New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [X]

[ayumisrael]

I got my boxset today, I'm pretty satisfied, it's huge! haha.

Will watch the DVD of CDL and blu-ray of PoM through the week.

Too bad CDL's dvd doesn't have a booklet, just a paper with the tracklist, but it's the DVD that matters anyway

[attractive nausea]

Hopefully i'll get my cd either on friday 30th or monday 2nd, it's getting tougher and tougher not to listen to the album as days go by, i hope i won't end up being disappointed haha it would be embarassing but i doubt i will anyway (:

[kinix]

My boxset just came! YA upgraded to DHL for free =) Took 6 days to reach though ^^

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^So jealous of you guys! Glad to hear that it's pretty big though

[~angel*ayumi~]

Originally Posted by kinix

My boxset just came! YA upgraded to DHL for free =) Took 6 days to reach though ^^

Ah i guess mine will be upgraded too then.
Hope to recive it next week, hopefully it´s not at custom <.<

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Wonder why there was a delay though...I mean I ordered the first few days that it was available for preorder lol

[mi|kshake]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

Hopefully i'll get my cd either on friday 30th or monday 2nd

Yep, same here. In for a bit of a wait too! And I'll prob have to get it a day later as there will be no one in the house to take the package.

mi|kshake~

[AYUmyQUEEN]

still waiting for mine to ship too this happened before with a clip box deluxe version and i eventually got an email saying they cancelled my order because it was sold out... but i preordered it. i hope that doesn't happen again!

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

my CD+2DVD version arrived today! and yesasia only sent it last week so quick this time wtf lol

[TeamAyu2004]

I wonder if anyones from Amazon has shipped?

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^mine certainly hasn't.

Shipping Estimate Saturday 2012/3/24
Delivery Estimate: Monday 2012/3/26 - Thursday 2012/3/29
Shipping Soon

real nice, amazon.

[channy]

Originally Posted by behwatch

Hey anyone notice distortions in some of the songs like "tell me why" at 2.48 when Ayu sing "yeah.. eh.." ? This album seems to have some recording problem where the studio did not hear it... Anyone know which studio she make this album at?

Yes. "Party Queen" is not really well produced. If you are using High End headphones (or maybe even cheaper ones) you can clearly hear those "distortions" in some tracks.

I am just too lazy, to listen to this album right now or I would list any tracks with distortions just like you did with "Tell me why".

I tried FLAC and iTunes Plus version, both have the problems you mentioned. "Love songs" had similar problems (for example "MOON". Quite terrible distortions in the refrain).

Just another evidence that the producers start to get lazy. I have never had any quality problems with previously released, older Ayu albums.

[behwatch]

Originally Posted by channy

Yes. "Party Queen" is not really well produced. If you are using High End headphones (or maybe even cheaper ones) you can clearly hear those "distortions" in some tracks.

I am just too lazy, to listen to this album right now or I would list any tracks with distortions just like you did with "Tell me why".

I tried FLAC and iTunes Plus version, both have the problems you mentioned. "Love songs" had similar problems (for example "MOON". Quite terrible distortions in the refrain).

Just another evidence that the producers start to get lazy. I have never had any quality problems with previously released, older Ayu albums.

Haha thanks for the confirmation I thought my hi-end equipments have problems. Hope Ayu will choose a better studio for next album...

[Ryoko]

^ I do hear that. It's more of the mixing and/or mastering engineer's problem; its something they should have easily noticed or picked up on (I work as a sound engineer) so that's poor work on their part.

[channy]

Originally Posted by Ryoko

^ I do hear that. It's more of the mixing and/or mastering engineer's problem; its something they should have easily noticed or picked up on (I work as a sound engineer) so that's poor work on their part.

Yeah, definitely! It's so simple to avoid. They just need to listen to the full album carefully before they finish their work so that they can alter such flaws.

[ayuuk]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

I wonder if anyones from Amazon has shipped?

My Amazon order (Blu-ray box set) was shipped on March 24, and I just checked DHL that it's already reached the States, so I guess it will probably get here on Monday or Tuesday.

TeamAyu2004, you ordered from Amazon as well?

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

SO EXCITED yayyyy watching POWER of MUSIC tour right now. I hate the long interludes where her band just plays and plays. I'm sure it's for outfit changes and whatnot, and I'm sure it'd be cool if I were actually at the concert, but on the blu ray it's just like...OK, can these two *****es peco and princess shut the hell up and can ayu come back out now...LOL

[PoetGirl]

so party queen is flop. omg.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^May not be up to her usual standards, but I don't think that means it has flopped by any means.

[Didz-19]

hey guys! since we have the love/hate of Ayu collabs with other artists, would it be okay for us to send her message via twitter to ask her to do a collab with the artists that WE want? example...we want her to collab with Namie or other Avex artists?