New Album on 1st Jan 2006
 

i saw this thread (http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35362) bout the new single [Bold & Delicious / Pride] which including the link to towerrecords, and while i was surfing towerrecords... i found this::

http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/sitema...DS_SORT_CD=101

Ayumi's brand new album will be out on 2006/01/01
 

lol l just got it from the same place where you guys got the info of her new single from.
http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/sitema...DS_SORT_CD=101

wow!!1 i hope this is s singal, i am was released the 1st january --> topic to be deleted, perhaps, people started to write in the other thread : P

erm? repeated thread? well, i was the first to reply! so happii... anyway, i pray this will be like "i am" in quality, due to the release date... YEAH!

lol we made the same kind of threads at the same time! sorry for that!

that is great

Wow its great news! So many releases! OO:

oops sorry i didnt realised that... just delete mine...

so happy both the release!!

:P l know. maybe they can be amalgamated. but it doesnt matter.

omgg i cant waitt
no WILL ???

lol it is said in the web that there will be a gallery with the first editions! wow~l cant wait for the day!

YES!!! NO WILL!!! Thats so much better! But is there only 5 videos on the DVD? Where's the new stuff? NEW ALBUM!!! YAYAYAYA!!!

I dont understand a SINGLE THING in Japanese.. :weep Can someone translate?

no it is said that new PVs on the album will be added.

^ yay!!! better!!! can anybody translate those text? I cant seem to use YAHOO for it...

ok let me have a try.
【初回限定同梱特典：豪華特製写真集】
【DVD収録予定曲：「STEP you」「is this LOVE?」「fairyland」「alterna」「HEAVEN」他アルバム用最新クリップを含むビ デオ・クリップ＋メイキング映像】

the first limited versions will have a big gallery tied to.
and the DVD will include the PVs in the 2005-release singles and also NEW PVs on the album.

The sentence you were referring too was regarding the DVD. Will didn't get a PV so they didn't mention it :) I'm betting it will be on the album... (pun not intented)

happiness!!! I think I'll enjoy her new album no matter what. I'm stilll so supportive of Ayu even after so many years :P

omg!! great news!!!

i mean not that great actually i was expecting her album to be out earlier like before christmas so people could get it for a chrsitmas present, thats wat she said last year :cry

but owell!! it's coming out next year just like her album "I am..."

kooooooool!!! i cant wait that means whe peobably will have a new single in Nov or Dec!!

cant wait!!!

are stores even open on new years to be selling it?

omg!! limited versions how exciting!! but i relli hope i can get it...which i doubt :cry :weep

so unfair...

lol that's funny. well, l think all the stores will be being open all year long to sell this hyper album!! LOL

i want i want !!!!

I'm so happy it's gonna release after December!

The new year will start with something really great this year! =D

Yay! Can't wait to get the album, but I wish it would be released before Christmas :(

I hope Will is going to be included in the album...

er, l mean a photo album maybe just like MY STORY BOOK or sumthing.

SHO SHO! :D

Thanks for the info, was beginning to think there wouldn't be a new album this year with the release next month, but at least it's released in January :yes

The only songs i hope will be on the album is alterna, is this LOVE?, STEP you, and will. fairyland and HEAVEN weren't the greatest singles IMO... anyways this is great news can't wait, time to take out my pocket money.

I can't wait for her new album! "My Story" was pretty good, I want to hear some really great material again! I'll be happy with whatever she releases, though. Definitely would be nice if she didn't include every song on a single, though. Then there'd be more incentive to buy the album.
I'm hoping for 15 or so REAL songs.. not instrumental interludes :D

Then this must be the first gift to me for Year 2006 :luv2

Thanks for the news!

wow..can't wait
looks like she release her i am album
hope it can sales well

wow, can't believe we have news of this so soon!!! thanks for posting!

OMG, I'm so excited!! Thanks for the info!

Wow. I'm excited :D
She's staying on track for yearly releases on albums. It's good to see she's working hard and I'm psyched for the new album :D

I love New Year releases.. start new with Ayu for the New Year :laugh

NEW ALBUM~ Finally.

. . .Grah. The date, though. . .><; It'll be at least half a year before I'll be able to get it. Fury.

bwaahh!! I'd be able to get it on HK!! aww damn~ can't get the first press edition =.=;

Wasn't I am.. released Jan 1st? Don't know what day of the week that was, but since that's my favourite album I'll choose to see this as a good omen.

I hope will is on the album and just didn't get mentioned because it didn't have a PV. I also hope that the photo book is a real one and not a DVD extra.

That said... a new Ayu album! Yes!

ayu album = must buy!
the album has so much cool comewiths!

DAMN thats gonna be a lot of PVs!!! *excited* I can't wait for this release, I think it'll be a great album! thanks for the info!

January 1, 2002 was a Tuesday ;)

HOW EXCITING!!!!!! Another January 1 album!

This is really exciting news! I can't wait for a new album :)

WOW ayu does it again!.... great releases great videos... and album that woould rock our world!...!!

Maybe will have more Iam kinda CMs!... and aaaaaah! I can't stop thinking about this release! my head hurts!

I'm assuming release dates don't really have a specific day of the week they are released :P

thanks for the update
 

cdjapan links:
[CD]
[CD+DVD]

YAY!!! SO HAPPY!!!

i'd order from CDjapan but they don't take money order from Canada, that's why my mom couldn't make the transaction :( and thats why i only order from yesasia unless the store i usually buy from has it.

wow..... cool!

yay! new album! and it sounds great. :] i really do hope 'Will' is on it.

Yeah, you are right. It is odd and almost always new cds/dvds come out on Tuesday - almost never do they come out on weekends. I think the Jan. 1st date was specifically picked for some reason. Maybe the album has a lot in common with I Am or something?

Or maybe it's a celebration of the release I am... ? A 3yr anniversary? idk
Anyways, I'm really excited about the album. I was hoping for a December release since she usually has a new album during that time, but January seems ok! Woohoo birthday present for me :)

^__________^ WAAAH!!!! -preorders-! Two special album release dartes in a row! my b-day then new years! !!! w00t!!! ^_______^

I am so EXCITED for a new album but it wasn't like we didn't know it was coming so I had already been excited even before the announcement! :luv2

However... I already had "Ayumi Hamasaki's NEW ALBUM" on my Christmas list and now I am going to have to have it pre-ordered and wait until after Christmas for this GREAT RELEASE! At least we get 2 more NEWS SONGS in the meantime!! I hope "Bold & Delicious" is a dance track; sort of like "my name's WOMEN"!!

I'm really excited about this!!! Probably it will be a fantastic album just like MY STORY, but...uhh, don't kill me for saying this kind of comment, it's just my opinion...but for some reason, i'm not really sure if she can break the million sales mark this time... =/

Yeah!!! Ayu new album!!!

I'm not sure she will either..

Then again, that's probably what she and Avex are trying to accomplish by releasing so many singles. MY STORY only had 4 songs that people could judge from. This album is going to have 8, which is equivalent to 'I am...' I believe.. Plus, she got new/brought back old composers, so there's a lot more variety in the songs. And with the DVD, I don't know, I think she might be able to pull off a mil. I don't think anyone is going to be releasing an album in January anyway, a lot of the notable artists are releasing things by the end of this year.

I think the album will break a million, but just barely. I'm more worried about the single though, since people already know when the album is going to be released.

ya... so i think mayb that some of the single wont inclued in the next album..

Wow, already?!

Must save money to buy.

Yay!! Cant wait for her new album!!! Thanks for news.

just learned about sum "other news" i found out about today

i was thinking, mayb the reason y ayu is releasing a new single n a (delayed) new album is mayb cos otsuka ai is releasing her 3rd album on 12.14. from 2002-2004, ayu has always released her albums on the week b4 christmas:
RAINBOW: 12.18 release
Memorial address: 12.17 release
MY STORY: 12.15 release
so since ai is releasing on 12.14, mayb avex pushed her album release date to 01.01? n since the dates btwn the release of HEAVEN n her new album r too far, so mayb the release another single? if her album wasnt pushed bak mayb "Bold&Delicious" n "Pride" might've been on the album instead of a single.

of course this is all just "mayb", another reason for this sumwhat "out of sync" schedule could b cos ayu wanted to do this.

most probably, how did I AM... sell if it was closed? But if shops are closed, the anticipation would increase! ^^

1st January 2002 SALES = 1st January 2006 SALES
HOPEFULLY!!!

I wonder what it will be called?? XD I can't wait! thanks for the news!!

omg! yay!!! ayu's album is coming soon! A great new years present..! lol I want the album now.. can't wait till it releases

I hope is will is on the album (I'm 98% sure it will be) I can't wait!!

NEW AI ALBUM??? I just noticed! wow, I dont have enough money.. gotta use up all my ang pow and Deepavali money, hehe..

okay, so save christmas money? Will do

i'm pretty sure it will hit a million, its just a matter of how long it will take.
..and i doubt it has to do with ai's release. ayumi's had many releases simultaneous with other big artists, i dont think thier worried about that.

as for the album, i'm not too excited, as ive only really liked 2 of the 8 songs. (alterna & will). i guess we'll just have to see.

I hope this album will be as exciting as I AM.. To be honest i think Fairyland was a waste of time i hope it is not included on the album but Alterna should be!!!

I think this album will definately break the million mark. STEP you was a great hit, fairyland and HEAVEN did much better than most singles released this year, almost all the PVs released this year were good, her MY STORY tour was no let down, 2005 has been a great Ayu-year and she will definately end it with a well selling new album. I'm betting this album will even outsell BEST ~first things~ by Koda Kumi, the only thing I'm scared of is the fact I (heart) you by Mr. Children didn't sell that quickly, but compared to MY STORY (which was rather a weak year for Ayu) which sold 1.mil quite easily, her new album will have no doubt outsell it!

Fairyland wasnt a waste of time, I think the bad reactions towards it is caused by Max Matsuura's confidence in the single and the budget of the PV. The hype almost killed the song. If you listen to it without any doubts, I'm sure many would love it. The song is beautiful! ^^ The next album I think will easily reach 2 million, the songs are all fantastic, especially STEP YOU, and the b-sides..

yay.. new album !!
another " I AM.." !!! great .. !!!

Wow! Jan 1st..what a nice date...:D

so it's gonna be "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1....YEAAAAHhhhh happy New-Ayu-Album-Release-Day" ne xD =)

NEWS NEWS!
http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/newsDetail...snum=510210122
the photo album will include over 70 pictures!!!! wow!!!
what's more, it's said MY STORY has reached 1,300,000!!!!!

EDIT: and Will , is this LOVE? and alterna will be on the album!lol, dont worry man they're all on it lol.

:love h a p p i i C u t i e ^ _ ^


by the way.... what is that of dvd and photobook stuff? is there any other information??

edit: seeing endlessoul post there is something more! this is good info!

hmm look at what i get when i translate CD収録予定曲：「Step You」「fairyland」「HEAVEN」「is this Love?」「Will」「alterna」ほか全15曲予定
DVD収録予定内容：上記楽曲のPV他最新Clip映像/各メイキング映像 from hmv at EXCITE translation tool page.

The CD collection schedule tune: It is content of schedule DVD collection of 15 all schedule besides .."Step You" "fairyland" "HEAVEN" "is this Love?" "Will" "alterna"..: Latest another Clip image of PV/each making image in the above-mentioned music.

maybe there will be 15 songs OTHER den step you and her old singles?

So, so far we have...

01. STEP you
02. is this LOVE?
03. fairyland
04. alterna
05. HEAVEN
06. Will
07. Bold & Delicious
08. Pride

That means we have 8 songs so far... So 8 more songs to come since she usually has 16 songs. Hopefully, there's a hidden track! And not too many interludes.

who said Bold&Delicious + Pride are going to be on the album, i guess no. Just like M

Great news, I'm so getting the first press with her photobook, that will be awesome! Also looking at confirmed tracks that will be on this album I must say this album will rock so bad! :P

I can't read Japanese, so could someone tell me about this photo book thing? Is this going to come with the new album?

It's seems a 70-page photobook (online translator says: "luxurious specially made photograph collection" xD) will be included with the first press of the album(in both: CD+DVD, and CD only versions)... so i'll preorder it, i don't want to miss it!! ;)

A photobook with 70 pages... wow. It's been a while since she released one.

Kawaii this album is going to be big i guess Ayumi's big comeback album i hope it sells well a photo book also and dvd with the PVS!!!!!! i pray it is good and i hope Bold & Delicious will be on there with Pride!!

Thank you, LNany. Wow, sounds like a great package deal!

I'm starting to like the idea of a photobook as the first press extra. The MY STORY photobook was pretty, I hope this one is too.

thats it .. im going to pre order it !!!
i want the 70 booklet thing ~

I hope it's gonna be filled with CREA produced songs...

too bad I buy it at a store... will it be included if i buy it there?

omg.....gotta save some money for this one....

AHHHH A PHOTOBOOK? :eek

i just preordered it at cdjapan~~ yeah... i'm so happy... waiting for this very first masterpiece of 2006 :D

But Ai is not just a big artist, she's an AVEX big artist, just like Ayu and AVEX don't want competition between two acts who can make to number 1.

Isn't the Japanese news year different? January 1 is a holiday in there, too?

No idea =/ depends what store.