NEW MINI ALBUM『FIVE』 2011.8.31 in stores ~II~
 

NEW MINI ALBUM『FIVE』 2011.8.31 in stores

A release that will inevitably become the hot topic of this summer: A medium number featuring Junsu’s brother JUNO in 「Why…」, A much-anticipated ballad 「beloved」 by Mr Hoshino Yasuhiko, The much acclaimed theme song 「progress」 for PS3 game “Tales of Xillia”, A medium ballad with sad resonating lyrics 「ANother song」 featuring AAA’s Urata Naoya, and a mysterious impressionistic 「BRILLANTE」! The DVD contains PVs and making-of clips for all 5 songs, to make up a total of 10 tracks in this super grand mini-album!!

【CD+DVD】
・AVCD-38326/B　￥2,940
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Content
＜CD＞
・Why... feat. JUNO
・beloved
・progress (●PS3「Tales of Xillia」Theme song)
・ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
・BRILLANTE
(5 tracks included, tracklist undecided)

＜DVD＞
・Why... feat. JUNO (video clip)
・beloved (video clip)
・progress (video clip)
・ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA (video clip)
・BRILLANTE (video clip)
・Why... feat. JUNO (making clip)
・beloved (making clip)
・progress (making clip)
・ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA (making clip)
・BRILLANTE (making clip)
(10 tracks included, tracklist undecided)
【First Press Bonus】
□ Access card with serial number
(「ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2010-2011 ~do it again~」Making-of Movie Full Version, Streaming)
□ TeamAyu Bonus Gift：Original Mini Uchiwa (1)
□ mu-mo Shop Bonus Gift：Original Hairtie (1)



【CD】
・AVCD-38327　￥1,890（tax incl.）
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Content
＜CD＞
・Why... feat. JUNO
・beloved
・progress (●PS3「Tales of Xillia」Theme song)
・ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
・BRILLANTE
[bonus track] beloved (Orchestra version)
(6 tracks included, tracklist undecided)
【First Press Bonus】
□ TeamAyu Bonus Gift：Original Mini Uchiwa (1)
□ mu-mo Shop Bonus Gift：Original Hairtie (1)


【CD】※Limited Edition
・AVCD-38328　￥1,890（tax incl.）
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Content
＜CD＞
・Why... feat. JUNO
・beloved
・progress (●PS3「Tales of Xillia」Theme song)
・ANother song feat. URATA NAOYA
・BRILLANTE
(5 tracks included, tracklist undecided)

【”Tales of Xillia” Animation Jacket Cover (Planned)】

【Bonus】
・Access card for download of ＜PS3「Tales of Xillia」×浜崎あゆみ＞ Utahime Costume for Mira
・Switchable Jacket Covers featuring Animation Illustrations
□ TeamAyu Bonus Gift：Original Mini Uchiwa (1)
□ mu-mo Shop Bonus Gift：Original Hairtie (1)



PV information


preorder links :


source : TeamAyu. Thanks Misa-chan for translation

i hope they change some song titles.... >>"

^ They're not.

Besides "ANother song," none of the titles are that bad...

I will only hate titles if they will be like "I did ****", "POOP" "i'm a who*e" or stuff like that.

already a second thread...?

I don't think that "ANother song" is a bad title since A=ayu and N=Naoya... lol

Benikari47 stunning!
Watching on your and artcika works makes me sad... they are so cool, now I'm afraid Ayu will make something boring

^Ikr! How will Avex ever beat that?

Benikari47 that's really really nice!

Oh woe that's stunning! I hope Leslie kee does the cover and art work!!

Benikari47
Whoooooaa now that's awesomeness!

People on here always use cool effects for their covers, while the REAL cover nowadays are usually just a normal photo without much effects, sadly :/

Impressive!

@Benikari47:
Now THAT should bethe cover! That's a pretty amazing job! =)

Uhm I don´t want another face cover, like A best 2, Love Songs, RnRC (CD+DVD), I want something more stylish, but I doubt that, because we are in the simpliest Ayu´s era due to 11th March disaster

I laughed so hard... xD

^Me too xD should I feel ashamed ?

No seriously, I RELI wait for BRILLANTE, the description itself gives me chills !

^ Lol, the description is the most vague!

I think that's the one I look forward too but I don't get worked up based on descriptions or titles anymore because that totally is asking for disappointment.

Really excited to listen to beloved and BRILLANTE!

I'm excited to listen to the whole minialbum! But I'm really looking forward to BRILLANTE.
Maybe because is my favorite title song out there lol.

Benikari47!!!!!!! That's brilliant! I hope the actual cover looks like that...


In other news.... I really want to see the actual cover. Ugh. Oh well, that's just impatience setting in now hahahaha. my bad.

I hope beloved is like an "I love you so much and this is how I feel about you" song.

now you mentioned this, i am thinking it is possible that avex or ayu is going to make the cover very simple and pure like A Song is born. but i still hope that the cover is stylish at the same time.

ya, i don't want another big-face cover. i hope it is as cool as RAINBOW or LOVEppears, or even cooler!

@Benikari47 it is so BRILLANTE!!!

Ayu posted this pic on twitter with the caption "why..."
maybe it's from the PV filming?

very...red.
http://twitpic.com/5mqwcq

I wonder what theme concept will be for "Why..." PV?

Ou hopefully that's from the pv shoot the floor looks so nice I hope the pv is a stunning part of me type pv xp

She has another picture from the shoot and she looks absolutely gorgeous! I can't wait for the PV.

Beautiful! :heart

The twitter pic reminds me of BALLAD PV so much.

I freaking love that shoes!
And I think this is her look for Why... PV. She posted this picture before the shoes photo.

http://upic.me/i/ri/340503354.jpg

^love how she looks

the butterflies reminded me of walking proud PV.

i don't mind to have a PV like walking proud. implying meanings and stuff.

artistic... :yes :heart

Gorgeous look there!

Looking forward to hopefully something weird :D

Ooooh I'm exciteeeeed!~

wow really nice job!


I'm so excited by that mini-album!

I was thinking of dark concept in Why... but I don't think so now! It looks so colorful!

Official new albuuuuuuuuuum!!
New naaaaaaaaaaaails!!

Thanks for sharing, I love Ayu's looks here... Cute, summery yet mature. All good.

Benikari47, WOW u did a great job!

i really wish the covers for this mini album will be something different from the simple only-faces pics. we have gotten too much already, ayu!
i really wish she would try something different!

and now i'm so excited about "why..." PV.. it seems to be a conceptual PV~

PV concept looks great!

pictures she posted on twitter are breathtaking, I think Ill faint when pvs are gonna be released. she overused butterflies lol but I still love it to death, its so beautiful

her hair accessories kinda remind me of Mika Nakashima's "Dear" single cover. a lot of Butterflyz.. :D

it's gonna be such a beautiful PV T.T

I think I would like it better if she kept her collabs for singles, and a mini-album with 5 songs just from her...

Then again I don't know if it would ever be possible to get a mini-album that would be better than Memorial Address.

Flowers/butterflies lady? Overused theme but I think whole thing is going to be stunning.

I wonder how Juno is going to look like in PV.

^that's not ayu in the heels it's Juno :p jks jks I bet this is going to be stunning

that picture is so beautiful! :heart

I hope the PV will be awesome :heart

August 31st seem so far away... :thud

I absolutely adore the butterfly thing. THose shoes are gorgeous. and did you notice she had blue lenses?

Colors! That's what I wanted. Shoes are amazing, she is as well, she looks very sexy!

The butterfly thing reminds me of ayu-mi-x III cm. Hope FIVE will be MORE awesome coz Memorial Address is just SO AWESOME!

I totally agree. I really hope we'll have one of the song soon.

Wow, I love her look here and I love butterflies so much, even though it's a overused theme!
Shoes are great as well.
I just hope it won't be a (too) cheesy PV.

It has a bit of walking proud / moments feeling :) Maybe it's just the butterflies.

Lol, to me I am getting a Summer vibe (you know her classic Summer songs). Something upbeat.

people complain so much jeez.


She looks amazing in those twitpics and the shoes are killer.

No. People stand in their rights to express their own opinions, and stick to them. It's a shame that people don't understand this. :)

Ontopic: I cannot wait for the full version of progress :D.

^I always agree with that 100% but when it's the same people saying negative things about it to me is complaining.
It's a shame that there is no pleasing everyone.

anyways...

I'm excited about the new mini album not too happy about collabs but atleast we getting something new.

Hope she'll find some time for good TV promotion

I love how she is all covered in butterflies - her shoes, her hair and her dress look stunning! :heart

I'm really getting more and more excited about this album!!

mte. People's complaining is a normal thing. Thank God they didn't start trolling :P

Oh year.. can't wait for the PV'.
But... it would be look better with other hair. I still not a fan of her hair at the moment.

^ I agree with you, her hair is not at its best when she displayed it like that. idk about the PV later though but from her self pic it kinda not really great

I don't like the picture :|

Oooh I'm looking forward to this :3

ETA: But... posting your opinion on how you don't like something IS complaining ;; It's not bad, and it's not something that should be frowned upon (not usually) but... it's a complaint lol. A justified complaint, but that's all.

i got a koda "you're so beautiful" vibe from the picture, haha.

maybe that's just me though...

^ Yeah me too LOL! I thought it was just me :)

i don't mean to be rude but why do we make up our own definitions when we can just use an appropriate term?
arguments due to a misunderstanding are too common. it's not just you, JackieRos.

looks like a nice mini album. but the price is so high for cd-dvd... for 5 tracks...

omg. i loved her hair. her clothes. her shoes. her everything *--* hope i lover the song as well

Actually you're still complaining. Its the person's opinion, but still it's complaining.
You can do both.

But I can't wait for this... I have out played my new ayu-mi-x albums!

It's such a long way 'till the release..
I kinda wish they didn't announce this until a few weeks later. lol

I'm more exited for Why... feat. JUNO PV the most than others♪

That will never happen I think, even when ayu releases an album where she is collaborating with Gackt, Naoya, Namie Amuro, Kumi Koda, Mannie, Koji Kondo, Pikachu or/and [insert someone here]. Remember what was rumored to happen (the Lady GAGA and ayu photoshoot), people didn't want that to happen even though it was for a good cause in Japan.

About ayu's hair; I hope she has her long hair on the pictures, I love her with long hair. And what I said about disliking the collaborations I take back now XD, I was giving my opinion about something that is not released yet. However, I don't have high hopes for the Naoya collab.

^Now I want a collab with Pikachu!

did anybody notice that this gon be ayu's first great release (album or mini-album) without a pre-single...?! i mean, Memorial address had three pre-singles released...

What the hell is she wearing? :thud And it will be a part of the PV? Well, then at least I hope the PV will be weird, I like Ayu's weird/****ed up PVs...

And I still don't understand why does she have to collaborate with URATA again? Doesn't she understand that their voices don't match and that the song they did together was... hasn't she heard it yet? And I have a feeling that the collaboration with JUNO will be some mellow ballad or sth close to r'n'b. And there is always BUT - in the end, she might even surprise me in a positive way.

^I think she likes the song they did together and likes working with him. She looked like she had a load of fun filming the Dream ON PV with him and performing live with him.
I really like the song actually. It's a bunch of Engrish but I find her Engrish cute lol & it's catchy. I believe a lot of ayu fans like her experimenting with different styles as well. I hope this new song with him is also a different style than usual.

^ probably for ayu, her vocal and Urata's match to each other?
some of us here also think their vocals are match.. and Dream ON is pretty good.

she's really fond of URATA, I'm sure she's happy working with him lol

I'd do much better without her having to do collabs, but I'll wait to judge :yes

Hoping for the best outcome, but yeh, either way a couple of songs that I might hate from her doesn't stop me from being her fan at all :laugh

I don't actually dislike Dream ON at all though, the pv on the other hand... :thud It's embarrassing lol

Their vocals sounded okay in the song, he is a low/average male singer and she needs to work on her vocals too, hopefully we'll get better vocals from her this time :D

^^High five :P

the flowers and butterflies remind me of MOMENTS somehow

I want those shoes >.<
I think we have our own freedom to make up our own definitions even when people find it uneccesary.
I still stand by what I said, I'm just happy that we getting something ya know.

hugs everyone?

To me, "Dream ON" is like "Bold & Delicious" in that I'm glad she doesn't have a lot of songs like it, but... she's Ayumi Effing Hamasaki. She can afford to do whatever she wants, and it's fun watching her have fun while not giving a crap about maintaining the status quo--if only for one single.

I wouldn't mind a self-indulgent mini-album. I'll start to worry if her next full-length album full of "Dream ON"-esque collaborations.

That said, I think "Dream ON" is an ok song (not nearly as good as "B&D" :D); the only part of "Dream ON" I really don't like is the ad-libbing (?) in the middle. There's a part where it sounds like her voice cracks, and I can't imagine why she would leave that in the final version. It bugs me every time I hear it.

yes i noticed. and it is also her 1st new music work (ayu-mixes excluded as they are not new songs) after her marriage.

lot of people talking about shoes...which shoes? i don't see shoes in that photo

now that u mentioned...OMG YES!! I cant believe it's been that..quiet since

AyuGAME
This one

Awesome news!~ Can't wait for this

I'm always impressed by how fast new material comes out of her.

Those shoes are just LOL, I'd never wear them >.> but it seems that the PV will be flowerish XDDD

I WANT PREVIEWS!!!!!!!!

JYJ's Kim Junsu's older good-looking fraternal twin brother. He released two Chinese songs under the name ZUNO and is now starting a Japanese career with avex.