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truehappiness 6th June 2014 09:59 PM

New album 'Colours' out July 2nd
 
Covers


Tracklist
Spoiler:
01. Feel the love
02. XOXO
03. What is forever love
04. Hello new me
05. Pray
06. Angel (CD+DVD) / Terminal (CD+Blu-ray and CD only)
07. Terminal (CD+DVD / Angel (CD+Blu-ray and CD only)
08. Merry-go-round
09. Lelio
10. NOW & 4EVA

* for some reason, Angel and Terminal are switched in the non-CD+DVD versions

01. Feel the love (video clip)
02. XOXO (video clip)
03. Angel (video clip)
04. Merry-go-round (video clip)
05. Lelio (video clip)
06. Feel the love (making clip)
07. XOXO (making clip)
08. Angel (making clip)
09. Merry-go-round (making clip)
10. Lelio (making clip)
**. A interview + music producer/PV director comments (TeamAyu editions only)


Composers/arrangers
Spoiler:
Feel the love
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: DJ Hello Kitty

XOXO
music: RedOne

What is forever love
music: DAISHI DANCE

Hello new me
music: Kunio Tago
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

Pray
music: Kunio Tago
arrangement: Yuta Nakano (?)

Angel
music: Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins

Terminal
music: Armin van Buuren

Merry-go-round
music: m.flo. UNICO. JEB (AMBUSH)
rap words: VERBAL
arrangement: Tachytelic aka Taku Takahashi and Mitsunori Ikeda

Lelio
music: Fedde le Grand

NOW & 4EVA
music: Kazuhiro Hara
arrangement: Yuta Nakano


Behind the scenes shots from 10 day shoot in LA
Spoiler:
http://i.imgur.com/BuFeK1G.jpg
2-YAN in a PV outfit? (Lelio?)

http://i.imgur.com/cIfxsoT.jpg
Ayu being suspended in midair with the three acrobats? (Angel?)

http://i.imgur.com/gHqcRxJ.jpg
Lots of clothes from the last day of shooting (Lelio? Album cover?)

http://i.imgur.com/VOOSBEx.jpg
On set for a PV? (XOXO? Angel's first shooting day?)

http://i.imgur.com/RD7wPb7.jpg
Ayu with LICO for a video shoot with the outfits blocked out (XOXO?)


Preorder links + bonuses
Spoiler:
CD+Blu-ray - CDJapan | YesAsia | Amazon.co.jp | HMV.co.jp
CD+DVD - CDJapan | YesAsia | Amazon.co.jp | HMV.co.jp
CD only - CDJapan | YesAsia | Amazon.co.jp | HMV.co.jp

Those who preorder from mu-mo will be able to get a photo frame with their purchase. TeamAyu members can opt for a beach ball bonus.

brener 6th June 2014 10:42 PM

hell i'm so excited

jbrat2219 6th June 2014 10:50 PM

I am so glad I haven't listened to the whole album yet because I'm one of the ones who misunderstood how many songs would be on the album :laugh

I'm definitely looking forward to the PVs too. I want the CD+Bluray.

BlackSilence 6th June 2014 10:57 PM

oh, my god.... the dude, Darkchild...he did MJ's Xscape didn't he..... no wonder I love Angel so much, because i absolutelly love Xscape. Man I even have those songs one after an other on my playlist lol Man i am slow...lol But then i get a question... the arrangement for Xscape is so ritch and full of sounds, why didn't he do more with Angel? That song would have sounded even more amazing with strings and all that fancy jazz even with keeping the electro stuff in just changing up a bit on some parts to make it more ineteresting.

TeamAyu2004 6th June 2014 11:05 PM

there's only 10 tracks? wow,lame.
still looking forward to it however.

adantatu2 6th June 2014 11:10 PM

Thanks for the thread, now I'm waiting for the covers :)

Coelacanth 6th June 2014 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by artcika (Post 3080519)
oh, my god.... the dude, Darkchild...he did MJ's Xscape didn't he..... no wonder I love Angel so much, because i absolutelly love Xscape. Man I even have those songs one after an other on my playlist lol Man i am slow...lol But then i get a question... the arrangement for Xscape is so ritch and full of sounds, why didn't he do more with Angel? That song would have sounded even more amazing with strings and all that fancy jazz even with keeping the electro stuff in just changing up a bit on some parts to make it more ineteresting.

The tracks he did on MJ's "Invincible" were all like that as well. Lush, rich arrangements. Heavy bass.

"Angel" seems more minimalist than a lot of his work. I think he knew with Ayu to not go the "urban" route.

Delicious n Bold 6th June 2014 11:17 PM

So the album really has leaked more than a month in advance.
I give props to Ayu for wanting to get out her material to the fans but a month leak is still... unsettling?

I'm still a bit excited to see the videos, covers, etc though

BlackSilence 6th June 2014 11:19 PM

^^it is rather inetresting to see how producers actually can get into someones head and do what the actual artist would want exactly. Because Angel to me sounds very Ayu, while Xscape sounds totally Michael. I'm a bit mindblown here xD

Angel is a bit on a different path, so i guess that's why, but now when i think of/listen to it closelly it still does have tiny sounds that you cannot really hear clearly but they blend in very seamlesly into the overall arangement. *blinks*

truehappiness 6th June 2014 11:28 PM

It's probable that Angel/Terminal are sort of intentionally minimal for the most part. The songs feel like siblings.

primavera♥ 6th June 2014 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold (Post 3080529)
So the album really has leaked more than a month in advance.
I give props to Ayu for wanting to get out her material to the fans but a month leak is still... unsettling?

I'm still a bit excited to see the videos, covers, etc though

I assume because of the showcase. So people could know the songs still a bit. Just in case not everyone wants to have the new songs presented at the showcase. I think the early leak + the fact that she's showing new songs before the release is the reason the showcase is more expensive.

Idk, that's then only way I can make sense of it because it's so unlike avex

__________

I really wanna know what that room with the mannequin is for now,

RealLight 6th June 2014 11:54 PM

Only 10 tracks? It almost feels like a mini-album

ayu-michan 7th June 2014 12:05 AM

Oh I didn't see the A interview :)

primavera♥ 7th June 2014 12:20 AM

I totally want to see that interview. And the internal conflict

pheonixflame15 7th June 2014 12:35 AM

No interludes? This is a first

stepYOU1234 7th June 2014 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbrat2219 (Post 3080517)
I am so glad I haven't listened to the whole album yet because I'm one of the ones who misunderstood how many songs would be on the album :laugh

I've left a couple of songs too. I knew that these were the new songs but I was kind of hoping for a couple more songs and some interludes. I'm not disappointed as such because I knew that was unlikely but I just thought it would be cool- using the showcase to sort of do singles (the free cds) and then add a few more tracks to the album as a bonus/surprise.
I wonder if this will become the norm now?

My Rainbow 7th June 2014 02:19 AM

I don't like it

I already did my own track list since we had all the songs but not the order I had to figure out the best way for me to place all these songs (plus other 2):

01. Feel the love
02. Merry-go-round
03. Lelio
04. Terminal
05. XOXO
06. My Way
07. What is forever love
08. Angel
09. NOW & 4EVA
10. Hello new me
11. Pray
12. You & Me

brener 7th June 2014 02:31 AM

This album is the final proof that ayu does own the directions of her career at this point. Colours just has nothing to do with the usual Japanese Music Industry.

La La 7th June 2014 01:11 PM

I thought there owould be some introlude of interlude LOL

holy_arrow 7th June 2014 02:06 PM

I have the feeling that the Angel's PV is similar to Missing's one !
The sky, the flying scene ... :(


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