[Utada Hikaru] The New Album 「Fantôme」 on Sep 28, 2016! ʕ•̫͡•ʔ the 54th thread

[Welurru]

Originally Posted by Daeklei

I can't view the previews anyone happen to be able to convert them to a mp3 or just put them somewhere else? Sorry and thank you if so

[bluegie]

I'm trying my very best to not listen to any more previews. I even haven't watch Tomodachi live yet. Now I understand the feeling of waiting for a new album when the previews are everywhere on net...

[Miduhyo]

^ It's very very tough, I know. xD I did that with one of Ayu's albums (I think GUILTY) and I will never do it again. xD

Good luck my friend!

[Maemi]

「ともだち」でアルバムに参加してくれた小袋成彬くん@nariaki0296のレーベルのロゴ入り帽子か わいいなーって言ったらくれた My new fave cap courtesy of @nariaki0296

[DeepRiver]

Credits : Quincy Sun

[tenshi no hane]

^ Gorgeous! Makes me wanna get a physical copy instead of the iTunes one...

[bluegie]

You didn't buy the physical one?

The booklet reminds me of DR. Great photos with a great theme .

[visionfactory]

Fantome is a HMCD? What the heck is it?

[DeepRiver]

SHM-CD is a digital optical disc data storage manufacturing process. It is an improved compact disc product with the greatest change being a different polycarbonate material that allows more precise physical representation of stored bits during pressing and less laser scatter during reading. These improvements aim to facilitate playback by producing fewer errors and potentially better sound quality. SHM-CDs are played on a standard CD player.

This process was developed in Japan by Universal Music Japan and JVC. The same material can also be used to manufacture SHM-SACD discs.

Wikipedia ;-)

[Miduhyo]

^

(I have no idea what any of that means so I'm just going to nod politely)

[DeepRiver]

Mhmmm a CD who sounds a little better than another with "new special plastic" ... ;-)

[attractive nausea]

Can't wait for the leak, the booklet looks so great too

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

album is up at JPS.

edit: this is what I imagine I'd post when the album actually gets uploaded to JPS. LOL

Such a cruel joke.

[inspire_rmx]

awesome photos in the booklet! can't wait to listen to the album! bet it's gonna be great

[rikku411]

Another link for the previews on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOK...ature=youtu.be

[EndOfTheWorld]

The pages look sooo glossy.
These SHM-CD is a little complicated to explain but to put it simply, they sound better than regular CDs.
The improvement in sound quality mostly comes from the material they use to create the disc. Because of this the data(music) is able to be more precisely put onto the disc. It also helps the laser inside the CD player read the disc more accurately. Something about the material reduces laser splatter, meaning the disc is not deflecting the laser. This would result in the player getting more of the data on the disc, improving the sound quality coming from the system.
I'm not an expert but that is how I understand it. I have yet to get my hands on one of these.

[pedronekoi]

CAN'T WAIT!!!!

[xLuna&1LOVE]

I love everything so far of this album. As I said before, I was never a Hikki-fan, but this come back has intrigued me. Like most of the songs and the booklet looks gorgeous!

[S4MU3L]

The cover is the worst picture of the album, theres a lot of amazing pictures in the booklet that could work better, but oh well... in my opinion this happen with the 99% of japanese albums/singles lol

[Next_Level29]

the second track is amazing.