ayu's new album....etc...
 

Well guys...Maybe it's too early to talk about ayu's newest album....
But what dya think of this new album style will be?

hm.....accordin' to me...judging from 2 singles....and then newest upcoming single....this abum will be real pop-ish....maybe.......

What dya think....if DJ OZMA....ayu's current fav. DJ compose a nice dance trak as an opening of her new album for her?
hahahahhaha

I think that would be really nice :D

also....what if she really release an actual photobook along with the album...of course separated...or maybe a box set (not to mention kuu's ideas)....we really need one rite...

and then about live DVD...anyone think it'll be release along with her newest album?

Well, firstly, her next album HOPEFULLY will have a proper cover, nice songs, and a variety of genres.

Well said!! But for some reason people get all angry when there's a variety of genres because it "doesn't flow right!!" ... weirdos.

It probably will.

Ayu being international probably was all (m)u was about ;D New York.. Hawaii..

Hopefully, she doesn't go to America and have Luis Hernanweird be her Location Coordinator..

well, from the flow of last year, we could prolly expect it by late November or December...not too long of a wait....i hope the cover is really good. (miss) understood's was just plain awful. and some really good PVs for the album songs. Ladies Night and rainy day were good, but hopefully the better album songs get picked for PVs. i also hope that it will be like MY STORY and (miss) understood...16 songs, with a DVD that has all single PVs and the album PVs +making ofs. an extra bonus would be nice to, like a photobook, poster, key chain, etc.

Well. As long as she's not smiling on the cover I'll probably be happy with the cover. As far as the songs go, it seems like it might have a decent amount of pop-ish songs, but also a little variety.
Oh. And it better not be a mini album (doubt it, anyway).

if the singles have been pop..and there is only 1 rock and 1 ballad so far...im sure there will be more rock and ballad in this case...and as usual her closing song which will be pop...i wan powerpack songs...more genres are welcomed..prolly a slight adjustment to the songs released already?..hehe

i think mid-Dec it will be out...her usual timing is around 13th Dec (wednesday)...makings would be nice with 3 new PV like MY STORY

and no!..i dun wan the Live DVD to be same time, it should be earlier!..like in October!..haha

for the past years, we have been having strong single tracks...(and to me B&D& Pride ARE strong)...and this year, it has been pop-py so not that strong, i will be expecting poweful album tracks in that case....there has to be a balance

That Luis Hernanweird should go home and leave Ayu alone. D: He's done enough damage with that Beautiful Fighters PV he helped direct. XDDDD

I hope it has a super nice cover this year/next year with nice paper and shiny gold font. XDDD I wouldn't mind it with a live tour DVD either, if it were to come out soon. It would save me having to get the DVD as well. XD

i would like a great cover..too...and songs with different genres..i really like ayu to do one song of hip-hop..if she can...but well..looking forward to it

Last time she flopped with the cover; so this time she needs to do a REALLY BEAUTIFUL COVER... And.. well her first 2 singles were very pop-ish. Her 41st single might make up for that (beeing all ballad+rock-ish) so all we need is a couple of more rock-songs, ballads etc.. It would also be nice if Ayu'd try hiphop (like Namie Amuro) for one or two tracks.. just for an experiment.. as long as she doesn't fill the album with that stuff like her sweetbox-era.

OMG, I'm hoping -.-
Pleeeeaaaseeee ~…~ a good cover!
I didn't thing the (miss) understood was that bad, but I want a Cover like from I am...!

I am expecting a beautiful cover, because lately her covers were quite visually pleasing. We probably won't be getting a face shot if she follows the trend of her singles this year. Also I do believe this album will probably be pop-rock, not a lot of variety of genres.

I hope she does a nice cover for it. Something simple but elegant. Like I am... or Memorial address. I'm hoping she brings CREA back, even if it's just for album tracks. A photo booklet would be nice too but it's not likely as she just released one with (miss)understood. It would be cool if she had like a back-stage photobooklet from the tour. That would be nice

^ I wouldn't be surprised if we got another photobook though it's improbable. I imagine we'll get some first press/limited extra though :D

i'm thinking of her new album with the popish and rockish songs..just like her my story which is very very nice...
and of course..we need the cover to the good one not like the plain one like (m)u even though, we got the photobooks...

yeah... i would rather have a studio cover rather than one of her covering her mouth and nose. regarding her songs. i HOPE that it can be as good as MY STORY. many different genres as well.. that will make the album very worth buying. (and lots of free items!!)

I'm really looking forward to the new single and album. I'm also really hoping that it has a photobook with it too!

i dont' want too many genres, i love it when Ayu has many genres, but they usually have a similar toned background effect in it, which makes them all connect. I don't like it when an album sounds like a mixed cd of completely different things with no kinda of similarity to them. If the songs didn't have any connection to them, then the album itself won't seem complete. I like how Ayu does have different genres, but it's still has this AYU_FEEL to it, if that makes any sense...
I think Ayu should do her thing with the cover, sometimes simple is good, i dont' waann see a crazy cover and songs hat don't match the tone of the cover at all, you know?

I'm hoping it'll have that special variety of genres: dance, electronic, alternative like the songs in I am...
and I hope the cover will be gorgeous, and the photography and ideas for the photos are genius

i want new album

I am... had very many different songs, but still managed to come through as a whole album. Same thing is true for RAINBOW, LOVEpperas and duty. I woulden't count MA because it was a min album, and ASFXX wasen't very varied musically.

YumeHamasaki's post made a lot of sense. THere's got to be certain general feel to the sogs that makes them connected. Variety is not a bad thing, as long as the songs sound like their from the same planet. (m) u was all over the place, the transitions were bad in many ways and it wasen't put very well together. Just like the cover it sounded a bit hastily done. Perhaps she needed another year of just remix albums or something like A BALLADS. Personally I would prefer more upbeat catchy stuff with an edge. No more than a couple of purer middle tempo rock songs, as they tend to be a bit repeteive if there are too many.

I don't care that much for the cover picture, and I diden't really think that MY STORY was very good either (skanky too much blush on beside the bed? It reminded me of a slightly better version ogthe STEP you cover which was horrid.) And I agree, no monkey smiling. For some reason I woulden't be surprised if PECO inspired these works of "art", especially the STEP you look reminds me of her. I do believe that this cover will be better though.

Well, I think that Leslie was probably busy during the photoshoots for (m)u.. doing his SUPERSTARS magazine..


Timeframe... October/November => B&D / (m)u / Startin' recordings occur and wrap up; all album materials are DONE.. [maybe not PVs.]

December - February => Photos are taken for Startin' using Leslie as well as for CDL05-06..

So.. yeah.. It was all pretty quickly done. If only Leslie was available..

Hey! I'm one of those weirdos, lol. I didn't really enjoy (m)u as much as MY STORY. MY STORY is my fav. album by her to date so I don't see why critcs might have bashed it when it was released. I love it!

I am hoping for a mix of styles.If no mix of styles then i would love pop.

So far, the album looks blah :yawn

Startin/Born To Be = ew
BLUE BIRD = OK
Beautiful Fighters = ew
1 Love/JEWEL = not sure yet

I'm hoping it will be a good album but so far It doesn't look good :shakehead

I think that maybe people are expecting a new album a little too much. By around June of last year, we had confirmation from Max Matsuura that a new album would be out by the end of the year. This year, we don't even know when her next single will be out. In terms of Ayu releases, this year seems different and it wouldn't suprise me if a new album didn't come out until sometime next year. Maybe we will be seeing another Best album first. (You know that Avex has just got to be dying wanting to release one.)

with only so little singles out .. it might be like another My Story type of album with a load of new songs

Nah. It's 6 songs probably this year pre-album.


During the MY STORY era it was just four songs! From four to seventeen.. o___o

"MY STORY" was amazing, it had great flow and it was released incredibly fast with a HUGE amount of new material.

This album/year/era seems extremely strange to me as well, things have been extremely slow and the songs seem to be all over the place in terms of a theme or "sound". Hmm maybe Ayu is just lost as to what direction she wants to take her album/image and music. She could possibly do a mini-album for December but for some reason I don't think her album would turn out too strong.

However, now that I think about it! It really reminds me of the "Memorial address" era, where we were sort of having a dry spell in terms of new material. She had "&" with its 4 tracks which I guess could be like 2 singles if they were split like "Startin'/Born To Be..." & "BLUE BIRD".

Hmm and then we have two POSSIBLE album previews:

1LOVE and JEWEL, which were both Panasonic tie-ins like Memorial address' preview album tracks: ANGEL'S SONG and Because Of You.

SO! In sum this could be "Memorial address" all over again... but just not as successful lol. UNLESS she can get her creativity to new a high and put out another masterpiece like "Memorial address ~take 2 version" and "forgiveness".

10th Studio Album: theory

01. Startin'
02. *New Track*
03. BLUE BIRD
04. *New Track*
05. *New Ballad*
06. *New Ballad*
07. Born To Be...
08. theory (title track)

DVD: PVs for tracks 1-7.

Eh. It's a guess. :)

Hm... I would like mixed songs but when it`s going to be out? I think on new year cause she realesed her previous album then

I just want to see more of CREA, rocks songs and studio lives :).

Her last three albums is the ones I like the best, so I have pretty high expectations on the coming one.

Really, that's like, same for me.

Except add some upbeat stuff that is sweeter than sugar concentrated into a supersaturated syrup <3 <3

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No offense but I would hate that. And that's a minialbum, which would suck even more. Where's Beautiful Fighters? XD Of course she's going to add all the songs she's already made into the album! Remember Will?

But you gave the album an awesome name. I'd love to see that name as an album name!

He took out the 'B-side' tracks~ :/
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Man, how I'd love for a huge album <333 It's fun having more album tracks, cause then you're like 'WOW HOT!' at the tour.

Kinda like AT05 <3

Haha... I wouldn't mind another ANGEL'S SONG, BLUE BIRD was pretty up there, but it didn't make it to the level of ANGEL'S or HONEY.

I even don't care when album will be out, even let it be out not in this year
this would be a better condition for it's sake and quality
the most important things would be HQ music, HQ lyrics and nice song titles
( (m)uz titles sucked :eviltongu )
and surely I wish it would have good photosession
having a photobook would be nice, bu only ig photobookz concept is really interesting

I honestly want her to release one more single (JEWEL/1LOVE ?), then just go right into the album. Last year didn't have enough album songs to motivate people to buy it. I mean, the photobook was nice, but people want the actual music, not a compensation for the lack of it.

Then if this one is around 16/17, with a usual 2/3 instrumentals, we'd get AT LEAST 8 album songs. A REALLY good surprise. and opportunities for album PVs.

I wish there are more songs on the album...i want an ALBUM...not a mini one.=/

Yeah.. Definetly! Memorial address is a mini album and it had all singles + 3 more songs (ANGEL`S SONG, theme of a-nation, Memorial address). I want her new album!! <3

Hoping for some rock-style, like in (miss)understood and something similar to RAINBOW as well. It would be awsome.

I really want different styles, I think that is the thing that makes Ayu great! Hehe, well anyway I wouldn't like to hear another Bold & Delicious!

i hope her new album has a nice-looking cover and booklet

music-wise, i think it'll be a good album

I hope it's not a pop album with songs similiar to everything she released in 2006.

i hope it will be another brilliant album like I AM

I hope it'll be another brilliant album like the way Ayu wants it to be :D.

I think if Ayu did that, it wouldn't be Ayu LOL


She's not known for sticking to one genre in an album :p

i want more rock songs XD i actually loved the new releases startin/born to be... and blue bird... lol yea honestly XD

whatever......i've never predicted it.....:P
i'm so gonna buy her (coming soon) album........

I hope it's something happy, sunny, upbeat and cheerful - like the singles reflect.

I actually want to see Ayu do seasonal-themed albums next. A spring album, then a sumemr album, then a fall album, then a winter album... and have it reflect in the music and the packaging (cover, booklet, you know...)

That'd rule.

imo, those covers haven't come too much because it's not too easy to come up with those kinds.. :/

She's had 40 singles + 8 album covers + a bunch of remix album covers..
I think it's good that she's at least featured on like all of them <3


about 1 LOVE: I think the HQ CM has a clearer version, and there are like drowned out guitars.. <3 <3