[News] Winter diary ~A7 Classical~ - release 23rd December 2015 (Thread #2)

[oaristos]

The teaser looks very promising, I can't wait to watch the full PV!

[ayumi_ed]

the new clip is a "teaser movie"...would the actual MV be somehow different?? anyway the song and the "teaser movie" are both satisfactory

[JesA]

I'm absolutely blown away by this! The arrangements are grandiose, colorful, and absolutely beautiful.

Last Minute is easily the standout. I was pretty impressed with Warning, too! I was afraid the badassery of the song would clash with the arrangement, but they really upped the epic factor for the classical arrangements.

This did exactly what I was hoping for: I wanted a new breath of life injected into Ayu's recent discography that hasn't quite felt super inspired to me. And that's what I got. I wanted a reason to love these songs, and now I do

I do worry that I'll never listen to the original mix of Last Minute now, lol. Those background vocals were horrendous, and the classical mix took them out. BLESS THE ARRANGER <3

Also: If you guys are having trouble with the vocals being low, you can always edit the EQ in your music player. And if you're listening from an Iphone or IPod, there's a vocal booster setting in the EQ

[thomas]

Out of Control is amazing. :') As it this entire album. This will probably end up in my top 3 Ayu albums.

[js_surrealism]

why does her worst song in recent years get what looks like her BEST looking PV in ages? zzz.

[AyuGAME]

OMG! The PV is so cool...so cinematic

[YukiUsagi]

Diary Itunes: www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3178651

[Delicious n Bold]

I skimmed through the video today and I liked what I saw.
What a reverse remix album experience this whole era is. I was planning on buying just the new song on iTunes but now I might just get it all. Pleasantly surprised.

[BlackSilence]

could someone be a lovely soul and upload the album on MEGA? my slow connection is taking ages to download anything now. =/ pretty please!

the video though...i didn't expect it to be so dark. This whole thing reminds me of Love song and the trilogy.

[rainbow_smile]

Originally Posted by artcika

could someone be a lovely soul and upload the album on MEGA? my slow connection is taking ages to download anything now. =/ pretty please!

the video though...i didn't expect it to be so dark. This whole thing reminds me of Love song and the trilogy.

Here you go ~ https://mega.nz/#!Y8oF2KKA!AhWkSEUsm...4Tzu6gqbdS7C7g

[BlackSilence]

Originally Posted by rainbow_smile

Here you go ~ https://mega.nz/#!Y8oF2KKA!AhWkSEUsm...4Tzu6gqbdS7C7g

thank you a million!!!!!

[melissalove]

I've got so many mixed feelings with the teaser movie, it looks very bloody. I don't know

[Yoake]

The album is a gem. My favourite classical songs are WARNING, Step by Step, Sky High, NO FUTURE, Out of Control and The Show must go on. I like how sometime it sounds as a movie music and sometime baroque-like. I don't know who is the arranger but he did a good job overal because his arrangements is rich. Usually the classical versions are mainly violin and piano. It's soooo nice to hear all the other instruments. And avove all the flute ♥. Listening to Warning or Step by step make me want to play.
Summer Diary really sound Vivaldi-like. I think the arrangement doesn't match the melody of the songs very well. It's the song I like the least on this album.

Winter Diary is amazing. Love the intro and the bridge is so nice.
The teaser looks promising. When I saw the pic I thought it would be crazy but not this kind of craziness.

[andycruize]

Fuck! TSMGO really awesome!!!! Overall this album is my favorit classics album from ayumi. Good work ayumi. This deserve no.1 position in oricon chart or iTunes chart.

[YukiUsagi]

CREA is back !!!!

[kinix]

Originally Posted by YukiUsagi

CREA is back !!!!

The lyrical crea was never gone lol.... the musical crea is the 1 been missing for years...

[Heavenly]

To me, Winter Diary's PV is gonna be a really cool one !
But I find that the video doesn't go along with the song, or is it just because I don't understand the lyrics :/ I think that the happy-X-mas tone of the chorus doesn't fit the video's theme at all...
But I'm glad that the song is finally growing on me.

And the whole album is really good ! The new arrangements are well-made, and it's finally at the level of MY STORY Classical (well, almost...).

[TheRainbow]

I wish she'd do a video for the new version of Out of control. :')

[attractive nausea]

I'm listening to the album right now : LOW VOCALS, LOW VOCALS, LOW VOCALS
I hope i can find a way to fix this because everything is super good but i just can't hear her sing

[TheRainbow]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

I'm listening to the album right now : LOW VOCALS, LOW VOCALS, LOW VOCALS
I hope i can find a way to fix this because everything is super good but i just can't hear her sing

I think it's okay for most of them, but I can't believe they were all approved as is.
Sorrows gets better after the first verse, but in The GIFT she's almost inaudible and in TSMGO the freaking title itself can barely be heard LOL. But luckily those weren't my favorite arrangements anyway. WARNING, Last minute, Step by step and Out of control are such nice surprises.