New album 'Party Queen' out 03/21 information thread [II]

[femtrooper]

Yay!!! More Next Level fans! I thought it was an amazing album, honestly!!! It was so fun, yet serious at the same time. The actual song 'Next Level' is AMAZING. It's so inspiring. Everytime I listen to it I feel like I'm in motion.

[Zeke.]

The only great thing about NEXT LEVEL are the interludes. Seriously, some of the best interludes of her career (Bridge To The Sky is my absolute favorite, followed by everlasting dream and then ARIA), although Disco-munication has to be one of her worst. NEXT LEVEL the song is rather dull - I love the arrangement though and the overall atmosphere of the song - but the chorus is such a letdown; I wish we had an instrumental. I have since grown to like the song for what it is. EnergizE is fun, but I listened to it so much when the album came out that I have grown tired of it. rollin' is annoying and repetitive - not in a good way. I used to love identity but the verses are rather odd - I do not like the feel that they give off. LOVE'n'HATE is another song I really dislike. Curtain Call is terrible.

As far as the singles go, I love Days and always will (but I do not allow myself to listen to it until the first snowfall of each winter, makes it more special - having my first winter smoke while listening to it this year and the snow falling in the afternoon was magical). GREEN I like as well. I was obsessed with Sparkle (like everyone else) when it first came out, but since then my love for the song has simmered - still a great song but I don't find myself nearly as amazed by it now as I was then. Rule is way to hectic for me.

So really, this album is rather boring for me. I was hoping for trance and lots of energy when the theme was revealed, but it was electronica done in a very poor, boring, and predictable way...

[love in music]

for me, NL = Bridge to the sky, NEXT LEVEL, Sparkle, Rule, GREEN, Disco-munication, and LOVE 'n' HATE. i rarely listen to the others. all of these songs/interludes are fantastic tho, so all else on the album is easily forgiven for being boring/lackluster.
GUILTY on the other hand.. I can't forgive anything on that album lmao. it's a mess.

[femtrooper]

Originally Posted by love in music

for me, NL = Bridge to the sky, NEXT LEVEL, Sparkle, Rule, GREEN, Disco-munication, and LOVE 'n' HATE. i rarely listen to the others. all of these songs/interludes are fantastic tho, so all else on the album is easily forgiven for being boring/lackluster.
GUILTY on the other hand.. I can't forgive anything on that album lmao. it's a mess.

So true! Those are all my favourite tracks from NL!

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

taskebab...smdh. LOL
I just wish we knew which of the rest of the songs were full songs.

[TeamAyu2004]

I just want the album! lol

[kendelle]

Curtain Call is probably my favourite album closer ever <3

Remember when the title came out and we were all going "omg she's retiring!!!" xD But the song and the one-take PV was amazing. I loved that technique in HEAVEN, too...

I really should just bite the bullet and order the CD+3DVD version because we're pretty broke for the next few weeks since I've been off work with no pay but I just waaaaaaaaaaaaaaant that limited version! xD

[thinkingoutloud89]

Haha its funny how everyone hates the tracks I love. I actually rarely listen to a full ayu album. I have playlists and all with fitting songs.

NEXT LEVEL had great tracks. I love disco-munication, LOVE n HATE, curtain call, NEXT LEVEL and the singles (altough, except for sparkle, none was fitting)
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with RnR I rarly listen to countdown or meaning of LOVE but they are nice tracks. apart from that I really like everything I think.

Love songs has to be the best since years and is the only album since miss understood I still listen to from Track 1 to the end.

and with FIVE. beloved is just to long for me and progress feels underproduced (her voice sounds so overdone). I loved the collabs. I'm a URATA Fan and his solo album is great. I which, she has more collabs in future since she went solo for years now. BRILLIANT is just another perfection like alterna, kiss or kill, Like a doll, Marionette and so on...

[AyusJewel]

I want a new concept and not a similar to...-album...

every ayu-album had a good atmosphere...one more one less...and sure, i think "Party Queen" will be an electronic-pop-album or something like that too. But she would never give us an album, who sounds similar to an another album.

Think about "Guilty" and "Rock'n'Roll Circus"
Sure, both have the same musicgenre but i don't think, there is anything similar....

[TeamAyu2004]

the barebones of it ayu's albums are different, but the feel sometimes you can compare... I for one never want the same album, but I like thinking that you can compare them to others that she has done!

[ayu_ready?]

so far I haven't liked any of Ayu's London/foreign works albums (RnRC, Love songs, FIVE), Love songs has Do it again & November which are my abolute favs, but that's all, and FIVE has BRILLIANTE, but that's all and I decided to eliminate RnRC from my ayuhistory

[PoetGirl]

she gets stronger and stronger with each release imo. I dont know is it me going through similar things but FIVE was perfect, sometimes I wish it was a full album. Slight flirtation with j-rnb was such a fresh air. Especially after safe Love Songs and RnRC, at least I thought of it as safe with her casual listeners and fans. Each track speaks for itself how strong it is. I can't doubt Party Queen will be something strong and fresh too.

[Earth_maiden]

Originally Posted by kendelle

Curtain Call is probably my favourite album closer ever <3

Remember when the title came out and we were all going "omg she's retiring!!!" xD But the song and the one-take PV was amazing. I loved that technique in HEAVEN, too...

+1

Curtain Call is one of my favourite tracks of all time, same for the PV.

Honestly, there are very, very few Ayu songs that I outright dislike, disregarding the ASFXX album. Heck, I loathed SURREAL until 2010, I didn't see what the big deal was, I thought it was such a boring and utterly stupid song.

But the only songs I dislike are Close to you, No Way to Say, Free & Easy, crossroad, CAROLS and Connected. Everything else is awesome in my book.

[RayJason]

taskebab.... The title leaves me speechless everytime I read it... Not in a good way... I can see ayu going all 'GIVE ME YOUR KEBAB, wowowowow yeah yeah yeah"....

[Kazeyomi]

I don't even know how it sound, but I already love taskebab (haha ). Cannot wait to listen to it.

[AyumiAi]

Originally Posted by kendelle

Curtain Call is probably my favourite album closer ever <3

Remember when the title came out and we were all going "omg she's retiring!!!" xD But the song and the one-take PV was amazing. I loved that technique in HEAVEN, too...

YES THIS!! CUrtain Call for me is such beautiful and pure perfection!! X)

I have a feeling I'm gunna end up buying the 5DVD box set because I just got paid for a commerical I did so I have money!!!!

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by RayJason

taskebab.... The title leaves me speechless everytime I read it... Not in a good way... I can see ayu going all 'GIVE ME YOUR KEBAB, wowowowow yeah yeah yeah"....

Meh, somehow I doubt it, considering NONE of the 'task' interludes have any kind of ayu vocals whatsoever.

[ayu_ready?]

Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

+1

Curtain Call is one of my favourite tracks of all time, same for the PV.

Honestly, there are very, very few Ayu songs that I outright dislike, disregarding the ASFXX album. Heck, I loathed SURREAL until 2010, I didn't see what the big deal was, I thought it was such a boring and utterly stupid song.

But the only songs I dislike are Close to you, No Way to Say, Free & Easy, crossroad, CAROLS and Connected. Everything else is awesome in my book.

That what means that tastes differ!because I can't see how u can do not like these songs, which are my all-time favs

[inspire_rmx]

can't wait for the album!! and i'm secretly hoping for a CREA song. hee

[YUKARI]

tbh the only decent song from her recent (relatively recent) which I really loved for real is GREEN... and it was released in 2008

hope her new stuff will impress me.