5 Years of LOVEppears

[Jennie Mae]

LOVEppears came out 5 years ago today! Can you believe it has been that long?
So let's hear some stories. Was anyone a fan when LOVEppears came out? Any interesting LOVEppears stories (you know you have one)?
I became a fan the week after LOVEppears came out, so it was my favorite album for a very long time (until Duty came out). I think my favorite tracks are Fly high and End roll. How about you?

LOVEppears was my very first ayu album.
I love it, I heard End roll and immediately talked my mom into buying this naked woman on a 2 cd case.

I love every song on it, except 1....


......... here it comes, wait for it....


...almost....

...Trauma.

[DarkAyumi]

Ha Ha, really? I love Trauma! It's so classic. The thing I remember most about Loveppears is the song Appears; I wasn't an Ayumi fan back then but that song's probably still my favorite out of all of hers.

[p3ayu]

LOVEppears was the 3rd ayu cd i got. i will always remember the mini-poster it came with that said hamamsaki ^^ but my fave song is probably whatever (if only it weren't so long!) i wish they would have put the j version on the cd too, for that would have been awsome.

[Coelacanth]

LOL wow I cannot believe it. The songs sound like they are older than 5 years though. LOVEppears is so excellent! My favorite tracks are 'And Then', 'Immature', 'End roll', and 'Boys & Girls'...

[tl1029530921]

..i can't stand Trauma either..sounds so corny..:-P

not a huge fan of LOVEppears, although it did have some cool sounds

[ImpactBreaker]

Wow so old!! I can't believe I was still in High school when LOVEppears was released

[Qt Mashi]

i neva new ayumi until I am...
that means i was in yr 5when loveppears was out
damn i should of known her back then

[gogirlanime]

LOVEppears is a CLASSIC Ayu album, one of her best in my opinion! It includes some songs that Jpop could never make again, such as WHATEVER, Who..., Trauma, P.S II, and appears. I can't believe it's been 5 years O__O wow... I'll have to celebrate with some chocolate haha!

[Coelacanth]

I was only 9 years old... o_O

I'm going to listen to the whole album to celebrate!

[~K+]

Yup, I've got one. I became a fan pretty much around the time LOVEppears came out, it's still my favourite album from her.

I was in Hong Kong around the time of release and I remember seeing the poster and CD everywhere, although I didn't know who she was, but the impression stuck, and I thought it reminded me of Madonna at the time. Then I saw the "appears" PV on a Music Program late at night and I thought both the song and PV was amazing, then it showed the album it was from, and there was the LOVEppears cover, so I'm like "Oh! I remember seeing that."

I also saw the "appears" single in stores and thought, "Huh? She's black on this one..." I didn't buy it because I still didn't know who she was, and have regretted it for 4 years, but I have the single now.

Anyway, I found out who she was when I went back to Australia, and couldn't wait to get the CD, I asked someone from HK to get it for me along with A song for XX and A Clips VCD at the same time. I saw the LOVEppears CD in stores over here and couldn't resist the wait, because I DLed a few songs and they all sounded awesome. When I heard it for the first time I was blown away because every song was good and most of them were very good. I was equally blown away when I first saw A Clips because the clips were just fantastic.

That's sorta it...favourite tracks? Too many to list.
appears, monochrome, End roll, Who..., immature, too late, P.S II.

Wow, I was 14!

[Jennie Mae]

So weird to think... I was 14, in my freshman year of high school... freaky, it seems like 10 years ago...
I used to take LOVEppears with me everywhere I went, and my friends thought it was really freaky that I was carrying around this huge CD with a naked lady on it. Then I learned my lesson when the case cracked right across Ayu's face! Now it NEVER leaves my room.
I adore the second CD, especially the first track (yaay!) . And the HAL's FRIEND II and the POWDER SNOW are so nice...

[Aldonia]

I don't really have any interesting stories to tell about LOVEppears, I just have to say it's one of my favorite albums and has wonderful songs that still sound good today. Five years ago I would've been in fourth grade. o_o;; Oh my..

[lolo66]

This album has definitely stand the test of time in my book.

[M_aria]

The LOVEppears album cover was one of the first images of I Ayu I saw, this was before I really became a fan of hers (that didn't happen till "I am..."). I remember being all like "Oh my God! She's topless!"

[TeamAyu]

Yeah I don't have an interesting story either as I was born into the I am... era. But it is a really good album, not as good as Duty but damn solid. I didn't think there was enough variety though but like others have said it sounds a lot older than 5 years. Definitely some of my favorite Ayu songs of all time are on there though like her classics 'Boys&Girls', 'Who...', 'too late'. Such amazing songs, I absolutely hate the cover though and the appears cover, it's just so creepy hahaha. The old days definitely did not have the best photoshoots...

[Larisa-chan]

hmm... 5 years ago I was 15 and a sophomore in high school... I think at that time I was obsessing over anime music ^.^

[TeamAyu]

Originally Posted by Larisa-chan

hmm... 5 years ago I was 15 and a sophomore in high school... I think at that time I was obsessing over anime music ^.^

YEAH!! ME TOO!! haha but ironic how I can't stand Anime music anymore...

[M_aria]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu

YEAH!! ME TOO!! haha but ironic how I can't stand Anime music anymore...

Wow, same here!

[~K+]

She looked so much better back then ;_;