[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread ~LOVE again~

[js_surrealism]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

I disagree with people saying that Japanese people don't like ayu anymore. They love her and want her to do well most of the time, they just have the same problem that some of us in here do, we wanna support her but the latest releases were a joke.

She released some of her best music in 5 years with her 2 most recent albums (Party Queen and LOVE again), I don't see how her releases 'were a joke'. The problem is really just that she is no longer as relevant or as current in terms of popularity. It just happens, this is entertainment, tastes are fickle, they change, you can't always be at the top of your game.

[KarenPang]

I honestly don't think LOVE & again were releases that considered as a joke as I admit that the material for both contains some of her best stuff in recent times

It's just that I really disliked the way this whole 15th anniversary campaign was going towards , direction wise . At 1st no doubt about it when this was announced , I was excited but along the way , somehow or another , things got lost if not screwed up very badly

Didn't helped matters that Maro was dragged into all this & isn't it way too concidence he starred in You & Me , Wake Me Up & snowy kiss which coincides with the release of again (and A SUMMER BEST) ? It's the same when Mannie also starred in Virgin Road , Last angel & Love song prior to the release of Love songs which's like deja vu all over

She didn't need any form of unwanted publicity to sell records back then (especially when she was with Nagase for such a long time prior to their breakup) , I don't know why in recent times this has happened . I don't need that coming from her at all which makes her look a bit desperate & somehow or another even though the quality of her music to me is still there , professional wise ... it's a different thing altogether

[miru2590]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

I honestly don't think LOVE & again were releases that considered as a joke as I admit that the material for both contains some of her best stuff in recent times

It's just that I really disliked the way this whole 15th anniversary campaign was going towards , direction wise . At 1st no doubt about it when this was announced , I was excited but along the way , somehow or another , things got lost if not screwed up very badly

Didn't helped matters that Maro was dragged into all this & isn't it way too concidence he starred in You & Me , Wake Me Up & snowy kiss which coincides with the release of again (and A SUMMER BEST) ? It's the same when Mannie also starred in Virgin Road , Last angel & Love song prior to the release of Love songs which's like deja vu all over

She didn't need any form of unwanted publicity to sell records back then (especially when she was with Nagase for such a long time prior to their breakup) , I don't know why in recent times this has happened . I don't need that coming from her at all which makes her look a bit desperate & somehow or another even though the quality of her music to me is still there , professional wise ... it's a different thing altogether

I agree.

[calltome]

^I second that

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by js_surrealism

She released some of her best music in 5 years with her 2 most recent albums (Party Queen and LOVE again), I don't see how her releases 'were a joke'. The problem is really just that she is no longer as relevant or as current in terms of popularity. It just happens, this is entertainment, tastes are fickle, they change, you can't always be at the top of your game.

I was referring to the release pattern, not the songs themselves.