NEXT LEVEL tracklist + CD2+DVD cover - Page 16

ayurainbow · #**301** 3rd March 2009, 06:57 PM

The cover is beautiful. I like it very much. And song titles are different but I like it. This is a little change from old Ayu to new Ayu. I think that she is grow up. LOL.

*Sry for my bad english.

Olw---A · #**302** 3rd March 2009, 06:58 PM

LOVE THAT COVER !!!! YEAH A WINNER !!! finally AYu is using some color and we'll need this in those bad grey crisis times...

Yamapi_girl · #**303** 3rd March 2009, 07:08 PM

Thanks for the news! I CAN'T WAIT! Btw, her hairstyle is horrible XD Otherwise the tracklist is awesome! <3

panda87 · #**304** 3rd March 2009, 07:09 PM

u kno, this news has been around since February (as i checked other forums just today)... and i thought... we're a bit behind on this. and finally, the news is broke on AHS today!

I KNEW IT! that fake tracklist that other week was B---SH--!!!

this is definitely on a whole NEW LEVEL!!! i'm loving it... but it's just so wacko! but i'm LOOOOVING the tracklist. not so mediocre sounding as GUILTY's.

I'M SOOOO EXCITED. can't wait till i get mine!!! *squeals*

njanjayrp · #**305** 3rd March 2009, 07:14 PM

ah I think there is really nothing to worryd about

I believe Ayu is a kind of person who is not ok with singing crap and things she doesn't mean. I think that the album might have more straight forward songs, but judging from the NEXT LEVEL preview it's nothing to worry about, as the lyrics to it seem amazing.

@SunshineSlayer - the day Ayu starts stripping is the day I'll stop listening to music ^_^

Andrenekoi · #**306** 3rd March 2009, 07:44 PM

Well... I liked it...
Very colourful and energetic... I was starting to get worried cause her last albums had a very sad feeling... Guilty is such a sad album... and so it's Secret... A Best 2 kind of had this feeling too (Part of me...)

About the song titles... well, Ayu is not a native english speaker (and so do I), there are a lot of song titles that sounds cool to someone that learned English in a non-native English speaker country that just sounds silly (or even kinky, like "Load of the Shugyo")... pretty much like my name's WOMEN... I got the title as soon as I read it... But I saw in a lot of international forums people complaining that it doesn't make sense...

I don't really think most of Ayu lyrics are as deep as most of her fans think, so... I'm not expecting that much =)

jbrat2219 · #**307** 3rd March 2009, 07:46 PM

Well, everyone wanted something different! This is about as different as she can get, eh? hahaha

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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

It's good to try new things, but also don't lose what makes you great in the first place.

I still hope that the album will be very good, I just have low expectations right now. (maybe thats a good thing though) As for Sparkle - the whole song is really just ok for me. I kinda got tired of it after only a few listens.(which rarely ever happens with an Ayu song for me. I still have Rule on constant repeat.) The lyrics are quite shallow for Ayu's standards, especially if you have at least a decent understanding of the original Japanese. And she did say that she was going to try a new way of writing lyrics, thats why I hope it doesn't mean the whole album will be in that style.

I agree with this, although I'm not really worried about Ayu losing herself in all of this. And I don't think Sparkle's lyrics aren't anything we haven't heard before but like you said the style of writing is different. If her lyrics are honest, direct and not flowery, I don't mind, as long as she's honest with herself. That's all I care about. If she feels like making dance music and have a shallow song here or there, it's all good with me

Sometimes music is meant to be fun, and I think that's what she's experimenting with here (based on the titles). I'm looking forward to seeing how they turn out! And if I don't like them at first, I'll just have to keep listening til I do because I bought two versions of this album so she better not disappoint hahaha.

GRACE · #**308** 3rd March 2009, 07:55 PM

Wow that hair. Just wow that hair ._...

SunshineSlayer · #**309** 3rd March 2009, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

I don't really think most of Ayu lyrics are as deep as most of her fans think, so... I'm not expecting that much =)

Her lyrics were the first and foremost reason that she began becoming popular in the first place. Back in her early career she didn't really have the look or the stage presence; no flash or anything like that. But it was her lyrics that made people take notice of her and from there is where her success began.

KillTime111 · #**310** 3rd March 2009, 08:09 PM

from looking at the bigger version, i can see how one of her contacts floated off a little, hAHAa, that happens when you look in that direction. still looks good though!!

apple-pi · #**311** 3rd March 2009, 08:11 PM

LOLOLOL Ayu was so on crack when coming up with this stuff!! XDD
The cover scares me a bit but it seems to go well with the funky-crack vibe of the tracklist so I'm ok with it. LOL.

**milky_way** · #**312** 3rd March 2009, 08:32 PM

That cover is gross

jkm444 · #**313** 3rd March 2009, 08:50 PM

Ever since (miss) understood ayu's song title are getting strange.. It seems like she needs an song title assistant who can help her make proper ayuish song title. (Someone who can speak proper English) No comment on the cover.

Andrenekoi · #**314** 3rd March 2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Her lyrics were the first and foremost reason that she began becoming popular in the first place. Back in her early career she didn't really have the look or the stage presence; no flash or anything like that. But it was her lyrics that made people take notice of her and from there is where her success began.

I wrote a hung text explaining myself, but the server was down... So, let's make it short:

I know that... Seasons even won some lyric award over there...

But even if I think she have some genius lyrics, most of them aren't all that (and yeah, I read most of them). I don't think ayu is a amazing singer, songwriter, producer, etc. and I think there are far better people who do that, but I think that it's amazing how she can get the very best of what she can produce in all those and make amazing pieces of work... Cause most of people that are best tham her in some of these, sucks on another aspects... Pretty much like Madonna... And I like how she is a creative force and a bold artist in a universe full of dumb, "beautiful" and talentless people as mainstream jpop...

And yeah... she sucked as a performer back in the begining.. but I think she is one of the best in the world from 2003 on... Performing by the way is the best skill of hers imo by the way^^

rakeru · #**315** 3rd March 2009, 09:17 PM

I JUST REALIZED THAT SPARKLE WAS GETTING A PV OMG YAY!!!!!!!

Mari-chan · #**316** 3rd March 2009, 09:19 PM

Hm.. the Cover isn't really good.. but much better than the covers from Rule/Sparkel.
Is there only one Cover?
The Tracklist sounds interessting.
Can't wait to watch the new PV's and listen to the new songs!

panda87 · #**317** 3rd March 2009, 09:22 PM

^ people have different standards of what good lyrics are. and people have a not as a high of a mentality to appreciate quite well-written lyrics (like Ayu's) and understand them in literal terms. i don't mean to sound like an Ayu-freak, but it is true that it was her lyrics that actually won the majority of her fans and that are the best lyrics, not considering literature-wise.

so i wonder what kind of lyrics you think are considered well-written O_o

nowadays, she's writing simpler songs... so i don't expect this album to be too deep.

Andrenekoi · #**318** 3rd March 2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by panda87

^ people have different standards of what good lyrics are. and people have a not as a high of a mentality to appreciate quite well-written lyrics (like Ayu's) and understand them in literal terms. i don't mean to sound like an Ayu-freak, but it is true that it was her lyrics that actually won the majority of her fans and that are the best lyrics, not considering literature-wise.

so i wonder what kind of lyrics you think are considered well-written O_o

nowadays, she's writing simpler songs... so i don't expect this album to be too deep.

Sorry, next time I will make sure I ask you if MY OWN OPINION about something is right or not =) And I promise I will try to get a mentality as high as yours to apreciate Ayu's God-like lyrics from now on

NintendoHTF1242 · #**319** 3rd March 2009, 09:39 PM

Titles are something I'd never expect from Ayu

but I am not liking the cover at all, the colors are too mixed up and don't mix well at all.

ALfromHELLSING · #**320** 3rd March 2009, 09:56 PM

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nowadays, she's writing simpler songs... so i don't expect this album to be too deep.

Yeah... GUILTY was so empty & simple. As well as Mirrorcle World. Sure! I apologies but I will never agree with this and I'm not Ayu FREAK.

Gosh, people are complaining almost about everything! >_< Has anybody complained about her photoshopped tattoo yet?