A Song For The Sky -Official ayaka Thread 2 -
 

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Sing to the Sky Era Description:

Following the release of her million selling album First Message, ayaka released WINDING ROAD, a collaboration with popular group Kobukoro. The single was very popular, managing to sell roughly 350,000 copies. Unfortunately, the positioning of her singles began to drop through the next couple releases. Jewelry day managed to stay strong at 2, CLAP & LOVE / Why placed 5th for two weeks and was ayaka's first single to be released in both CD and CD + DVD format, 手をつなごう / 愛を歌おう (Te wo Tsunagou / Ai wo Utaou) placed at 7 while おかえり (Okaeri) hit 6 for the week. She also released a digital single, For today. Her sophomore album, Sing to the Sky, is certainly something to celebrate so let's sing along with ayaka!!

Sing to the Sky Tracklisting:

POWER OF MUSIC
Ai wo Utaou (愛を歌おう; Let's Sing Love)
SKY
Jewelry day
Good Night Baby (グンナイベイビー)
For today
Why
Gold Star (ゴールドスター)
Mahoutsukai no Shiwaza (魔法使いのしわざ; The Magician's Deeds)
Te wo Tsunagou (手をつなごう; Let's Hold Hands)
Ai mo Uso mo Shinjitsu (愛も嘘も真実; Love, Lies and Truth)
CLAP & LOVE
Kimi ga Iru Kara (君がいるから; Because I Have You)
Okaeri (おかえり; Welcome Home)
Kon'ya mo Hoshi ni Dakarete (今夜も星に抱かれて; Wrapped in the Stars Tonight)
WINDING ROAD (ayaka x Kobukuro (絢香×コブクロ)) (bonus track)
I Believe (English ver.) (bonus track

Yay for the second thread dedicated to ayaka! :)

yep yep. Get excited!!!
I'm still working on the first post, hopefully you guys will like it :)

oh finally a new thread for her :D

http://wiki.theppn.org/Sing_to_the_Sky

a bit sore that Peace Loving People & Meiro are not included :( especially Peace Loving People as it seems to me that she loves to perform that no. live a lot of times during performances

I'm still baffled as to how come melody ~SOUNDS REAL~ & Real voice charted so badly especially melody ~SOUNDS REAL~ :S

OMG, I like Okaeri but I would've preferred Meiro be the A-side...Meiro should've been a bonus track or something...it was soooo good!!
yeah karenpang, that's kinda weird...but at least Mikadzuki got great sales :)

I guess so Kevin although by right Mikazuki is not her highest selling single to date but rather it's WINDING ROAD that she did with Kobukuro

& oh btw , in case you're not sure , the 'pang' in my username's my surname :laugh

hehehe, I never would've put that together. Karen is a pretty name :yes
I think that CLAP & LOVE / Why was a great single and after First Message, I would've expected better sales but :no

:laugh thanks even though Karen's not found on my birth cert

I think at this point in time , digital sales are making more of an impact than the physical CD sales cos it's more convenient to purchase music from the net rather than to head to the CD store to pick up a physical CD at that

having said that I still buy physical CDs because unlike music that you can download from the net & delete them real easily with a click of a button , you can't do that for a CD + I think it's only fair to pay musicians for the efforts/time that they put into making an album

I agree with ya! I still buy physical CDs. For me, there's something about having the CD right there in my collection that makes it worth it. Unfortunately, I don't download anything so if there's an album / single with only 1 song that I want I have to get the whole thing [DOUBLE....Black Diamond]

With the rise in digital sales, Oricon really should take those into account and it's kind of annoying that they don't...

:yes it's only fair to get the musicians the props for what they deserve anyway

I know , Oricon a bit silly not to do so especially since in this century , it's the age where digital sales are going to be more superior than their CD sales counterpart .

They really should consider to include digital sales in the mix cos I'm sure it will sorta make the equation more balance in that sense

yeah, Oricon needs to get with the program...:innocent
I don't remember ayaka's digital sales but maybe CLAP & LOVE / Why would have benefitted from it. That single was gold and was her first (and only) one to be released in 2 formats. She still got 5, it doesn't make sense. Must have been hard competition...

However Sing to the Sky looks to be doing well from that NINKI
I really hope she breaks the million mark!! I already like this album more than First Message (although the cover is miles worse)

I don't know how the digital sales for For today were but it should have been released as a single though

STOS - I hope so although it's going to be a bit difficult to say whether can that be done .

First Message was really good , I hope the non singles songs on STOS will be on par if not slightly more superior than the singles on the album

Am relieved that WINDING ROAD's included in the album :D

I'm going to listen to WINDING ROAD soon, it didn't grab me at first listen but I'm finding a lot of ayaka songs are beginning to hook me when they didn't at first.

I think some of the previews sound great so I want to hear some full versions NOW! hehehe

First Message had its gems though...1,2,3,4 :yes
And that cover...OMG I LOVE IT! :D

And I agree, For today should have been a single :)

First Message - yup 1.2.3.4 is really good , I also like Kimi no Power to Otona no Furi too

Start to 0 (Love) & Sha la la are great as well

I haven't listened to the previews of the new songs on STOS but I'm going to wait til the album's leaked out

That's good you're waiting for the album to come and listen to the album in full. I would've done that but truthfully I wasn't that excited for the album when I listened to the previews so I figured there would be no harm.
I really look forward to certain some of those new songs!!

for me some of the song titles on STOS are interesting like Mahoutsukai no Shiwaza (魔法使いのしわざ; The Magician's Deeds) & Gold Star . I hope it will sound as interesting as the titles

Well, I really liked the preview for Gold Star
魔法使いのしわざ didn't really interest me as much as others
愛も嘘も真実 (Love, Lies and Truth) and 今夜も星に抱かれて (Wrapped In The Stars Tonight) sound like awesome titles and have the previews to back it up :yes

yay for the new thread. :) i hope the album leaks soon!

woo. i dunno you've created this thread, amai yume.. hihih
woo.. 5 days more until the album realese

Ditto! =D

@riozz: Hehe, poor thread, it's all lonely now. :)

you're right,jac

repost again
wooohoho... i said i loved all singles in STTS album even better than first message's singles

cant wait either!

okkk so for your guys, who are like me, who really really really cannot wait for the album...I found this on youtube....it's got almost full versions of Power of music and the last track on the album...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eECwO...eature=related

ENJOY :)

Does anyone else besides me like Toki Wo Modoshite or Eien No Monogatari, or even Message?!

I can't wait for her new album!
I love her voice

I do! I love every song ayaka released so far.:yes

Kyah~

This album is gonna be good :faint

I can't wait to hear this album! It should be leaking soon, right?!

I think so since it's gonna be out next Wed

earliest leak prob over the weekend or Mon ?

hmm, those songs i'm not really like it. message??? >.<
i dont like it

O my gosh..
that For Today Live was PERFECT~! SUPERB

OMFG. That 324 score totally blows First message's 148 away. :O
I really hope this album could sell, like, 450k, but I doubt it.

^her NINKI? whoa..thats freakin high

I love Toki wo Modoshite!! Message and Eien no Monogatari are good too. :D

yep yep
You called it...

album has leaked according to folks at JPM
has leaked on JPS I believe...

I wanna hear it :yes

i'll download it in the morning. too tired, lol.

I hope the full versions of these songs are as good as the previews or even better!!!
I'll listen to them once someone posts them to imeem or youtube or something like that where I can stream it

:mini!

A 128kbp rip of the album is available on JPS. But i'll wait for a higher quality one XD!

here you go Kevin - http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75812

:shughug
thanks Karen!!!
but I never download things...dunno, just can't do it...
I'll just wait until someone uploads this onto imeem...
but thanks soooo much for Karen!!! :love

haha ok Kevin whatever you say

KYYAA.... go for that thread.. OMFG.. thanks karen

I prefer First message that Sing to the sky

ahh,. i cant decide which one is the best because i think both of them are awesome

'Konya mo Hoshi ni Dakarete' is breathtakingly beautiful...oh my god.

for today at MUSIC STATION

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uQ-lCZnpxqw

^ Thanks for the link, Lisa!

Wow, she has SUCH a strong voice! She's amazing!

OMG For today got a MSta performance!! When I get a new computer, I'm so going to download all of the MSta episodes I've missed even if there's just 1 seeder on the torrents. :P

the 1st DVD of STOS which contains 90~120 minutes footage from her first one man live at Budokan on 2007.12.20's tracklisting :

1) I believe
2) Start to 0 (Love)
3) Real voice
4) Stay with me
5) 1・2・3・4
6) WINDING ROAD
7) Why
8) Peace Loving People
9) Jewelry Day
10) Tsuyoku Naritai (Hirai Ken cover)
11) Mikazuki (三日月)
12) Te wo Tsunagou (手をつなごう)
13) I Want You Back (Jackson 5 cover)
14) CLAP & LOVE
15) For today
16) Kimi no Power to Otona no Furi (君のパワーと大人のフリ)

Encore :

17) POWER OF MUSIC
18) Rairarai
19) message

looks really good & generous :D

message ? :roflmao

waww.. my favorite track rairarai :D:D

haha

message seems irrelevant to me

^ me too ;)

btw she sang ken's song? wawwwww..
cant wait until i get full DVD

yay she performed 1,2,3,4!!!

HQ rip in the Asian Media Downloads. :)

This album is definitely a lot more varied then her first one, and it still flows really well as a whole too. Job well done ayaka!

It took me over a year to get into her debut, and I'm glad I did just in time for her 2nd album. It used to all sound the same to me, but I'm glad I gave her another chance. :D

Top 3 New Tracks:
1. Kon'ya mo Hoshi ni Dakarete
2. SKY
3. Ai mo Uso mo Shinjitsu

^ warner would be prod because they found ayaka.. :D:D
i think i love all tracks in STTS i never skip all tracks

apparently yes but I don't know what song's that from Ken -_-

:D

ooh goody , I will go check it out in there now thanks !

^ so you never hear that song? btw who is jackson 5?

Jackson 5 like the really old group with Michael Jackson when he was a kid?
Ewww...

not that I know of cos I never seen that song title before

Jackson 5 - WHAT you don't know who they're ?!

T_T

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_5

I'm listening to the Eng ver of I believe now , ayaka's Eng pronounication is surprisingly not bad

I thought I will cringe & all but it's pretty good considering that Eng's not her 1st language

haha, i dunno jackson 5. i just know michael jackson
so they're old group...hmm

My album review/take on First Message - http://karenpang.blogspot.com/2008/0...t-message.html

woo.. karen, you're starting for reviewing too.. good job..

This album is really gd...

yup

I will review STOS in days to come cos I have 8 new songs to listen to/look out for in the album

me too!!!
I've written half of the review with the singles but I'm waiting 4 the new tracks to come up on imeem / some streaming site so I can do those...

I'm actually really proud of this one so far. Look out for the two of our reviews!!!

P.S. I like what you said about 1,2,3,4 :)

you guys lik 1,2,3,4? im not really like it.. sounds bit strange for me

I like it although I must say it's not as catchy as Kimi no Power to Otona no Furi which I feel it's de track that's the most catchiest one on First Message , non single wise

the new tracks in STOS , I still need time to get adjusted but you can definitely tell the new album shows growth/maturity in ayaka's works

The Eng version of I believe is not bad really

http://bp1.blogger.com/_Q3jIwQ3m-UU/...s400/ayaka.jpg

http://sharebee.com/60cc97d8

ayaka performed For today at MUSIC STATION last Fri

okkkk, I just heard "魔法使いのしわざ" [The Magician's Deeds] and it's AWESOME!!! It's so catchy and the piano sounds lovely!!!

Awesome and very catchy, I'm sooo looking forward to the rest ;)

same thing goes for me :D

whole buncha performance she did at MUSIC LOVERS on Sat - http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...35#post1516235

nice set of songs that she did although I was hoping she would have done Mahoutsukai no Shiwaza (魔法使いのしわざ; The Magician's Deeds) though

new promo pic for STOS :

http://wiki.theppn.org/images/9/9c/Ayaka2008sing002.jpg

it's such a good song!!
I wanna hear the other new songs!!!!

And I'm sooo excited for the album race! SHE BETTER NOT GET THREE!! :mischief

who're her biggest competitor/s for this week Kevin ?

well Ketsumeishi [dunno if I spelled that right] got the highest NINKI, right above ayaka's so I guess their the biggest
Although GReeeeeN should definitely not be counted out of the race even though ayaka's NINKI was muchhhhh higher. I think Kiseki's success was not something that people really saw coming...it's currently the number 1 single daily boo.
I really want ayaka to win!!!

LOL yea me too...but for me..once i start to like an artiste from this point..its hard for me to listen to her old tracks...but i'll still listen..haha

EDIT: i just realized i dun have the full First Message to enjoy... >.<

I hope so but it all depends on whether her fans will be snapping up STOS

eh ....

you need me to upload the album for you or not ?

I'm totally agree with you,Kev
warner has done so many promotions for STTS and it should be the first at oricon chart.. let see for tomorrow's chart

if you realise a while back , someone posted a HUGE list of the magazines/performances that she will be feat/doing

somemore just on Sat , she performed at Music Lovers

^ i did it,Karen. but saw from ninki chart,it shows how many ppl interest to buy her album...

both albums are equally good.

i think i buy Sing to the Sky both PV version and Concert version.

lol

I will get the 1 with the concert footage since ayaka's PVs are not really that fantastic to begin with unfortunately

live DVD - yes she released her 1st one called ayaka Live Tour "First Message" last year

promo pic for Okaeri :

http://wiki.theppn.org/images/b/b5/Ayaka2008sing003.jpg

yah, but WINDING ROAD and I BELIEVE can help the sales so much...
i'm sure

I think the problem with WINDING ROAD was that it was released so early ahead of the album so will it carry over the helpful success? I certainly hope so...

BTW, I LOVE that promo pic for Okaeri Karen. She looks sooo pretty :)

oh that okaeri promo pic is gorgeous. :love

scans by rikayla at JPM

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59...ayakascans.jpg

Download the scans here.

Woah, she looks great in those scans.

she looks really pretty in those scans!!!
okkk folks, here's a review for Sing to the Sky!!
http://amaiwana.wordpress.com/2008/0...-studio-album/

All I can say is...wow...check the review out for more detail!

ooh very pretty , thanks Lisa :love

nice review Kevin

although I want to make some comments in that she released WINDING ROAD with Kobukuro & that's counted as her 5th single

+ you should mention on the Eng ver of I believe too

yeah, the playlist that I was listening to the album on didn't have I Believe (English Version) but did have WINDING ROAD. They were bonus tracks but I wouldn't want to only mention one without the other so...if I stumble across I Believe (English Version) then I'll put the two!

oh no wonder but yeah both WINDING ROAD & the Eng ver of I believe are counted as bonus tracks so yup

DARn.. booklet scan looks so beautiful....

looks better if she realese bonus photobook.. LOL

Kevin : i hope so but Sobani iru Ne from thelma didnt help DIARY that much.

I don't mean to offend Thelma fans but that album SUCKED! I'm glad that the success of that 1 single didn't help out the album. It just...wasn't strong at all.

ayaka's album on the other hand is GOLD! She needs to have AMAZING sales with this album. IMO
Sing to the Sky >>>>>>>>>> First Message

haha. i agree with you.for me DIary is not as well as STTS..hhoo

if you want download the booklet scan
http://www.sendspace.com/file/94zs3z
credit rikayla

booklet is sooo pretty
oh crap, I think I'm gonna have to settle for ONE (CD Only) from Ami so that I can have enough money to buy this album. Darn, why was this album sooo good?

agree man the booklet's just :love

I still need sometime to listen to the new songs on STOS , you can definitely tell it displays a more grown up & mature side of her since First Message

I just wait for Warner to either import or manfacture STOS locally . The only thing I wonder's which CD + DVD will they be producing , DVD content wise

STTS with QOP

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59...ka/0covers.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59...aka/0backs.jpg
From top left corner, clockwise: PV DVD version, Budokan DVD version, KAT-TUN and Okaeri.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59...ka/0okaeri.jpg
The "Okaeri" CD

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59...usicvideos.jpg
Music video DVD version.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59...a/0concert.jpg
Budokan DVD version.

credit : rikayla