'LOVE' mini album out November 8th, 1st of five 15th anniversary releases [II]

[kinix]

Originally Posted by Foyuki

OMG just came back home - -
any new information revealed?I only saw that on amazon/hmv
it said it has a serial number for 5 consective release ...again
so I wonder what is that
the last 3 single release one was really disappointing

I hope it's a serial number for the HLS after party video! It seems like they're video taping the party >.<

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

The covers have made me so excited for this release, and the following releases! YES!

[Aderianu]

CD+DVD / CD only / CD Tales version
・Limited time benefits：Access card with serial number【2013年3月8日発売タイトルまで全5作購入者連動特典】（2013年2月8日出荷分まで 封入）

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

Maybe I shouldn't have said simplistic.
But Song 4 u still doesn't fit in. I like it, but it's not..
It fits better on FIVE as a bonus song or something.

It doesn't fit into what? The other two songs don't really seem to go along with each other well either, but then Virgin Road, Sweet Season and Last angel didn't really "fit" in either. Not to mention the songs on A, H and &. I don't think there is an actual concept or whatever behind this considering they've used covers from a random photo shoot. The theme of Song 4 u in a way is love so yea...

[emi♡]

That, actually makes me mad...if it ends up being the case...

Because part of the whole greatness of making a mini-album is that it could have it's own concept. But she doesn't seem to be so concerned with that with her mini albums.

**** what was I even expecting of her.

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

It doesn't fit into what? The other two songs don't really seem to go along with each other well either, but then Virgin Road, Sweet Season and Last angel didn't really "fit" in either. Not to mention the songs on A, H and &. I don't think there is an actual concept or whatever behind this considering they've used covers from a random photo shoot. The theme of Song 4 u in a way is love so yea...

You're right that Song 4 u is 'love' but I can't shake the feeling of 'a FIVE leftover/what progress should have been'. I just need a full HQ rip to judge. I go by the 'hue' of the song. I still think that Missing/Melody are just fine on the CD. Their sounds match the colour/look of the album cover.

I think all the songs on & are perfectly fine. All songs are summery. Even hanabi episode 2. If the PV and the crickets aren't convincing, then I don't know what is.
Sweet Season/Virgin Road are fine on L, but Last Angel is pushing it. However, all songs feel like autumn anyway, so all's good.
A is a special case. It has two sounds on it. But LOVEppears channeled those two songs perfectly, so I don't know what to say about it. I guess this single was an indication of the album sound (what singles are suppose to do).

[freedreamer]

is this updated?

07.Missing (Dubscribe remix)
08.Melody (BROKEN HAZE remix)

[ExodusUK]

Eww dubstep

[Kanzaki]

Good thing Avex are adding in some remixes! I definitely think they have to offer a little more than 3 tracks on an "EP".

[Andrenekoi]

Translation of the Song 4 u discussion:

1. I feel it doesn't fit, so, it doesn't... The rest was fine because I feel they fit.

2. No, they doesn't fit because there's no concept on this mini-album I didn't listen, saw pvs or the booklet yet.

3. **** you Ayu, you should read my mind and please me.

[Shirlaay]

The covers are beautiful. I love the natural face better, she looks gorgeous!

[Aderianu]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Translation of the Song 4 u discussion:

1. I feel it doesn't fit, so, it doesn't... The rest was fine because I feel they fit.

2. No, they doesn't fit because there's no concept on this mini-album I didn't listen, saw pvs or the booklet yet.

3. **** you Ayu, you should read my mind and please me.

and that's all after 2 min song!

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

You're right that Song 4 u is 'love' but I can't shake the feeling of 'a FIVE leftover/what progress should have been'. I just need a full HQ rip to judge. I go by the 'hue' of the song. I still think that Missing/Melody are just fine on the CD. Their sounds match the colour/look of the album cover.

I think all the songs on & are perfectly fine. All songs are summery. Even hanabi episode 2. If the PV and the crickets aren't convincing, then I don't know what is.
Sweet Season/Virgin Road are fine on L, but Last Angel is pushing it. However, all songs feel like autumn anyway, so all's good.
A is a special case. It has two sounds on it. But LOVEppears channeled those two songs perfectly, so I don't know what to say about it. I guess this single was an indication of the album sound (what singles are suppose to do).

I disagree. If anything Song 4 u sounds like sort of a continuation of progress which stuck out of FIVE like a sore thumb as all the other tracks were ballads/midtempo which doesn't matter as people shouldn't only put similar sounding songs on their albums.

I don't think any of the L songs sound autumnish in fact Sweet Season has a nostalgic summer feeling to it and Last angel could hardly be a "seasonal song". ourselves wasn't summery at all either as it's quite dark >_> In other words I don't think it matters. For instance none of the Memorial address tracks really did fit together, but have worked amazingly well together. This mini album/single doesn't seem to have a theme set (like NEXT LEVEL or Party Queen).

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Translation of the Song 4 u discussion:

1. I feel it doesn't fit, so, it doesn't... The rest was fine because I feel they fit.

2. No, they doesn't fit because there's no concept on this mini-album I didn't listen, saw pvs or the booklet yet.

3. **** you Ayu, you should read my mind and please me.

If you take pics out of a magazine photo shoot and attach it to the songs you have previously made you could hardly say you had a certain concept in mind. Especially when the pictures are just close ups of your face which you have done so many many times. Not everything has to have a concept. This might have a concept, but it sure isn't as obvious as some of her older ones

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

If you take pics out of a magazine photo shoot and attach it to the songs you have previously made you could hardly say you had a certain concept in mind. Especially when the pictures are just close ups of your face which you have done so many many times. Not everything has to have a concept. This might have a concept, but it sure isn't as obvious as some of her older ones

You don't need to be naked covered with vines, to be rainbow colored or have dinosaurs and talking cupcakes on a cover for it having a concept, you know... If the songs are tied by a theme (seens likelly considering all of them are about love) and the visual part reflects the overall mood and tone of the release, you already have ur concept over there.

[Zeke.]

Hey dubscribe's stuff I searched sounded ok. He had some really nice melodic energetic build ups before the dubstep drops. Hopefully he can do something great with Ayu's track.

[ExodusUK]

Y'all are such drama queens, you don't have any input on ayu's creative vision or output stop acting like it's a collaborative thing between you and Ayu and she's done something behind your back.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

Y'all are such drama queens, you don't have any input on ayu's creative vision or output stop acting like it's a collaborative thing between you and Ayu and she's done something behind your back.

Thanks god.

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

3. **** you Ayu, you should read my mind and please me.

Pretty much tbh.

If she did that, she'd still be good.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by emi♡

Pretty much tbh.

If she did that, she'd still be good.

Good thing about Koda, tbh... You already know what she will release 10 years from now...

[emi♡]

That's cause she mastered reinvention