[TeamAyu News] About the new album
 

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Great!Great!Great!!
Very very Good,recording for this awesome new album is finished!
This maybe the best album so far.
Seems i am talking like a sumurai (laugh)
This year's CLD is called <ayumi hamasaki BEST of COUNT DOWN LIVE 2006-2007 A>, it will be a fantastic concert.
Looking forward it.
See you~!

Thanks for the news about the album. Finally it's finished, well on time :D.

Thanks so much! Wow.. Ayu is really working herself hard!

Great news! Hopefully we'll see some tracklists now.

awesome!!, this is gonna be soo kool!

and Ayu is mentioning abuot her CDL already!! seems like it's gonna be something different! i soooo cant wait!!

I'd expect an official announcement with the track list today... or tomorrow, and the cover a few days later.

finally finished!!!!! the tracklist and cover will be out soon :D

weehee!! the sooner we see the cover and the tracklist the better!! :D hurray!! :D

:]

I knew it. :)

You're psychic!

Wow!
Yeah! The recording of the album is finished.
Ayu said it maybe the best album so far.
Can't wait for it. Really hope tomorrow is 29/11! =)

Well, Ayu has said before that she's always biased towards her latest work, hehe... because it's what's currently closest to her.

So glad to hear she's finished recording, I can't wait to hear more info.

Yay! :)

They still have good time to finish the tracks.

They said its an awesome album?!?!?...COOL!...my gosh...i really hope its SUPAA!

about the CDL, GO FOR IT MAN!...Im sure its gonna be great...Ayu wont do anything wrong in this time of her career

WHo wrote the message? Ayu herself?

<3 yay I knew she could do it :3 the best album yet? OMG. <3333

Ayumi Hamasaki Best CDL will be so cooL ~
i hope she performs her old songs ... like dearest and seasons etc

I like how that sounds and I want to believe it! :yes

Thx for news

Thanks for the news

Thx 4 d news! OMG I hope it will really be the best album as it is mentioned above!! AAAA Can't wait!!!!
It is even mentioned that the next CDL is gonna be the best! Aaaawww very courageous and promising... I hope It won't be disappointing later... Coz I'm really hopin for a huge thing rite now... But I trust Ayu hehehehehehe I believe this album is gonna be very awesome like the other previous albums! (At least if it doesn't be the best)

wahh..it's really Best of Count down live 2006 - 2007!

Yay! so glad Ayu finished on time; now it's time to really kick it into high gear!

Wow
Why if called "ayumi hamasaki BEST of COUNT DOWN LIVE 2006-2007 A" ?

:does happy dance: Sounds cool. :) And yeah for a "best of" concert that I get to go to. :)

i want to know why too!

Great news! Ayu's message is cute as always :P

yup
ayu posted this message on TeamAyu website
only if no one else knows her password:innocent
definitely, that's ayu's words

I'll be in Australia on 24th wonder if I can buy this AWSOME album...

Lol, I just hope it sounds more rockish and edgy! Haha, absolutely love MY STORY (which has officially replaced I am as my TOP album choice from Ayu) Mwhahaha! Can't wait for the album's release!

really? hope you will have a good time here
but i havent seen any jpop cds here in oz
good luck in hunting ayu's new cd:D

Thanks =)

cant wait!!!
really cant wait...!!!
finished!!! i believe we will see the cover and tracklist soon!

Finished, yay! So it's almost time for tracklist/covers/previews fun. :)

Yay^^ Finally, Looking forward to the upcoming days!!

Thanks for the news - looking forward to hearing previews. Wonder if the covers have been shot yet...

Thanks for the awesome news! "Maybe her best album so far"? :D

YAY! ^^ thanks!

Great news !! Thank you so much ! I cant wait too, I hope this album will be awesome and more rock-ish too !! I hope I hope ! I want the tracklist and the cover nowww pleaseee Ayuuu !!!

WOOT! now waiting for her to reveal the album cover ** so i can change the black cherry set i have**

the only thing I can belive is the phrase of Ayumi: "his may be the best album so far"
is this realli true? :shakehead

What would you say if I answered "yes" to that question?

Of course it's true, to her. But to us? Wait and see.

Ayu has mentioned that it's always her latest material that's closest to her heart, as she always writes based on her current feelings.

Thankies for the news. I'm sooo excited for the new album.

Well if Ayu says its the best every then I'm gonna beleive it too I can't wait for it to come out.

Thanks! I'm totaly excited for the album right now :D

Thanks for the news! I hope the tracklist and cover get revealed soon!

^You have a gorgeous set.

Would you like the album less if Ayu actually said that it probably wasn't her best work this far?

well if I listened to it I probabaly wouldn't have the same opion.Besides I don't think Ayu would ever release something she wasn't proud of.

hrm...considering most of the songs that have been released this year, i don't think a lot of fans are going ot consider it her best album ever. but hey, at least ayumi is proud of it!

can't wait for the trackists and the COVER.

Thanks. asongforXX did a great job desinging it for me.

I agree.

umm...how is it most? we only got 5 full version songs and a preview of 1love....but I agree with the songs released already...I dont feel this is her best album

Yay! Tracklist + cover soon, ahoy. Obviously, some people will probably still hate it by default because "ZOMG RUSHED =(" or something, but ah well (or those who don't give the album a chance based on singles. I guess a tad more understandable, but...)

And of course she's gonna say she thinks it's her best yet. It's always being said about new albums. Like she's gonna go "I think it really sucks, to be honest, but I'm gonna release it anyway." That won't get people buying it. It's like how Mariah Carey has said every album is her "best and most personal yet."

Still can't wait.

P.S. touchedstar, really, you don't know. I mean, not everyone has the same opinion of the singles this year as you do.

Thanks!! Great news, I can't wait!

:yes I love this years singles :luv2

umm...:tipsy
I would say "OKi!" and do this: :yes
hehe, well, we'll see, rightie? :)
at least, she didn't say it for "(m)u" or "MY STORY", did she?
just makes me feel...scared of what we will have! :laugh

I'm pretty sure she did say that for both of those albums, although we probably didn't get any report about it.

i only meant the ones released so far this year...i don't think they're her strongest songs ever, and i think a lot of other fans feel the same.

nope, not everyone has the same opinion as i do. and not everyone has the same opinion as you do either. i can guarantee you though that most fans here won't consider this her best album ever.

Yes, but the difference between the two of us is that I'm not claiming I'll be able to speak for the majority's opinions, and you are. Which is downright arrogant. You can't say what OTHER PEOPLE will think. You're not them. So stop thinking you're attuned to their thoughts and tastes.

I think that voicing your thoughts about something pretty apparent, based on facts, isn't very arrogant. Even if he claims to speak for the majority.

To me, there's a lot more required for someone to actually be arrogant, in a disturbing way.

Yay! So all she has to do now is to show us a cover. D:

I just realised.. two albums in one year? XD

thanks!!! we're gettin closer and closer to the release date! haha

I'm scared...
doing an album so quickly...

BUT I WANT IT... and I hope Ayu will perform quickly some tracks on TV...
I want to listen more of 1 love and I want a traklist, a cover... etc... etc... I want an album !!

well, go back over the last year and read everyone's opinions on the songs ayumi has released in 2006. i'm not interested in fighting with you or being called names by you, i'm just stating a simple truth that a lot of people have not been all that pleased with ayumi's songs this year. you telling me that i'm arrogant doesn't change the fact that i'm right. :rolleyes

it is true though alot of people haven't liked her songs this year I hear people saying that this was her worst year. But not me when the whole album comes out I know I'm going to like the songs alot like beore I didn't like Born to be.. or Beautiful Fighters but now I like them alot. So I think Touchedstar is right.

Maybe Ayu will give those who not are pleased a "secret" in the new album :lech

I'm still intrugued by "BEST OF CDL 06-07"...

I pretty much think that we all will be until we have further announcements, and especially one that is official.

thanks looking foward to the album and album cover.

I'm surprised even a cover hasn't been released yet. I mean, I would assume the photo shoot for the album jacket was already done (or at least being worked on) when the album was initially announced as a mini-album. They had to have had something done. That is, unless they decided to scrap the photos for the mini-album, and do something entirely new for the full album.

I think it partly is because the track list is always released before the covers, by some reason.

They might very well have decided to scrap everything connected to initial plans.

Amazing news! New album really finished! Yeah yeah yeah :D:D

^I don't know. The news bit says that the recording is finished, what about mixing and all that?

Oh well, it's high time for all of it to be finished, so it probably is.

Yay, the recording's finished~

Now maybe we'll start getting news about the (official) fun stuff. :3

yippeee~ ;p awesome it's done! the next 3 weeks will definately be full of exciting news ^_____________^ gosh i love ayu

I'm not sure, but isn't it just a bit too early? If I was to release a record, I would do everything to pump the tension and not let it go until the actual release date, thus revealing such details as front cover would be done as late as possible.

I'm not surprised they haven't shown the cover yet or released any detailed info. Not sure how the time setting was during the previous releases, but I don't get the feeling anything's delayed.

If it's to be compared to another coming release, Kodas, it's way late. Her covers and track list is already out, two months before the actual release.

I would too, Ayu is cool.

omg! cant waiiitttt~~~!!!

Okay... the first part of the sentence pretty much makes sense as an answer to my statement about releasing a record, but the second part seems a bit out of place.

Or is it just me? Ayu is cool.


:P

great news! i really hope it's awesome like she says it is. :]

Haha, well, I would have added "like me", making it all:

I would too, Ayu is cool like me.

But that'd be too conceited.

^ LOL immel, I love you. XD

Glad to hear the recording is finished! Now I have to REALLY stay off the AHS News and Ayu Chat sections! XD

Well, technically she doesn't mention the recording. What アルバムが出来てしまったactually means is "The album is done/ready!"

So the mixing may actually be done, and we may already have a completely mastered album just waiting for packaging and release.

^That makes it all different. Yeah, it's apparently all finished :).

@Caro, why staying off?

You don't think ayu would be lame by making the cover and tracklist a 'secret' would you ...?


Like, you buy the album and its wrapped in black plastic ... and you don't get to see the inside until you open it?

Boo! I fear that! Nay... I ph34r that. :eyes

Normally I would feel full of revulsion towards that way of writing, but somehow, when it's you... I ph34r it, too. But I'd love it, if she actually did it.

I apologize for the random usage of l33t. I felt it was one of those moments. Hahahaha

I suppose it wouldn't so bad. What I really don't want are multiple covers. I hate them, although they really seem to be the new thing for avex's artists these days (at least for CD/CD+DVD). I'm sure this album will be no different.

What about wrapped multiple covers?

It'd be like collecting ayupans, you have no clue which one you're getting.

Great! This is indeed good news. Yeap, I can sit back and buy her works in a shot~ how cool is that? *turns to boss for payslip*

Oh, you're killin' me, Immy! :thud Hahahaha

That'd be scary if the cover was blood-soaked ayupan.. :|

looking forward to the album and CDL =)

Hrm.. so this means that Ayu finished the album in the span between 10/24 and 11/6~ :D

That's about 2 weeks :O!

*checks the site every 5 mins for the cover to be released* ;.;

Awesone.Thanks for the news.

hmm well we did have something similar
the "H" digipack
has all 4 covers for the same cd
the regular on the top and the rest of them under it
only difference was we know what was under it

Can't wait! Tomorrow will be exactly three weeks until release! (Although we'll get it even earlier than that)

*dying of suspense here*

Release the cover, dammit!

I'm sorta happy she only released 2 singles this year. Much more material for the album. :yes Can't wait!

yay! Can't wait!:)

Glad the album's finished. I actually like that idea of Secret being wrapped up in black plastic. :D