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New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [VI]
I am posting all relevant information in here! Hopefully it helps. If anything needs to be fixed or added, please post it here and I will add it ASAP!
**Originally the title of the album was reported as "Party queen" by Kome, but Ayu corrected Kome and said it was "Party Queen". It looks like he sent out the notice before Ayu made the correction.
****COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~ is now only one DVD on the album, instead of a CD+3DVD, it is now a CD+2DVD
Quote:
フジテレビ系木曜よる10時ドラマ「最後から二番目の恋」主題歌として話題の「how beautiful you are」をはじめ、未発表書き下ろし新曲のみ全14曲を収録した超豪華フル・アルバム！全曲ロンドン・レコ ーディングを敢行し、世界の音楽シーンの最前線で活躍するトップ・エンジニアやミュージシャンを多数起用し た、まさに世界標準のサウンドが詰め込まれた意欲作。
【CD+2DVD】【CD+DVD】【CD】の全3形態でのリリースで、【DVD-1】にはロンドンで撮り下ろされた3曲を含むミュージック・クリップ4曲とそれらのメイキング・クリップの 未発表8トラックを豪華収録！さらに【DVD-2】には、2011年大晦日に開催されたばかりの最新ライヴ「ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 ～HOTEL Love songs～」を完全収録！！
Translation by Misa-chan:
Starting with the unveiling of Fuji TV’s Thursday 10pm drama 「Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi」’s theme song 「how beautiful you are」, a super grand full album of 14 brand new songs will be released! All songs were recorded in London, featuring top engineers and musicians at the helm of today’s musical scene, creating an ambitious album of world-class quality. 3 versions will be released:【CD+2DVD】【CD+DVD】【CD】【DVD-1】 will include the PVs for 4 songs, 3 of which were filmed in London, plus making-of clips to make up a total of 8 tracks!【DVD-2】 will be the complete live recording of countdown live concert held on New Year’s Eve in 2011, 「ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 ～HOTEL Love songs～」!!
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Covers
Spoiler:
*shot by Ryan Chan, Leslie Kee's assistant
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aderianu
I cut white background
Party Queen【CD+DVD+DVD】
Party Queen【CD+DVD】
Party Queen【CD】
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CD+2DVD first press
CD+2DVD regular edition
CD+DVD
CD only
LIMITED BOX SET CD+4DVD
LIMITED BOX SET CD+2DVD+Blu-ray
Tracklist
Spoiler:
01.Party queen ※PEACH JOHN ワークブラCMソング
02.NaNaNa
03.Shake It♥
04.taskebab
05.call
06.Letter
07.reminds me
08.Return Road
09.Tell me why
10.a cup of tea
11.the next LOVE
12.Eyes, Smoke, Magic
13.Serenade in A minor
14.how beautiful you are ※フジテレビ系木曜よる10時ドラマ「最後から二番目の恋」主題歌
01.Shake It♥ (video clip)
02.NaNaNa (video clip)
03.Return Road (video clip)
04.how beautiful you are (video clip)
05.Shake It♥ (making clip)
06.NaNaNa (making clip)
07.Return Road (making clip)
08.how beautiful you are (making clip)
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzU2ODU0Nzgw.html
**NOT IN ORDER, subject to change as additional PVs/songs may be added
・how beautiful you are
・Return Road
・Shake It♥
・NaNaNa
・Party queen
・Letter
・call
・reminds me
・the next LOVE
・Eyes, Smoke, Magic
・Tell me why
・taskebab
・a cup of tea
・Serenade in A minor
・how beautiful you are (video clip)
・Return Road (video clip)
・Shake It♥ (video clip)
・NaNaNa (video clip)
・how beautiful you are (making clip)
・Return Road (making clip)
・Shake It♥ (making clip)
・NaNaNa (making clip)
NOT CONFIRMED
01. Return Road (4:17)
02. Letter (4:51)
03. call (4:14)
04. Tell me why (5:02)
05. taskebab (interlude) (2:08)
06. the next LOVE (3:55)
07. Shake It (4:35)
08. a cup of tea (interlude) (1:21)
09. NaNaNa (3:52)
10. Eyes, Smoke, Magic (interlude) (1:46)
11. Party queen (4:33)
12. reminds me (5:27)
13. Serenade in A minor (interlude) (1:48)
14. how beautiful you are + hidden track (Happening Here) (10:12)
NOT CONFIRMED
Versions
Spoiler:
CD+3DVD - first press includes a regular CD case + special DVD packaging in a plastic sleeve for the COUNTDOWN LIVE 2011-2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~ DVDs, regular press has all discs in regular cases
CD+DVD - regular CD+DVD
CD only - regular CD only
PLAYBUTTON - special button that also functions as an mp3 player... more information at http://www.playbutton.co
SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET CD+3DVD+Blu-ray - special set that has the CD+3DVD, POWER of MUSIC Blu-ray, and a pair of half pint glasses and cork coasters
SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET CD+5DVD - special set that has the CD+3DVD, POWER of MUSIC 2DVD set, and a pair of half pint glasses and cork coasters
Mockup of the limited box from the website
***EXCLUSIVE GOODS = HALF PINT GLASSES + CORK COASTERS (two of each)
Bonus goods
Spoiler:
TeamAyu/mu-mo gifts only for the time being.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aderianu
『Party Queen』
【CD+DVD+2DVD】 or 【CD+DVD】 or 【CD】
★TeamAyu gift：Lip Cream Case Strap (1) ← google-image
★mu-mo gift：Clear File (1)
『ayumi hamasaki ～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 LIMITED EDITION』
【DVD 2】 or 【Blu-ray 1】
★TeamAyu gift：Decoration Sticker for iPhone4 (1)
★mu-mo gift：Memo Pad (1)
『Party Queen』SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET
【CD+DVD+2DVD】+【LIVE DVD 2】+【goods】 or 【CD+DVD+2DVD】+【LIVE Blu-ray 1】+【goods】
★TeamAyu gift： Lip Cream Case Strap (1) ＋Decoration Sticker for iPhone4 (1)
★mu-mo gift：Clear File (1)＋Memo Pad (1) |
Misc. information
Spoiler:
- Masashi Muto directed some PVs for this album
- it appears that the album cover was shot in London with Leslie in late November ( https://twitter.com/#!/lesliekeesupe...34749770022913)
- Timmy composed both Party queen and how beautiful you are
- T here is a commemorative photobook coming out on 03/21 [the same day] with special shots not included in the album ( http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=334)
- how beautiful you are is being released as a digital single on 02/08 on iTunes with a cover
- it is thought that there are only two interludes due to Ayu saying that she recorded 12 songs in London
- Timmy wrote Party Queen with Ayu in mind
- Ayu mentioned that castings for a PV in a recent tweet (but it is unknown if she was talking in the present tense) so another PV for the album is not unlikely! (She is in fact filming another PV.)
- The spoiler that follows has PV tidbits from the last few new album threads while she was in London recording.
Spoiler:
Quote:
Originally Posted by gwijai
my friend is a dancer in london and he txted me this eve to say he was doing three music videos for a japanese singer!! I was like OMG ITS AYU and he said yeah thats her name lol!! Shooting a pv this tonight for a fast song called shake it! and then they will be doing another pv on sat and one on monday!!!
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Ah, it looks like it was gwijai's post then. They said it was a fast song and I remember wondering if the PVs were going to be connected since it seems that they are going to have some of the same cast members in all three PVs (somewhat like that band in the background of Sexy little things/Microphone).
With this piece of information combined with Nigel's Tumblr (the stylist for the extras) it looks like Shake It is for sure the first PV filmed in an apartment in East London. I think it's also safe to say that Return Road was filmed in the factory with the tank, scientists, and drones, and NaNaNa was filmed at the Fabric nightclub in Farringdon with people doing a bit of gymnastics and in crazy makeup/hair/tattoos/etcetera.
Spoiler:
Shake It
- posted by gwijai
- from Nigel's Tumblr
Return Road
- from Nigel's Tumblr
NaNaNa
- from Nigel's Tumblr
Just for some more info, the guy who styled for the factory PV said it was the ' worst shoot he has ever worked on' probably because it was so LONG. They shot two scenes for the PV in 14 hours. Here's a shot he took at 2:30am. It must be torture to work with Ayu sometimes... haha.
Oh hey, it's the drummer from Sexy little things/Microphone! There's a performance in the control room. Lastly, here are the drones that are in the PV. Most of these are just full sized versions of the pictures we had before.
- Party Queen is set to be a PEACH JOHN CM song that will be on air 2/22, Ayu will not be in the CM
- Masashi Muto confirmed that he did indeed film a new PV with Ayu recently which brings the PV total for the album to six PVs, it seems
- David Reitzas mixed and did drums for how beautiful you are
- There's a bit in the ViVi interview that says that Party Queen contains pop, rock, electro, and jazz genres. The album is also called a 'concept album'.
- Children's voices are present in one of the songs
- "TA Limited PREMIUM PREVIEW ~Party Queen~" will be held March 10th in Tokyo. Ayu herself will not attend. Some TA members will have a chance to hear previews of the songs and music videos (in full?) More information in the spoiler.
- Ayu appears to be filming 3 new PVs while in Japan, bringing the total to 7 PVs. This is not confirmed however.
- It appears that Ayu originally took the album photos in London but chose to use a different shoot done in New York
Notable links
2012.03.21 NEW ALBUM CONFIRMED
Albums on PLAYBUTTON
～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION on DVD/Blu-ray (21. March 2012)
"how beautiful you are" Jacket Released
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [II]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [III]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [IV]
New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [V]
Last edited by truehappiness; 2nd March 2012 at 06:42 PM.
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