NEXT LEVEL tracklist + CD2+DVD cover
 

Bridge to the sky
NEXT LEVEL
Disco-munication
EnergizE
Sparkle
rollin'
GREEN
Load of the SHUGYO
identity
Rule
LOVE'n'HATE
Pieces of SEVEN
Days
Curtain call

http://i44.tinypic.com/2rcrj9v.jpg

Confirmed by TA. credit to teth for the picture.

TRACKLIST FOR EACH VERSION

Thanks Foyuki

BIGGER COVER PICTURE

wtf @ those titles omfg. but i knew the covers would be funky and colorful! looks good!

Is Ayumi channeling my inner thoughts or somethin'?

GREEN is my favourite color, Seven is my lucky number, I JUST finished writing a poem for class titled Curtain call last week lol

But DAMN that cover is so tacky I actually love it!!

I can just sense this album will be fun filled!

Thanks <3

Don't forget PV's are for Sparkle, Curtain call, and NEXT LEVEL.

【2CD＋DVD】


￥4,500 (tax incl.)　AVCD-23856～7/B
初回特殊パッケージ：カラーケース仕様（ピンク）

＜CD DISC-1＞

01.Bridge to the sky
02.NEXT LEVEL
03.Disco-munication
04.EnergizE
05.Sparkle
06.rollin'
07.GREEN
08.Load of the SHUGYO
09.identity
10.Rule
11.LOVE 'n' HATE
12.Pieces of SEVEN
13.Days
14.Curtain call
＜CD DISC-2＞
LIVE CD from "PREMIUM COUNTDOWN LIVE 2008-2009 "

01.GREEN
02.Will
03.End of the World
04.Heartplace
05.And Then
06.Naturally
07.POWDER SNOW
08.HOPE or PAIN
09.Over
10.SCAR
11.SIGNAL
12.Hana
13.too late
14.everywhere nowhere
15.Days
16.For My Dear...
＜DVD＞
01.Days ＜video clip＞
02.GREEN ＜video clip＞
03.Rule ＜video clip＞
04.Sparkle ＜video clip＞
05.NEXT LEVEL ＜video clip＞
06.Curtain call ＜video clip＞
07.Days ＜making clip＞
08.GREEN ＜making clip＞
09.Rule ＜making clip＞
10.Sparkle ＜making clip＞
11.NEXT LEVEL ＜making clip＞
12.Curtain call ＜making clip＞


【CD+DVD】

【CD+DVD】


￥3,990 (tax incl.)　AVCD-23858
初回特殊パッケージ：カラーケース仕様（ブルー）

＜CD＞

01.Bridge to the sky
02.NEXT LEVEL
03.Disco-munication
04.EnergizE
05.Sparkle
06.rollin'
07.GREEN
08.Load of the SHUGYO
09.identity
10.Rule
11.LOVE 'n' HATE
12.Pieces of SEVEN
13.Days
14.Curtain call
＜DVD＞

01.Days ＜video clip＞
02.GREEN ＜video clip>＞
03.Rule ＜video clip＞
04.Sparkle ＜video clip＞
05.NEXT LEVEL ＜video clip＞
06.Curtain call ＜video clip＞
07.Days ＜making clip＞
08.GREEN ＜making clip＞
09.Rule ＜making clip＞
10.Sparkle ＜making clip＞
11.NEXT LEVEL ＜making clip＞
12.Curtain call ＜making clip＞


【CD】

【CD】


￥3,150 (tax incl.)　AVCD-23859
初回特殊パッケージ：カラーケース仕様（グリーン）

＜CD＞

01.Bridge to the sky
02.NEXT LEVEL
03.Disco-munication
04.EnergizE
05.Sparkle
06.rollin'
07.GREEN
08.Load of the SHUGYO
09.identity
10.Rule
11.LOVE 'n' HATE
12.Pieces of SEVEN
13.Days
14.Curtain call


【USBメモリー】

【USBメモリー】


￥6,800 (tax incl.)　AVZD-23860
初回特殊パッケージ：カラーケース仕様（イエロー）
※音楽、映像、デジタル・ブックレット収录のUSB商品のメジャーリリースは日本初。

＜MP3 (320kbps)＞

01.Bridge to the sky
02.NEXT LEVEL
03.Disco-munication
04.EnergizE
05.Sparkle
06.rollin'
07.GREEN
08.Load of the SHUGYO
09.identity
10.Rule
11.LOVE 'n' HATE
12.Pieces of SEVEN
13.Days
14.Curtain call
＜MPEG-4＞

01.Days (video clip)
02.GREEN (video clip)
03.Rule (video clip)
04.Sparkle (video clip)
05.NEXT LEVEL (video clip)
06.Curtain call (video clip)

...judging from the cover and some of those song titles, I'm expecting a dance-y / techno-y / R&B album. lol

But I'm very excited nonetheless :D

the cover is something new. im not in LOVE with it but i dont hate it.

AGHH!!! THANK YOU!!~ I WANT!!~

thanks Foyuki I will update the first page. Was your post supposed to have pictures or am I just not seeing them?

^^ I agree~ the cover is a lil' retro too~
gosh, I hope she's not gg full fledge into techno =X

sounds like a fun album

WOOOOOW strong 80s disco feel to it!! retro~~
its totally different from what i imagined XD
looks like she is trying to breakthrough the heavy thoughts and just have a fun and happy album :D

OMFG!

THE TITLES! are freakin' awesome
and the cover !!!!!!!!!!!!(*-*) SO COOL

Life is NOT on the album?!

I'm...so disappointed :(...

Otherwise...everything seems to be pretty cool.

Ew @ cover. XD Better than (miss)understood. LOL
However, yay at Sparkle PV!

WOW FRESH NEW ALBUM!
no Mirrorcle world / LIFE in it...GREAT!!!!!
+ sparkle PV!
i thing sparkle going to be the face of this album
im really exited!

IS THIS FOR REAL :O
wow... such bold cover. reminds me of Madonna's Hollywood~~~

ayu has indeed stepped it to the NEXT LEVEL
and I'm loving it! you go girl! <3

Disco-munication wow...
wew...unique title....
i want hear that song!!

about the cover...
ahaha..remind me about namie amuro perfomance in sexy girls PV! i love it!

maybe this album genre is...dance-J-pop??

srsly?
how do you know that?

OMG such different colors!!! and that hair is just.... O_o

I dont like the yellow gloves though, she should have worn tellow bracelets instead.... gloves are too formal to match the dress

WOOOOOW strong 80s disco feel to it!! retro~~
its totally different from what i imagined XD
looks like she is trying to breakthrough the heavy thoughts and just have a fun and happy album :D

TeamAyu only updated the 2CD+DVD cover.
~.~

omg i LOVE LOVE LOVE the cover!so diff and ayu looks younger there!

OMFG SPARKLE PV.



H E L L YEAH


but whats wrong with her hair? Someone spits acid on her hair?

Load of the SHUGYO <--- LOL Big Load.

^seriously!

Her hair is horrid.....x_x tracklist is exciting. Cover....no x_x

you already have LIFE...:yes
why do you want that song take the place of new fresh songs on this album?

lol anyway i think that now going to begin the war beetween
the people that love ayu because her rock songs (and they dont like the idea of this electro music)
and the people that was waiting for something different like this.

I knew there would be a Sparkle video. I bet it's tied in with the Sparkle Ayu in the Rule video.

By the way, what on earth does "Load of the SHUGYO" mean? LOL

Load of the SHUGYO.

WAT.

anyway, I LOVE THE TACKY COVER. :laugh
i can't wait to see the rest.

wow...i love that she is trying something new!

but LOAD OF THE SHUGYO? what the hell?

The cover is ugh :(

Wow that cover is scary. :dead2 It's like her head is too big and too twisted for the body. And her hand looks like it's of an animal, lol. I hope the other versions have better covers.

Tracklist sounds cool, yay for the Sparkle pv!

:thud




I'm not feeling the titles. :no And i don't like the idea of a disco album :eviltongu. The mere idea completely sucs b***s :grumpy

Hopefully fun and happy album will not equal stupid or mediocre.


:( :tired


(disappointed)

@_@ Terrible Cover and yay for Sparkle PV

oMG OMG I jumped at my room like crazy!!!!

I really really like the song titles....different than usual but yea it's her new style I guess XD!!!!

I neither hate or love the cover, it's just different from her previous ones...I'm not disappointed.

Moreover MW is not included and Sparkle got it's own PV, what a very great news indeed! She even add one more track! XD Gosh today is so AWESOME!

I hope Load of the Shugyo is an interlude. I don't really want to think that Ayu herself gave a song this title. :shakehead

funky cover lols
even funkier song titles!
wtf, theres actually gonna be a sparkle pv, but its not in the Rule/Sparkle single 0_o

I'm pretty sure "Disco-munication" will be an interlude XD, want to listen to it!!!

OMG!. 14 tracks instead of 13 for the album..YAY!!!

and 16 tracks istead of 14 for the PCDL audio cd... super YAY!!!

SPARKLE PV!!!!! OMG!!!!!

*dies*

This is strangely exciting. The tracklist is intriguing. Stuff we can't exactly pinpoint right now.

She really is going to the NEXT LEVEL, isn't she?

EDIT: By colored case, it's probably like A BEST 2, right?

Judging from some of the song titles and cover this can potentially be a modern LOVEpears. Ayu heard my prayers lalalalala :heart :spazzed :spazzed :heart

I have the need to de-frizz her hair. :laugh

But if she discos at her next concert, i will be so happy.

The titles are kinda weird. But then again, so was Kiss' o Kill when Secret came out. And the only one with the stand out weirdness is DISCO-munication, but I'm actually looking forward to that, if nothing else for the LOLZ.

I bet Curtain Call is going to be the next concert ender.

The Japanese term “shugyo” is generally translated as “austere training,” and seems to originate with the training of the Samurai during the “Pax Tokugawa,” an unprecedented period of internal peace from the mid-1600’s through the mid-1800’s. The purpose of shugyo is to “forge the spirit,” remaking apractitioner’s character through hard physical and mental training. As the heirs of the feudal samurai, modern budo-ka, especially practitioners of Aikido, Iaido, Jodo, Kendo, and Kyudo, have shugyo built into their training regime; for example, aikido-ka have randori (free-practice in arts like Aikido, Jujutsuand Judo, which can include multiple opponents), iaido-ka have the practice of “one-thousand cuts,” kendo-ka have godo keiko, and all have gasshuku (long periods of intense training).

So I wodner if it will be some super hardcore rock workout song?!

OMGGGGG I am so pleased with the cover and track list! It sounds and looks so awesome!!!:D:D

You guys... like this?

I for one am very very disappointed. This is not the next level I wanted Ayu to achieve. This is down more than just a few levels for me. The tracklist is... disgusting. I guess the saying "don't judge a book by it's cover" applies but... how meaningful can "rollin'" and "Load of the SHUGYO" be?

Maybe she'll surprise me. I haven't heard the songs yet so I can't say I hate this album. But so far the only good thing is that Mirrorcle World isn't on it. Yay.

****...

next level indeed.

i'm not sure my feelings about this at all.

Her hair bugs me a lot, but the covers are nice...although it has the WORST composition I have ever seen.

the track titles remind me of lesser artists lol but who am I to call another artist less than ayu.

I'm really hoping for this album...i hope she keeps all the asian inspired songs to a minimum...and...i hope everything else sounds good.

btw...ahs is being ridiculous. This server thing is totally bs and out of hand.

I'm likin the new covers. It looks a really energetic album. I love the title for Load Of The Shugyo....My nickname is Shugo so yeah...lol

omg omg!!!! The cover is really so unexpected!!

So retro... gosh....

Not really liking the cover but i love that Sparkle is getting a PV. The track list is pretty good but i don't get "Load of the SHUGYO"

Edit: She looks like a friz ball D:

LOL! i totally said in the Rule PV discussion thread that the sparkly ayu was a Sparkle PV cameo!! maybe we'll be right! :lech

anyway, ayu's hair is a little too funky. i hate frizzy hair :irked and the gloves are kind of creepy but overall i think the cover is ok. it's indeed different and i have no idea what to expect from this album! it's so exciting!!!!!!

When i saw the track title "rollin'' I instantly thought about kuu's "bling bling bling'
lmao please ayu! not another bling bling bling....

~!!!! WOW, very excited and pleased with this. a video for sparkle!!! sank you VERY much for the update~!! (^-^d.

See meaning of Shugyo above. Anyway, Ayu doesn't exactly have the best song titles. And in my experience, the best song titles are usually attached to the worst songs.

This is definitely a few levels above another Duty/Memorial Address/My Story/Secret/Guilty rehash of midtempo rock-influenced songs. Duty and My Story are masterpieces, I'll give Memorial Address and Secret a pass, but Guilty is just lazy and uninspired.

If this goes all out disco, then this album fulfills the dance album promise of LOVEppears and Rainbow which Ayu has yet to deliver on.

Well, I don't really think there's much to say about this.

NICE!!!!!

I don't see MW/Life inside. That's mean 10 new songs (including some interludes). OMG!!! Can't wait...

The cover is so "curly". I will wait until the whole versions release. (hopefully it's not surprising like RULE/Sparkle).

Omg! It's really indeed the NEXT LEVEL! I didn't expected that this will be the cover. But It's great but definitely won't be my favorite.

The tracklist is really not-ayuish but I sense this album has dancy and upbeat songs.

Her frizzy hair reminds me of Nakama Yukie in the TV series "Kami-sama, mou sukoshi dake".

AHHHH OMG LOOK AT HER!!! WOW! I am SO excited!!!!

Some of the song names are really different... LOL But I am looking forward to hearing them! I am SO excited about "Sparkle" having a PV!!! <3

cover looks dull, like (unfortunately) all recently.
but the tracklist is interesting, plus many videos. i do hope however, that life is a hidden track.

Nice tracklist but that cover is... not so good.

I'm excited that Ayu is attempting something out of her norm.:)

Were is Life? :'-(

But I'm glad they did a PV for Sparkle!

holly crap!!!! i looove the tracklist! (although i still wish mirrorcle world would be a secret track)


aaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaateeeeeeee the cover...ok..haaaaaaaaaate the wig!!!!!!!!

and to all the people complaining about the track names....
check again ayu's discography. she maybe can't think of any new and cool sounding descriptions. aah well, in the end it's the music that counts.

Before I disappoint myself by having high expectations, I'm going to force myself to say that this will be very bad album. Hopefully, the gap between my judgement of a very bad album and how good this album actually is to me is a huge one. Since I preordered the 2CD+DVD and USB already, I need to try to remain unexcited about this until I receive them. That way, when I receive them, I can believe my investment is very worthwhile because I was wrong about this being a very bad album and it exceeded my expectation greatly.

So I will say this, this album sucks!

woohoo! 14 tracks instead of 13! This looks like its gonna be a fun album. I'm really excited! Hopefully there will be songs like step you and ladies night. Her hair reminds me of step you's hair.

^ i like her hair~ its like...bringing her high fashion side to the whole techno/fun-feel that she may be trying to portray? I like it~ ^^;;; LOL

COol! Wanna see Sparkle's PV!!

This is new... A PV for her title track. NICE~! :thumbsup

rollin' reminds me of chasing taboo :laugh

for everyone who doesn't understand what I mean...

uh...it reminds me of getting high.

^I like her hair too...she looks pretty on the cover. I'm looking forward to the booklet pics.

Ayu covered her tattoo~

no making clips in USB???? O______________O

...i think i just died a little inside...

hopefully the music itself is impressive.

Thanks for sharing this breaking news! I like the CD1 track list, even though it doesn't have much of an Ayu flavour. I could see Amuro Namie or Onitsuka Chihiro with it. Since NEXT LEVEL is on second, I guess the album will begin on a peaceful note like RAINBOW did with everlasting dream. Can't wait!

I wish CD2 had the live performance of In The Corner instead of Days, which's already been performed several times, but I'm glad Mirrorcle World isn't on it. I like the idea of it being exclusive to A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~. Come to think of it, that makes Life one of the few Ayu songs to be single-only, huh.

Yay for three new PVs! It's awesome to know Sparkle will have its own video. That is one sweet cover, too! Reminds me of Madonna… Actually, so does the CD1 track list. Hmm!

I just realized... Sparkle is getting a PV! :D SWEET! <3 I hope the rest of the covers have that look! <333

WAAAAAAAAAAAW!

The tracklisting was so kooooool! 8D
And the cover is freaking good! X3

YAY! for Sparkle PV.

I hope it doesn't have too much interlude on this release.


This is reeealy brings us to the NEXT LEVEL!

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE PROMOS IN JAPAN. :laugh

I'm both super excited and super terrified at the same time. I hope this IS a mindless, fun album, because she's long overdue.

Disco-munication = AMAZING!!!!
hope there's no interlude on this album! i love the cover too, really fresh, really 'NEXT LEVEL'!

maybe "Bridge to the sky" is that piano piece? it seems like the only one that would fit it. plus it would probably lead into "NEXT LEVEL" nicely

this is so awesome! i wonder if the "Sparkle" PV will be how i imagined it~

I support you, "In the corner" would have been excellent in the tracklist, I'll take "HOPE or PAIN" out :D

04.Sparkle (video clip) !!!!!
cover is awfull...

I wonder if in "Load of the SHUGYO", SHUGYO refers to 就業, which means employment or starting work?

^ aww... i like "HOPE or PAIN" lol

too bad they couldn't put everything, that way everyone is pleased ;p

are you talking about that terrible dbsk fanfic by any chance?


anyway, i think the tracklist is okay, but the cover is awful. i hope the other ones are better than this. :no

The genre divisions look (to me) like:

(Midtempo/ethereal ballad)
Bridge to the sky
NEXT LEVEL
(Electro/experimental/R&B)
Disco-munication
EnergizE
Sparkle
rollin'
(Oriental pop/rock)
GREEN
Load of the SHUGYO
(Rock)
identity
Rule
LOVE'n'HATE
(Ballad)
Pieces of SEVEN
Days
Curtain call

Of course some interludes in there too, but it seems hard to tell which ones exactly.

if there werent the random shades of red and orange on the cover, and they were replaced with blue or something, there would be a big change on how i feel about the cover. I mean, i already love it~ but it would be so much better~

promising tracklist! can't wait to hear how it all turns out!

but i agree with the others, this cover is pretty bad!

GOD I'M SO EXCITED.

I don't recommend judging by track names alone (only because I was totally wrong with how GREEN and Sparkle sounded, and thus don't think it's logical to assume the 'sound' of a song based on what its called), so therefore I think it's a bit silly to say these songs won't be "meaningful" just because their titles look weird to you. "Kiss o'kill" is still one of the weirdest names for a song I've heard, but I think it's a fantastic song musically.

Case in point--Dir en grey has a song called Spilled Milk. Weird, right? Kinda silly? Well, look at the lyrics and interpretations. Not so silly anymore. Same goes for Gyakujotannou Keloid Milk, IMO.

Basically, a song is more than what its called and what it sounds like (musically): it's the words included and the meaning of said words. All of these things need to be taken into account before dismissing them.

I saw this on wikipedia first and totally thought someone had made up this tracklist, because the titles are ridiculous...and then I clicked on the official website :( hahaha. Oh well, hopefully the songs will be good to make up for the weird ass titles.

I think Bridge to the Sky, Load of the SHUGYO are interludes XD >>
I don't have any special feelings for teh cover~ XP

Wow the tracklist is so awesome. !!!

I'm excited for it. :)

I think the cover will grow on me. I really like it at the moment but don't OMFGLOVE just yet.

Some of the titles are strange though :shakehead They don't give away what the songs will sound like so it's still a mystery!!

Thanks for sharing this, we also finally have a PV for Sparkle! ^_^ Yaaay~

Ok, she's lost her mind. I usually don't care how weird her titles are, but these are just WHAT!?! And that is by far her worst cover. Ok, maybe not as bad as Miss Understood, but damn close. At least her covers and track lists seemed to have some meaning before, but these are just both ick. I'll see if they grow on me, but right now I'm having trouble picturing that happening. Everytime I see the title "Rollin'" I just can't get Limp Bizkit or some lame rap song out of my head.

btw, if I had bought the Rule/Sparkle DVD version, I'd be pretty pissed right about now.

The only good thing I can think about this is that at least Life and Mirrorcle World aren't on it.

I'll still try to think positive about the music, but if the covers and titles are any indication as well as the direction that Sparkle took - then there are several other artists that I can just get a fun, brainless album from. Call me negative or whatever you want, but I just simply expect a higher level then that from Ayumi.

Fully amazingly not what I expected.

This album sounds a lot of fun, I want the cd + 2dvd version! (though I have to say, the cover is a bit wierd...)There are so many PVs included on this album and I just saw this on Ayu's official website (it's 6 in the morning and I haven't been to bed yet, so:thud) I actually can't wait for this! 22 days!!!:)

never expected the titles xD it's very NEXT LEVEL!~~ haha
can't wait ~~~

i can see people being pissed about this too. but i guess for the casual ayu fan who just likes a select few of her songs, this is good for them.

and anyway, those of us who bought the CD+DVD version of Rule/Sparkle probably knew that it would be on the NEXT LEVEL DVD anyway.

why can't the hand be normally placed?
*thinks of hitomi shimatani's cover album, and alan's cover*
*waiting for a BEAUTIFUL albummcover**thinks of A Ballads*