『A SUMMER BEST』8. August 2012 ~III~
 

(Translated by Misa-chan)

The best of ayu’s summer songs!

A compilation of the super hit summer songs that are a must-listen when summer comes!!

BLUE BIRD, Greatful days, July 1st, as well as signature songs like Boys&Girls and evolution are all gathered into a happy exciting “DISC-N”. Sadder summer songs like HANABI and monochrome are compiled into “DISC-A”, to give a grand 2-CD set.

Furthermore, the theme song for current tour “ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 ～HOTEL Love songs～”, TRF cover Happening Here, will also be included due to many fans’ requests.

A new song You & Me, written just for this summer song compilation, makes up a grand total of 26 songs! (planned)

The DVD includes video clips from 10 years of a-nation lives, from 2002 to 2011, some past summer PVs, the PV for new song You & Me, which was filmed overseas, as well as “Greatful days” performed by RAINBOW HOUSE. The extremely rare collection adds up to a total of 25 tracks. (planned)

The best release to brighten up this summer!!

2012.8.8 in stores
NEW ALBUM『 SUMMER BEST』

【2CD+DVD】
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・AVCD-38558～9/B　￥4,410（tax incl.）
【2CD】
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・AVCD-38560～1　￥3,360 （tax incl.）

Tracklist

With the serial number card in the 2CD+DVD version you can watch the making clip and with the card in the 2CD version you can download a remix of You & Me until 30. September 2012

You & Me remixes

You & Me on Youtube

Photos from the video shoot

Picture of the CDs/Booklet

Promotion

TeamAyu/mu-mo gifts

TeamAyu screenshots

If you preorder it at the Arena Tour you will get a postcard.

Preorder links:


Other links
[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread ~A SUMMER BEST~
You & Me full PV
A SUMMER BEST NINKI index
A SUMMER BEST will be released in Hong Kong on 10th Aug + special poster given away
A SUMMER BEST will be released in Taiwan on 10th Aug
A SUMMER BEST Commemorative Goods
『A SUMMER BEST』 DVD DIGEST
A SUMMER BEST covers
[Translation] You & Me (YouTube edit) Lyrics
[YouTube] You & Me (Youtube Edit)
[YouTube] "You & Me" PV short version
『A SUMMER BEST』8. August 2012 ~II~
『A SUMMER BEST』8. August 2012

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OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :love:love:love

*bows down*

why isnt that the ****ing cover what the ****!

Oh my, that looks amazing!! :heart

She's so damn versatile, she always looks so different, and in this picture she looks Caucasian and people would actually believe that :thud She's always surprising me *o*



EDIT: Btw ayu is not in Japan atm :P

This should have been the cover! She looks AMAZING here, omg :luv2

Holy ****, look at that O.O That's just incredible!

I'm sure they do it on purpose EVERY. F*ING. TIME. : choosing the worst pics out of a photoshoot and make them covers...

Why hello there :lech
LOL WHY ISN'T THAT THE COVER?!

thanks for those images!!

Love that photo! She looks fierce!

http://i45.tinypic.com/5yw4r9.jpg

my awe can't be expressed to words :luv2:luv2:luv2

Wow.. greate pic. Would be a better cover, than the original. (^_^)'''

flawless pic is flawless

http://i.imgur.com/MYMnm.gif

she looks so good and sexy!!
amazing!

Wow that pic =O

grrrrrrrr at the hot pic!

Why this isn't the official cover, ayu? :eviltongu:eviltongu:eviltongu:eviltongu

Son of a!!!!!!
I'm in love with that picture holy crap.
This could have been the cd only cover.

What on earth?!!
That picture...is amazing! Why why why wasn't this the cover?!?! I cannot understand the logic?!

She and her staff are OUT OF THEIR MINDS to NOT have used that photo as one of the CD covers......................

That is one of her best pictures ever. She looks fierce & hot!!!!!!!!

yeah, I'd love to see this photo as a cover... :/

I agree with everyone, this should have been the cover...
When I saw it, it just blew me away XD She looks amazing!!!! *O*

Ayu....i...what?....WHYYY??

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...V1r0c0v1-1.gif

HOT!!! melting

I loooooove how basically EVERYONE so far is agreeing that this picture is flawless and that it should have been the cover. Yeah Ayu, WHY

I guess this proves that the cover art is by choice and not by incompetence.

What the actual *****... The same happened thing with party queen. Why they chose uglier shots for the covers? I just can't understand who chooses these photos!!!
THIS Should have been the cover!!!!!! :wtf
Perfect shot!

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8449/photoxr.jpg

Hello! I bought the ASB in Hong Kong today.
Let's have a preview of the booklet! :)

Please upload You & Me for us :love :love Thanks for the photos, did you buy it in HMV? What is the poster like?

I bought it from a local store in Hong Kong. :P
Yea. I will try to rip it tonight or tomorrow!
I am using Mac btw. Any good software i can rip a CD?
Thanks a lot!:thud

iTunes should work ;) http://www.macworld.com/article/1156...o_rip_cds.html I went to a record store in Times Square in Causeway Bay two months ago and was surprised by the amount of Ayu DVD & CDs, more than any other Japanese artist.

i just died...that picture is fierceeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

edit: OMG THE BOOKLET IS AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGG..those sneak shots

Any of this pics would be a better cover, than the original CD-Only Cover. (°_°) Greate Photoshot. Hope we can see them in HQ soon.

Oh my God, the booklet pictures are freaking gorgeous! WTF were they thinking picking the photos they did!?!?!? UGH!

OMG those pics are perfection, i can't.

i wish Ayu would explain what's up with the choices... cuz i really just don't freaking understand... this is just bizzare....They either need glasses ALL of tem AYU INCLUDED or they have some sort of secret agenda here....I AM CONFUSED :tired

Is Ayu okay this year with her album cover? Because she been picking all these ugly cover for the album cover and the booklet and photobook have all these flawless pictures.

it's called marketing...Japan doesn't want to see a woman in her 30s being sexy on billboards. As party queen proved...

so far I love all those photos in the booklet!
amazing!

Once again...Ayu's trying to say...Smiles on the surface dont represent anything you are underneath... XD

^ THAT would explain it xD

& um being sexy and being pretty is 2 different things....*shrugs*

omg you bought it!!!
can you take a pic of "You & Me"'s lyrics?
really wanna know the lyrics!

But PQ wasn't sexy, it was funny

Yeah, great pic!

Can you say which store it was?

It's subjective

STUNNING GORGEOUS PERFECT BOOKLET

Excuse me as I wipe my drool and tears up.

Her face looks a bit Tomiko Van-ish in the 'fierce' shot.

http://i.imgur.com/18uym.png
Deja vu? Haha.

Pretty much this when I saw the picture.

That sexy fierce picture.... WHY wasn't this the cover. Someone needs to be kicked. Omfg, can't wait for the HQ pictures!

All kinds of angry as to why they chose such crappy cover shots then! :rambo

I am glad the inside booklet pictures looks nice. Overall the pictures for this album is better then Party Queen.

CDJapan has my copy as "in shipping process" so I can't wait to see these booklet photos in real life!

thank god.

WTF at the inside booklet O__Oa
I guess this is the first time I'm going to buy an album just because the booklet O__Oa

Damn...If not the cover why not make that awesome shot the poster? What's wrong with these people?

But even if there was a vision or theme that she was aiming for that was beyond the comprehension of us petty mortals, the S&S Love is all cover alone throws that theory out the window.

Many will agree that PQs cover was trashy not sexy, and poorly executed at that. I don't think its negative reception is any indication of Japan's overall view of sexy women in their 30s. Wasn't Namie 30 when BF was released? I don't think the ultra sexy cover affected the album's reception at all (or 60s70s80s either).

I'm in the same boat as everyone the inside pictures are flawless

cd only cover has to go away!

As a greedy ayufan I wish they would have included offshots from the past summer singles in a photobook :thud :innocent

I wonder if any other Sunrise/Sunset pictures were any good/better.

Why hasn't you & me full leaked yet ):

I actually prefer the 2CD+DVD cover. =P

Just by the booklet it make me want to buy ASB D:

being a guy and also showing the picture (CD+2DVD) to a lot of guys, I can tell you PQ is sexy. Basically anyone straight found it hot but my gay friends think she has more class to do that :P From a guys point of view PQ cover does work to grab our attention

If it's the only sexy pictures of Ayu they've seen, then maybe so. But for those of use who know she is capable of looking so much SEXIER (BoY PV, WE MEN shoot, NAKED TALK, Deji Deji Diary Bikini / Beach Pics, my name's WOMEN PV, lingerie scenes in Mirrorcle World PV, Wacoal Bra photoshoots, BLUE BIRD covers...), it is just depressing.

With Ayu, it's not just about her body. Her body is not that amazing. It's her stunning face and jaw-dropping eyes. It's her "look" that is so freaking hot. And with Party Queen she's got a slicked back hair-do that has NO written all over it!

Love the booklet pictures!! I can't understand her/their thought process when choosing the cover photo lol

Ayu is saving the best pics for the real fans (who buy her albums).
She doesn't wanna show her gorgeous face/body pics to anyone, XD.
Seriously, the booklet pics are amazing !!!

I believe it!!! :roflmao

O.M.G i loveee the booklet pics!! very fierce n model like.. totally stunning. personally i have no prob with both the covers. definitely a million times better than PQ. can't wait to get my hands on the physical album

I agree with this.
There is more to sexy then just posing have naked.
thats not sexy, thats trashy. and Party Queen was never meant to be sexy, it was suppose to be trashy and it worked.

I dont think women need to be in their underwear to be considered sexy.

Thanks for uploading You & me for us! Only not.

I hope she/he doesn't because of your rude and ungrateful post.

Totally using that picture instead of the actual cover.

really :D:D:D

Ah I wanna buy ASB so much, but my wages hasnt come yet :grumpy

I don't care, my album is on its way, and we'll get it soon enough lol

just saying, you all know it's annoying when new material is dangled in front of you

I'm dying here.......... those booklet photos are FABULOUS.

more pics

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

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just stunning!!!!

^ Oh my god

yes THIS!

it took me a minute to say that it IS Ayu with that fierce hot sexy looking!! gosh!!! :luv2:luv2:luv2:luv2

we dont need those horrible covers if we got this :grumpy

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4287/asbe.jpg

this one should have been the 2CD cover!! :luv2

is this real? :thud:luv2

ugh. this chick.

I can't wait for everyone to have pretty sets again.

Thanx for the info.



It seems that the booklet could be a good reason to buy this album:D.

WHAT THE HELLLLL, WHYYYYYYY.

These inside pictures are actually amazing! So beautiful! I cannot understand why the covers were chosen... I'm trying to but I just can't ;_____;

Thankyou for posting them.... just stunning.

For some reason, Ayu has this thing where her covers are okayish and the inside images are pretty awesome. (Except FIVE, where the covers imo were as good as the booklet)

Those booklet pics are great!
Minus her face expression on one or two, but hey, I wasn't amazed like that since Five!

I wasn't that amazed since Mirrorcle World probably

I cant wait for You & Me Full version already!!! someone please upload it >.<
seems like avex didnt attempt the "LETS-RELEASE-IT-ON-ITUNES-1-WEEK-EARLIER" tactic

This one is certainly my favourite.
The booklet pictures are nice. Still not a big fan of some facial expressions, but I think there is nothing to be really complaining about. Thank you for sharing. And thank you, Ayu. Maybe I am going to buy the album anyway....
someday

Ayu is such a tease.

These inside photos are amazing, she looks so sexy ♥

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nice pics! thanks for sharing!

i really like all of them, but my least fav is that last picture!
so far, a really good booklet!

HOT! HOT! HOT!

again, every single one of those booklet photos is better than the actual covers

She looks so sexy in the booklet pics... and they decided to choose one of the most awkward pictures of her as the one to promote the album. Alright. lmao

One of the best booklets ever. It's totally stunning when she doesn't do "weird" lips, I'm in love, especially this one:
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Can't wait for scans, I wanna do a wallpaper for myself with these pics <3


aaaand I'm hoping for more pics, cause you can see lyrics in the booklet, so the booklet could be pretty fat. (lot of lyrics~)

i've been waiting for the rip of You & Me,omg thinking that some may watch it already,hows the ending??

wow! they look amazing *___*

I think I'll buy them both.

i think i love all of them except the last awkward one xD She looks surprisingly good, can't wait for someone to share theirs :tipsy

Ahhhh !!! *Q* She looks amazingly amazing!!! XD

usually ayu stuff leaks way early...wonder what's up with this...