14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [II]

[mizuki-7]

They do the same thing with Maki goto lol

[Gustavopc]

Originally Posted by mizuki-7

They do the same thing with Maki goto lol

But Maki didnt put interludes on the album, nor put everything from them in it. And since she was going on hiatus after it, it was actually a kind of a compilation of her avex material with some new songs, much like Utada's singles collection 2. She was not celebrating her 15th anniversary...

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by mizuki-7

They do the same thing with Maki goto lol

Maki was a different case though only maybe half her songs from the minis were put on the album. Also it was her first and last Avex album and was meant to encompass her entire career at Avex - like a mini best of basically.

[SummonerXI]

I posted this on tumblr but I think I'm going to post it here for all of you to see. Maybe you heard of a little album called Loveappears, that sold 2.5 million copies and is the 39th best selling album of all time in Japan. It's also 70% previously released music (in the form of singles).

01.Introduction
02.Fly high
03.Trauma
04.And Then
05.immature
06.Boys & Girls
07.TO BE
08.End roll
09.P.S II
10.WHATEVER
11.too late
12.appears
13.monochrome
14.Interlude
15.LOVE ~refrain~
16.Who…

Somebody please tell me why Love Again is any different from this and why everyone is having a huge spaz attack over it.

[kinix]

Originally Posted by SummonerXI

I posted this on tumblr but I think I'm going to post it here for all of you to see. Maybe you heard of a little album called Loveappears, that sold 2.5 million copies and is the 39th best selling album of all time in Japan. It's also 70% previously released music (in the form of singles).

01.Introduction
02.Fly high
03.Trauma
04.And Then
05.immature
06.Boys & Girls
07.TO BE
08.End roll
09.P.S II
10.WHATEVER
11.too late
12.appears
13.monochrome
14.Interlude
15.LOVE ~refrain~
16.Who…

Somebody please tell me why Love Again is any different from this and why everyone is having a huge spaz attack over it.

A little correction on your list (bold means single release right?)
LOVEppears did come with a disc 2 which includes remix and additional contents.

The reason why people are angry/disappointed is because the 2 mini albums we're included. Which was something new that we didn't expect from past release (memorial address and Five) Even if we were to treat it as a single, the price wasn't of a single. It's much higher.
But then again, if she were to release this as yet another mini album with the same price, I would rather she includes the 2 mini album too ^^"

[Delirium-Zer0]

Originally Posted by SummonerXI

I posted this on tumblr but I think I'm going to post it here for all of you to see. Maybe you heard of a little album called Loveappears, that sold 2.5 million copies and is the 39th best selling album of all time in Japan. It's also 70% previously released music (in the form of singles).

01.Introduction
02.Fly high
03.Trauma
04.And Then
05.immature
06.Boys & Girls
07.TO BE
08.End roll
09.P.S II
10.WHATEVER
11.too late
12.appears
13.monochrome
14.Interlude
15.LOVE ~refrain~
16.Who…

Somebody please tell me why Love Again is any different from this and why everyone is having a huge spaz attack over it.

1) The "Fly high" and "kanariya" singles came after LOVEppears, and "appears" came out the same day. So I'd venture to say they don't count.
2) Almost every one of those tracks is reversioned in some way - some significant, some less noticeable.
"Fly high" is remixed on the single.
"immature" has entirely different instrumentation.
"TO BE" has mixing differences and a completely new drum track.
"WHATEVER" is extended.
"too late" is a different mix.
"appears" is missing the jingle bells from the single mix.
"monochrome"'s mix is seriously beefed up.
"LOVE ~refrain~" is new instrumentation and a new set of lyrics & vocals.
and "kanariya" is about 20 seconds longer on the album than the useless radio edit on the single.

So really, only Trauma, Boys & Girls, and End roll are, strictly speaking, duplicated from past releases. And those past releases have better remixes than "LOVE" or "again" had on them so they're more worth the money even with the purchase of LOVEppears anyway.