single and not on an album. However, you could also define a B-side as a song that's not included in the title of the single.

So.. You were.../BALLAD = Double A-side. But in BLUE BIRD's case, BLUE BIRD is the A-side and Beautiful Fighters is the B-side.

hahaha bsides
you are funny. those were double a-sides. the only b-sides she had recently were teens, life & SEVEN DAYS WAR.

This could be a great tracklist: (Since Days / GREEN)

A BEST 3

1.-Rule
2.-Microphone
3.-MOON
4.-GREEN
5.-BALLAD
6.-crossroad
7.-Days
8.-You were...
9.-Sunset
10.-Curtain Call
11.-Don't look back
12.-Sexy little things
13.-Last Angel
14.-Lady Dynamite
15.-Sparkle
16.-NEXT LEVEL
17.- Sunrise
18.-blossom
19.-Sweet Season
20.-Virgin Road
21.-LOST (New Song)

Imo it's way too soon. But here's my guess.

1) MY ALL
2) Rule
3) glitter
4) NEXT LEVEL
5) Don't Look Back
6) Decision
7) Microphone
8) rollin'
9) Mirrorcle World
10) Lady Dynamite

It's crap, I know.

why do people think she should wait, there would be waaay to many tracks to include even if it started from days/green

BUT i don't want to think she'll make it two disk again ugh, so I'll just exclude the songs from A COMPLETE, because there's waaay too many tracks I know will be on it to fit...

(assuming it's one disk, which i pray it is)
A BEST 3:

1. Microphone
2. Rule
3. decision
4. fated
5. JEWEL
6. Days
7. NEXT LEVEL
8. Born to be...
9. Beautiful Fighters
10. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
11. Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~
12. You were...
13. GREEN
14. MOON
15. crossroad
16. Virgin Road
17. x new song from upcoming album
18. MY ALL

LOL yes, I put a 17th and 18th...
i feel the ballads coming..

A BEST 3 :

1. Startin'
2. Born To Be...
3. BLUE BIRD
4. BEautiful fighters
5. JEWEL
6. Glitter
7. Fated
8. Together When...
9. Marionette
10. Mirrorcle World
11. Days
12. GREEN
13. Rule
14. Sparkle
15. NEXT LEVEL
16. Sunrise
17. You Were...
18. MOON
19. Virgin Road

all her best songs are on singles.. ans dhe already release them on A Complete... hope she's not going to do it again
anyway

1) Bold & Delicious
2) Heaven
3) Fairyland
4) Startin'
5) JEWEL
6) BLUE BIRD
7) talkin' 2 myself
8) Together When...
9) Rule
10) GREEN
11) NEXT LEVEL

actually, I was thinking of A BEST III yesterday as well!
I thought "well, it should be released next year (2011) because it will be a decade since she realeased her first A BEST (being in the vogue for anniversaries....)
But I cannot consider the contents now since I haven't heard the lastest singles (I wanted to wait until the album release - maybe I'll do it now)

HAHA. <3 This made me laugh so hard...

I'd like to see A BEST 3 be made up of all the songs off albums that got PVs... like Marionette, JEWEL, and others.

You're right, we don't flip over anything. So the standard definition of a B-side these days is any song included on a single but not promoted. 'Beautiful fighters' and 'decision' are A-Sides: both have PVs, and promoted in the CMs for the singles. The question boils down to whether 'Beautiful fighters' and 'Decision' were played on music channels across Japan... if they were, they are technically A-Sides, regardless of whether they were intended to be or not.

Songs like 'teens', 'Life', and 'SEVEN DAYS WAR' are true B-Sides. They have no PV, are not featured in promotional materials for the singles, and more commonly do not end up on records. (Though Ayumi did put RED LINE on RnRC...)

In the case of 'blossom', it is technically an a-side because it was promoted as such. It was included in the CM for MOON/blossom, and is featured in the title, and even if it didn't have an accompanying PV, those former two things establish it as an a-side.

It sounds weird, but it's really just a very obscure thing. I wish the idea of B-sides would drop already.

First of all, I am against another A BEST atm. Now isn't the right time, but hopefully the track list would be something like this:

DISC1:
0. Startin'
1. Rule
2. talkin' 2 myself
3. Bold & Delicious
4. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
5. BLUE BIRD
6. glitter
7. fated
8. Together When...
9. Days
10. You were...
11. MOON
12. crossroad
13. Mirrorcle World
14. Virgin Road

DISC2:
0. Microphone
1. (don't) Leave me alone
2. Sexy little things
3. Sparkle
4. NEXT LEVEL
5. rainy day
6. momentum
7. JEWEL
8. Pride
9. GREEN
10. Marionette
11. Last angel

In regards to A COMPLETE i twas pretty obvious she just included the first track on those singles, probably for space's sake.

A BEST 3 -Sunrise-
1. Bold & Delicious
2. BLUE BIRD
3. NEXT LEVEL
4. glitter
5. Sweet Season
6. Days
7. blossom
8. crossroad
9. momentum
10. Together When...
11. JEWEL
12. rainy day
13. ~new song~
14. MY ALL
15. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~

A BEST 3 -Sunset-
1. Microphone
2. talkin' 2 myself
3. 1 LOVE
4. Rule
5. Ladies Night
6. Don't look back
7. Last Angel
8. Sexy little things
9. Sparkle
10. Pride
11. You were...
12. fated
13. MOON
14. Virgin Road
15. Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~

Now doesn't feel like the right time for me either though. I feel like I can't choose properly what will be included. I think A BEST 3 will be released in 2011 though. I feel she'll release the new album on January 1st again and then release A BEST 3 in March or April.

^ I like the way you split that up.

Well, I will use chronological order... but considering sales, concert reaction and how frequently the song is used on concerts, I bet those will make into A Best 3 (remembering that every thing between the singles evolution and Bold & Delicious/Pride are covered on A Best 2, so, if it wasn't there, it won't be on A Best 3... B&D and Pride included...

(miss)understood:
Ladies Night
rainy day

Secret:
Startin'
Blue Bird
1Love
JEWEL
until that day...
Secret (maybe)

Guilty:
glitter
Together When...
Marionette
My All

Next Level:
Days
Rule
GREEN (maybe)
Sparkle' (maybe)
Next Level
EnergizE
Rollin'

Rock n Roll Circus:
Sunrise ~ LOVE is ALL
Microphone (maybe)
Don't look back (maybe)
Sexy Little Thing (maybe)
Meaning of love
Red Line

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IMO those are the songs that seen to have the biggest impact from those eras (mainly in Japan) and have a chance of being on A Best 3...

If Avex decides to keep with a BEST 2 scheme, including all the singles promoted as Double A-sides (like STEP you/is this LOVE?) and as simple A-Sides (like fairyland, alterna was not promoted and not included on A BEST 2), thus it could be this way...

01 Bold & Delicious
02 Pride
03 Startin'
04 Born to be...
05 BLUE BIRD
06 JEWEL
07 1 LOVE (kind a sort of Because of You)
08 until that Day... (new stapler song.. She seems to enjoy performing it a lot!!)
09 glitter
10 fated
11 talkin' 2 myself
12 Together When...
13 Marionette
14 MY ALL (stapler song)
15 Days
16 Green

01 Rule
02 Sparkle
03 EnergizE (stapler song??)
04 Curtain call
05 Sunrise -LOVE IS ALL- (...)
06 Sunset -LOVE IS ALL- (.............)
07 You Were...
08 BALLAD (Worst song ever...... I hope she will skip it....)
09 Microphone
10 Sexy Little Things
11 MOON
12 blossom
13 crossroad
14 Virgin Road
15 Sweet Season (seems to me like a new MY ALL, to end up a concert in tears^^)
16 New song

^A Best is not a single collection... unpopular singles are taken off (like forgiveness and Daybreak) and album tracks made it into it (like Who..., A song for xx, Memorial Address, Humming...)

Now that Love songs has been released and her 50th single released, I feel like A BEST 3 is way more discussable.

I think it's a huge possibility for this year's Ayu release, for sure.

This is what I'd like to see:

1 Microphone
2 kiss 'o kill
3 talkin' 2 myself
4 sending mail
5 GREEN
6 Don't look back
7 Last angel
8 JEWEL
9 Together When...
10 You were...
11 Days
12 NEXT LEVEL
13 BLUE BIRD
14 Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
15 glitter
16 MY ALL
17 Virgin road

Love this track listing, I would BUY it! :)

If there was not glitter, this tracklist would be perfect ! i love it though !
(Sorry but I hate glitter xD)

I would add Last angel too on A BEST 3. I don't know why but I have a feeling it was very popular. I think. :D And I also hope she would include Pride instead of Bold & Delicious. Pride wasn't on A COMPLETE neither A BEST 2. And then a very spectacular new song like part of Me would be cool. <3

But anyhoo, I really like everyone's tracklistings. Those are awesome. I'm not making mine yet because I'm feeling very lazy but maybe someday. :)

Because we don't want to have to buy another Best already? lol

A COMPLETE kind of threw a wrench in everything. I don't know if her next Best would include Secret stuff or not because they're all already in a boxset. Would it all be post-GUILTY? I also want to say that I don't think "Mirrorcle World" will be on her next Best since I think of it as A COMPLETE's "part of Me." Then again, I always assumed the inevitable A BEST 2 would have a new version of "A Song for XX." 'Still kind of disappointed that it didn't.

I like amorphose's older list that starts with "Bold & Delicious." All things ever should start with "Bold & Delicious."

Edit #235235 wow, totally didn't realize this was such an old thread lol.

Okay, Guys. Seriously?! Can we stop giving Ayu ideas right now because there is a big gaping hole in my pocket as it is with all these dang releases! Sheeesh!

Lol indeed after ayumix box set my wallet is crying

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There must be three versions this time. hehe No, for real. 1st had one, second had two and third MUST have 3. I just hope she won't release it anytime soon.

^Ew, I certainly hope it doesn't have 3... lmao I thought two was too much for A BEST 2... I mean, I know it had a lot of material to cover, but a best album should be one album to me. Then it's the best of the best. :yes

I think the longer they wait the more probabilities that there will be 3 albums for A BEST 3.

First because there will be a lot more to put into them and also because AVEX likes to milk the fans that way :yes

I'd rather wait for a few more albums... Somehow, A BEST 3 would seem too soon released this year or even the next...

^It really does. I mean, she just released two full studio albums eight months apart. People won't be running to get another compilation album this year...

I hope she'll do something interesting for the next best album though. I'm sure whatever happens a lot of people will be disappointed, lol.

I think the best should be put on hold until one or two more years pass. it seems really soon....

A BEST = 3 albums
A BEST 2 (BLACK & WHITE) = 3 albums, 1 mini-album and 1 album's singles
A BEST 3 so far would have: 5 albums, 1 mini-album and (miss)understood's album tracks in it?

A BEST 3 might just be huge :thud



Anyway, here's my tracklist for A BEST 3:


A BEST 3 -A BALLADS II-

rainy day
JEWEL
momentum
fated
Together When...
untitled ~for her~
GREEN
Days
BALLAD
You were...
MOON
crossroad
Virgin Road
Love song
Why... feat. JUNO
beloved


A BEST 3 -DARK-

*new song
Ladies Night
Startin'
1 LOVE
talkin' 2 myself
(don't) Leave me alone
Marionette
Mirrorcle World
Rule
Sparkle
Microphone
Don't look back
Lady Dynamite
Sexy little things
Last angel
BRILLANTE


A BEST 3 -LIGHT-

*new song
*new song
Born To Be...
Beautiful Fighters
BLUE BIRD
glitter
MY ALL
NEXT LEVEL
Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
RED LINE ~for TA~
blossom
Sweet Season
do it again
progress
ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
Life

^ I really like your idea :3 i would get all 3 versions hehe XP like 200$ probably

I was also thinking that A BEST 3 could come in three editions. Actually I was expecting ayu to release it right after L, you know, 50th single, fourth compillation, it sounded like a good oportunity for avex :P But ayu has got more power on her career through the years, and probably she didn't feel like putting out another BEST album, since A COMPLETE came out two years before. Well, whatever, I'd want it to be like this:

A BEST 3 -RED-
01. talkin' 2 myself
02. Mirrorcle World
03. Love Song
04. Sparkle
05. Last angel
06. Rule
07. You were...
08. 1 LOVE
09. Marionette
10. LOVE 'n' HATE
11. Microphone
12. fated
13. alterna
14. momentum
15. do it again
16. Ladies Night ～another night～ (hidden track)

A BEST 3 -YELLOW-
01. Startin'
02. Bold & Delicious
03. Sweet Season
04. Born To Be...
05. blossom
06. fairyland
07. Sunrise ～LOVE is ALL～
08. BLUE BIRD
09. glitter
10. NEXT LEVEL
11. Beautiful Figthers
12. EnergizE
13. Beautiful Day
14. Sexy little things
15. Thank U
16. MY ALL (hidden track)

A BEST 3 -BLUE-
01. Pride
02. Sunset ～LOVE is ALL～
03. MOON
04. Together When...
05. SEVEN DAYS WAR
06. crossroad
07. Days
08. BALLAD
09. Virgin Road
10. HEAVEN
11. ~new song~
12. GUILTY
13. GREEN
14. rainy day
15. meaning of Love
16. JEWEL (hidden track)

And, of course, there'd be a limited box with all three editions, LP sized posters with all her compilations covers, songs in a USB, PVs in a Blu-ray and a t-shirt designed by ayu with the LOVE & HOPE theme :D

oh please don't

I'm glad we don't.

just one thing: please NO

let's not encourage her, please o_O

I think it's way too soon considering A BEST 2 was released in 2007, and A BEST in 2001 (I think).

I actually think 2013 (which would be a consistent time frame) would be an excellent year, especially because she'd be celebrating 15 years in the business. . .

^ Uh-oh. :thud

didnt expect too much from A Best 3.. all new material that we would get is new booklet and probably a new song.*of which i would rather it released as a single*

If it was a selection of songs on 1 disc and either remixed or resung like A Ballads, with a couple of new tracks, I'd be up for it. Otherwise, not interested.

mi|kshake~