[Charts & Rankings] The 6th Oricon Thread of NEXT LEVEL ~Final Spark~

[TITANIC]

sales decrease 100 copies each week.. thats so good.....
next is to defeat I am... chart life

[waterballoon]

Omg @ Days hate lol.

But it's one of my favorite albums from Ayu... I just love how happy and carefree it is~

And wow, it's doing really well in the charts! Maybe this IS the NEXT LEVEL of her chart... horrible first week sales but omg longevity, hahah.

[KarenPang]

it took me FOREVER to grow on Days . Also it helps that I prefer GREEN by a long shot , song wise

anyway I'm happy in the way that NEXT LEVEL's performing & it has crossed 375K

it will hit 376K soon which's nice

[jbrat2219]

I'm so glad it's charting so well! I wonder why this album has better longevity than some her previous albums but the lowest sales compared to the previous albums...? Interesting.

And LOL@ all the Days hate!!! xD; Wtf guys, come on!!! It's not THAT bad!! hahaha

[Corvina]

Add me to the list, i'm also a Days hater! XD
I don't know, I just can't stand the song, it's horrible.

But I still love Next Level as an album (except for Days, haha). It's the first album I like the majority of her songs.

[Teppei-chan]

Wow,
I never thought that NEXT LEVEL would been so long in the charts but it's great that people still buy it.

[zyoeru]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Add me to the list, i'm also a Days hater! XD
I don't know, I just can't stand the song, it's horrible.

But I still love Next Level as an album (except for Days, haha). It's the first album I like the majority of her songs.

IMO the remixes on Rule/Sparkle make it a lot nicer. It's also bearable live.

I'm really loving this longevity. COME BEAT I am...!!

[Ayu_Ready]

Ayu can be so pride ! Who can do this =D

It's great =3

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by zyoeru

IMO the remixes on Rule/Sparkle make it a lot nicer. It's also bearable live.

I've nerver listened to it. I avoid everything with Days written on it, but maybe I should give this a try. XD

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by Corvina

I've nerver listened to it. I avoid everything with Days written on it, but maybe I should give this a try. XD

Oh dear. Girl, you're missing out on so much... Days is literally her best song...

[Crystal_Ageha]

For me, Days is even THAT much better when comparing it to GREEN, lol... That's definitely in my top ten least favourite Ayu songs ever. >.>

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

Oh dear. Girl, you're missing out on so much... Days is literally her best song...

Tastes are different. Fortunately.^^

[waterballoon]

^ I agree with that. XD

[zyoeru]

Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha

For me, Days is even THAT much better when comparing it to GREEN, lol... That's definitely in my top ten least favourite Ayu songs ever. >.>

:O I love GREEN.

[brener]

I'm so pride of that!! Ayu does stay strong!!

[love in music]

the acoustic orchestra version of days is beautiful.. i still think it's much better than the original. and i rarely hear of anyone hating GREEN, that's new

[TeddyGrahams]

So weird, haha, I used to think GREEN > Days, but after hearing and listening the lyrics in depth, it's a better song. Now Days is one of my favorites from Ayu, while GREEN is just a good song.

I think one of the reasons that Next level is still charting is that days is such a good song. haha, look at it still on the download charts.

[njanjayrp]

^ the only thing Days lacks is an amazing arrangement and composition - GREEN is superior when it comes to those.

[do it again]

if her voice in GREEN sounded like the Panasonic commercial in the final product, i would love the song so much more. her deep voice and the vibrato detract from how amazing the song is. i'm really not a fan of Days. she has many ballads that stick with me and i adore, and Days is not one of them. the orchestra version is beautiful, though... the arrangement, that is.

i wish there was an orchestra version of HEAVEN. HEAVEN × DAISHI DANCE has an amazing 30 second orchestra intro, i wish there was a full version of something like that.

although to be more on topic, i do have to say that i was one of those that it took a while for NEXT LEVEL to grow on. at first i thought the songs were forgettable, which to me still some are, but there's nothing really bad on the album. rollin' is one of my favorite songs... the intro is my ringtone, actually! not the mario music but when it starts getting more intense.

[Not~Yet]

I think Days is one of those songs that you have to be in a certain mindset to love it... And after it it will have a place in your heart or something.

Now I don't even know why I hated it in the first place. I remember thinking Ayu's singin was dragging and the melody reminded me of some christmas carol. xD But now I really adore the song. My thoughts of the song now: Ayu's vocal's are very clear and smooth, the melody is very simple but beautiful and the violins in the background are just perfect.

Oh and I also love the repeating piano melody (there's a better name for it but I can't remember) during instrumental parts.

But well yeah everyone can't like everything she releases. I know because I'm still in the minority that dislikes Curtain Call... xD Well, maybe someday....