new album "A ONE" 2015.04.08 in stores II

[Coelacanth]

She whipped out the textbook of Ayu musical tropes for this album, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The previews sound quite promising.

The GIFT almost sounds like a parody of C-pop, lmao. The schmaltz is at an all-time high.

[Mari-chan]

I really like Story the most.
And I totaly dislike Warning so far. Maybee I like it more, when I heard the full song. But.. I really don't like the musik.
And I'm also not a big fan of "The show must go on".
But.. I need full songs, to say, if I really like the songs or not.

[Yoake]

A ONE seems to be a good album. I can't say that I'll love it because of the quality of the preview. I need a better sound's quality to have a view. However all the songs sound promising. After the disaster of Colours, I'm glad to see Ayu's face and only Ayu's face in my mind when I'm listening the songs again.
The only thing that bother me is the must show go on that really is a copy and paste of snowy kiss's melody and not something that sounds similar to. I wonder why she did that! Does she want to link both songs? And why? I hope she'll explain it in an interview.

[Coelacanth]

My guesses for composers...

NO FUTURE - TK
The Show Must Go On - TK
Out of control - Yukumi
WARNING - Yuta Nakano (or possibly Kazuhiro Hara)
Story - Yuta Nakano (or possibly Kunio Tago)

The Show Must Go On sounds similar to snowy kiss in a lot of ways, but at least that one verse in the preview helps to offset the tension in the chorus. snowy kiss is just a tense song all the way through, it's almost exhausting to listen to.

[Kanariyatachi]

Love the album so far. On the other hand, I really have a problem with Show Must Go On. It makes me feel like I'm listening to snowy kiss and then there is some other melody, which gives me a weird, confusing feeling that something is just wrong. Which is kind of sad for me, because I like this melody better. So I hope I'll get used to it after some time.
For now, Show Must Go On and snowy kiss are more of a one song split into two for me. That's too much to say that they're similar.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I can't wait to get these in full HQ~

For now I'm assuming the similarity is intentional. I personally don't think Ayu wouldn't have noticed lol.

No Future needs to be in my life right now.

[freedreamer]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

The more I listen to The Show Must Go On, the angrier I get lmao. Even the phrasing is a dead ringer for snowy kiss. UGHHHHHHH I AM SO MAD

I KNOW RIGHT?!?! omg..how could she NOT hear it..but maybe its a reply to snowy kiss...since that was a breakup song

I LOVE Warning and Story omgggg those two are amazing already

Need time to get used to The GIFT and support my own local talent LOL

No Future is really unique for me. It kept changing. Out of control was out of control. I need to hearit properly again LOL

[Corvina]

Hm, with those better previews I don't know what to think.
From the two ballads The Gift sounds defintitely better than Story.
WARNING is intense, No Future reminds me of sending mail, idk.
The show must go on sounds interesting, glad it seems to be the main theme song.
With Out of control I'm pretty indifferent ríght now. But I swear I hear antoher song of hers in it, I just don't know which one...
Hm, so much similarities to other songs. Hope it's just an current impression.

[YuraiNamida]

For me the ranking for interest now is: The Show Must Go On > WARNING > No FUTURE > Story > The GIFT > Out of control

[freedreamer]

Now that I have my earphones

Out of control seems to join the leagues of Liar-It was-call-Letter-Last links-Tell me why. But i love those songs for their rawness and just..stripped down nature.

NO FUTURE sounds REALLY GOOOOOD OMG

The Show Must Go On..ok yes still sounds like snowy kiss but it soundssss much more uplifting and energetic. I just dislike the phrasing that sounds exactly like snowy kiss. The music sounds divine haha

The GIFT's chorus is beautiful something which Story lacks A LITTLE (but the verses of Story are way better, so nostalgic)

[aliceshields]

I listened the previews, I thought I heard Snowy Kiss when the Show Must Go On on.

The Gift, song isn't bad but it missing something.

I like Story, No Future and Warning =)

[freedreamer]

Need to know lyrics now >< LOL

[Heavenly]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

Need to know lyrics now >< LOL

And I need the covers xD

[Gustavopc]

I'm gonna wait for the full tunes cause when it comes to ayu, previews are always tricky for me...

But from what I've read, the album does seem promising, and from what we got from these lyrics, A(L)ONE doesn't sound like a distant possible meaning for the title

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I haven't listened to previews and won't. But, I don't like talk of snowy kiss replica because that was already too similar to sending mail which was better anyway.

You're gonna DIE when you finally hear it lmao. It's like, literally snowy kiss except even HIGHER and MORE grating. Oh my god, I never imagined ANYONE could make a song this grating or somehow outdo snowy kiss in that department lmao

[Ayumi Romania]

After the previews I can say:

Warning - This is my favorite so far
The GIFT - Not a big fan of this
No Future - I like it very much, I like this kind of songs
Out Of Control - I love this song!
The Show Must Go On -I like the intro of this song
Story - Amazing ballad, love it

[maxikot]

Fantasic previews! While Premium Showcase was more western, this is Ayu all over! I want an album and Tour nooooow!

[tsumekaze_]

NO FUTURE is honestly the love child of Like a Doll and FRIEND II.

Was I the only one to notice?

[brener]

WARNING - This one is really good
The GIFT - Such a cute ballad, loved it
NO FUTURE - Like a Doll pt. 2? and I thinks it's way better than its sister song
Out of control - My favorite song so far, it's awesome
The Show Must Go On - snowy kiss pt. 2? This is the one I liked less
Story - I really love this winter-ish ballads, ayu does it the finest way

[RealLight]

My thoughts on these new previews:

Warning: Still the shit, best song so far;
The GIFT: Still nice, but nothing special;
NO FUTURE: 50/50, somethimes it was nice, sometimes i wanted to skip it;
Out of control: meh...
The Show Must Go On: Reminds me so much of Snowy kiss, it sound so much like it, but unlike Snowy, i liked this one;
Story: Now i find it kinda lovely, the hq sound really helped to show it more.