NEXT LEVEL tracklist + CD2+DVD cover

[ian lim]

dont like the hair style for a cover...

[Evolution7/4]

I;m personally more optimistic about this release than most people. Seems Ayu can never make some people happy...
Love her hairdo on the cover, It technically is something she already has done! She had the same hairdo for Free& Easy at Arena Tour 2002.

[maikaru]

it reminds me of Poker face pv with all the tvs.. ahaha

[ayu_adict]

OMG!!! THE COVER IS AMAZIN!!!
SHE LOOKS SOOOOOOOOOOOO GORGEOUS!!

TOTALLT LOVED IT!

[AyuHamasaki01]

you have got to be kiddin' me ....

[Diana]

I love the tracklist But the cover is.. pretty bad for me :/ I'm waiting for CD+DVD cover Thanx!

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

The difference this time though, is in the past, if she had to delay a release she could. (And she did do that a few times) But in this case, the album has to get out the door by Mar. 31st or else it won't count. That's the only logical explanation for why the date of Mar. 25th was chosen and then afterwords do a mad dash to finish the album and all the pvs in time, while sacrificing promo for Rule (and so far it seems even the album itself) in order to meet such a quick release date. That's what I don't like about it- even if parts of the album are left unfinished, even if it may sound finished to listeners, we will never know whether they actually had something else in mind but simply just weren't allowed the time to finish it properly.

Well, I don't really believe it's all going like this... She usually releases albums by december/january and I'm considering this change in the release date of this album as more time to create... She is rushing with all the pv filming right now but I think some of the music was already done before (pretty much what happened to "talkin' 3 myself", when she said that the track was all done before than glitter/fated, even if it was realeased months latter..).

About the lack of rule lives... I don't know... maybe she is waiting for the DBE movie... Just like she did with mirrorcle world, waiting for the A Complete release and them really making performaces of it...

By the away... If Utada with the way she takes her time to release her music is busy working night and day because she will release her album soon (even if we are not seeing what she is doing, she talked a lot about how busy is these days), I'm not surprise that Ayu is like that right now, she likes to work like that...

[SunshineSlayer]

^ Ayu DID do promotion of Mirrorcle World the week it came out.

[jbrat2219]

^ Not nearly as much as when A COMPLETE came out, though...

I think when she's able, she do a lot of promotion...

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

^ Not nearly as much as when A COMPLETE came out, though...

I think when she's able, she do a lot of promotion...

I think there was an equal number of performances. MW didn't have many TV perfs. cuz she was on tour.

[kuri♥ayu]

i would like to believe that even though this album is "rushed" in a sense, it doesn't mean that it's going to be bad. i mean after reading all those TA messages and photo captions of how hard ayu works & how much she cares about her fans, i don't think she would be like "oh, we don't have time. so just throw it together however it is. should be good enough". she talked about how some recording days went well, and others didn't. and she would be very upset after a day like that and even cry. i think ayu takes too much pride in her work to do something like purposely let an album out that isn't to her standards. i have faith in the girl!

[maikaru]

we all know that she herself has said that she always works until the very end of her deadline..
it's no difference this time. ahaha
The cover is not my favorite but I dont hate it.. its different.
I am also very interested in the tracklist..
People are saying these are weird titles now, but then..
When loveppears came out, wouldn't "And then" and "Love:refrain" look weird too? ahaha
Just wait for the songs~

[SunshineSlayer]

^ Oh, there is no doubt that she likes to procrastinate. And it doesn't mean that the album will be bad either. I just know that if I were the artist, I would at least want to have the option of postponing in case I didn't think something was up to standard. (anything from the covers, to the pvs, to the music itself) But it at least appears in this case that she doesn't have that option whether she likes it or not. I just want to make sure we get the highest quality product possible. Not Avex shareholders 1st, quality 2nd.

btw, And Then and Love:Refrain are good titles imo. ^_^

[NintendoHTF1242]

And Then is fine, srsly, that's a nice title, it's like "And Then this happened to me..."

refrain, isn't that some sort of song definition?

The only weird titles she's had are STEP you, Bold & Delicious, and Are You Wake Up? But the ones on NEXT LEVEL take the cake for being weird

[GRACE]

I think weird titles are great :3 They make you anticipate more. A typical title can sometimes give away what kind of song it is, but a weird title makes you go "wtf" right till you finally get to hear it =D

[joshohhhhh]

The titles are sparking interest, and that's all that matters. I prefer interesting song titles. Why would I want something boring?

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

^ i totally agree i think the non-typical titles are exciting. i think most people just like something they can count on and something that's predictable because every time ayu does something different or something not expected, people shoot it down.

[SheFliesHigher]

"Load of the SHUGYO"? WHAT?!

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

Hope she didn't go to the NEXT LEVEL with the interludes and 5 made the album instead!



i love the cover!

[duque]

^god NO!