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Old 15th November 2010, 04:03 AM
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A song for xxVery personal. And indeed, it's mysterious: a song for ... who? For me?! For someone else. I just love it.

LOVEppearsThe combination sounds weird. Mainly because it isn't even a real word. But I still pronounche it as love-appears, and by hearing that it sounds wonderful, lovely and creative.

Duty
One word, a big meaning. Well, a lot of titles in Ayu's earlier career (that means: until RAINBOW- MY STORY) sounds more personal to me, than her latest releases. I don't worship the title, but it's perfect for a personal and a deep album.

I am...
What pepper and melina said. I am... is for me the most personal, emotional en mysterious title in Ayu's career. It's perfect! It's awesome!

RAINBOW
Hmm.. not sure. I don't say this title is a lack of creativity, but I just don't feel it. And neither the album exept for some songs as HANABI, Free & Easy, Heartplace and Real me.

Memorial Address
Read: A Song for Xx, Duty, I am...

MY STORY
Quote:
Wikipedia:
By the end of her Arena Tour 2003–2004, Hamasaki had grown dissatisfied with her position in Avex: she felt that the company was treating her as a product instead of a person.[52] Along with her dissatisfaction over her last two studio albums (which she thought had been rushed), this led her to begin work on My Story (December 2004) early. In contrast with her previous albums, My Story had no set theme, nor did Hamasaki attempt to write "something good" or even "something that would give people hope"; rather, she simply wrote freely and honestly.[52][fn 7] As a result, the album contained mostly autobiographical lyrics about her emotions and reminiscences of her career. She approached the composition of the music with the same freedom as the lyrics, with the album's notable rock overtones expressing her liking for rock music.[53] She was so pleased with the result that she declared My Story the first album she felt satisfied with
And that's exactly what the MY STORY title represents: the honest! I'm satisfied with the title: you are listening to Ayu's thoughts. I don't feel something special with the title. This title is more special for Ayu than anyone else.

(miss)understood
I love (miss)understood and you can see the title in two ways:
- (miss)understood: like something understandig... or not.
- (miss)understood: in Miss Understood (a young lady: and then the fun combination makes it as a missunderstood.. a young lady who misunderstands (or understands)!) O my god, sounds abracadabra, eh? Seriously a brain killer. But that's how I felt about the album title.

Secret Personal album title, but I don't feel it. 'though, it's still a very good album.

Guilty
Quote:
pepper: Like the name, it says that album would be heavy feeling (and it is)
Here you go.

NEXT LEVEL
Ayu is taking her career to a next level? Nah, in my opinion: to a lower level. Don't know what to say actually. I just feel empty by this title.

Rock'n'Roll Circus
Dear, I have no idea. Same as NEXT LEVEL. It's that circus... or the rock'n'roll but the combination sounds cheap. But the album is lovely!

Love songs Kuu did better with the title: ETERNITY & Love Songs. This is a real lack of creativity. But yeah. I want to have the album first, and then we will see if the title matches with the tracks.

Sorry for my english. I was kind of in a hurry.
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