new album "A ONE" 2015.04.08 in stores II

[truehappiness]

The GIFT takes some time to get used to IMO.

[adantatu2]

If THE GIFT was made for the chinese fans, she should include it in a chinese edition, I can't believe she made a PV for it.

[Isicio]

I really love how some intros of the songs have samples of epic ayu music :')
With the previews leaked I only pray for epic covers *.*

[Raiu-Ayu]

I'm actually super excited for this album now

WARNING - total epicness! I already know I am going to love this song in full and will probably be my most played on the album with Last minute. The "LA LA LA"s are awesome and so catchy lol Ive been singing them all night. If she doesn't sing this on the tour it would be a waste.
The GIFT - Its ok. Nothing special and not as amazing as ayu was making out. I think it would have benefited more if it was just a piano piece with ayu on vocal.
NO FUTURE - Confusing. The intro and the title make it seem as though its gonna be kinda dark but then this upbeat and bubbly melody and rhythm kick in. It's very J-Pop (sounds actually like AAA's recent stuff), Japan should like this kind of song I think.
Out of control - Reminds me of Letter and call from Party Queen. Nothing special. Just album filler.
The Show Must Go On - I like it but then again this is the kind of music I like. It is very snowy kiss part 2. I could only guess its done on purpose. Surely she wouldnt miss the fact they are soooo similar. It also reminds me of Destiny -Taiyou no Hana- by Hitomi Shimatani for some reason...
Story - Standard ayu ballad. I usually take a while to warm to ballads so I'll see how it goes.

[truehappiness]

Ayu needs tracks like Out of control IMO. They're perfect for encores and such, or before/after emotional rock tracks in lives.

[rikku1994]

I'm actually excited on how she will sing these songs live tbh. But it is a really good album, more of a throwback and not as random as Colours.

[hayasaki]

I just noticed how The Show must go on is more EDM inclined than Snowy Kiss... They both have grand string arrangements and shifts which make both of them sound like sisters. LOL it's gonna be my favorite album track i think

[DevilHunter_04]

I love all the songs for the most part. "the show must go on" confused me a little bit. It went from being upbeat to kinda slow and I thought it was the next song at first. I can't wait for this album to come out though.

[ExodusUK]

Seriously judging Ayu's taste level after hearing The Gift.

[freedreamer]

i think The GIFT will sound normal as a C-POP song and if JJ sings it HAHHA. I can totally see him seeing it (and duh, its obviously not his best work...which he just gave to ayu LOLOL)

[js_surrealism]

Hey look, an album that sounds like I am...!

Love all the new songs except for STORY and THE GIFT.


THE GIFT - yea, it's basically a CPOP song that blatantly rips off the verse melody from this Jay Chou song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_MYq7U3yZ8

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

i think The GIFT will sound normal as a C-POP song and if JJ sings it HAHHA. I can totally see him seeing it (and duh, its obviously not his best work...which he just gave to ayu LOLOL)

I kinda like his song with Selina a little, lol.

I feel like NO FUTURE would fit on LOVEppears.

[Zeke.]

Omg letter and call are like the absolute worst of her discog for me. I hope it's less like those and more like the standard concert Enders from yesteryear or at least something like Life?

[truehappiness]

More like Life than call and Letter. But same general vein of "midtempo goodness".

[douggn]

Originally Posted by nalini-dahlia

I'm now used to the negative opinions of users on here so I've learned to pay little mind to them. People don't like the same things as me, not my problem. XD

Sometimes I may respond with bewilderment though because there are times where it is so surprising what people will dislike!

I try to ignore the bad comments too but some days I'm just like come on
But I'm usually over it as soon as I comment

[waterballoon]

not sure how to feel from the more HQ samples...

I miss the cohesive sound of Love songs, LOVEppears, MY STORY, RAINBOW...

but yeah the songs sound all over the place lol. individually they're mostly decent, but they're all gonna be in album? along with the Zutto... single? lol

old opinions stay the same; The GIFT is so atrocious, Story sounds really really good but her voice sounds weird in the chorus, WARNING sounds like the most interesting, The show must go on.. liked the similarity to snowy kiss then I lost it at the Engrish, ugh why.

i don't remember much of the rest but there was one song, was it NO FUTURE? sounded like it came from the ASFxx album lol

[truehappiness]

I don't think anyone expected major cohesion with this album.

There's a little of everything here and it'll probably end with Story and begin with WARNING...

Something tells me we'll get the usual song clumps.

[jbrat2219]

No Future is still my favorite. Followed by The Show Must Go On and then Warning. So many good songs this album <3 Between this and Koda Kumi's new album, it's the year of amazing music from the pop divas!

[cosmicfirefly]

I don't mind albums not sounding cohesive, I like the variety. But I also like when the songs share a similar atmosphere or feeling. RAINBOW is one of my favorites from Ayu, and I think it's a good example of cohesion with variety, except maybe the transition between Real me and Free & Easy.

[Coelacanth]

Out of control's instrumentation is quite unlike her other midtempo rock numbers, imo.

I'm impressed so far by the depth of the arrangements. The songs do NOT sound like demos.