A ONE and CDL 2014-2015 covers

[～※人魚※～]

I was expected for something iconic and epic so I'm pretty disappointed with covers. CDL cover is too much photoshop.

[Refix]

The BD editions was nice although it was so generic for her. Slash that. All cover was generic. In the other hand, CDL cover was tacky.

[rikku1994]

Only Ayu can turn selfies and turn it into an album cover. Kind of expecting the usual "A" logo tho

[~StarCatcher~]

I loooooove those covers ♥

[ayu_ready?]

really like the album covers

[relmy]

The album covers are a bit magazine but they're really pretty. I like the CD+DVD and +Bluray a lot. Her eye is weiiird on the CD+DVD though, I can't unsee it and it's ruining the photo.

The CDL covers just look awkward and too edited, did they even edit on the rabbit ears?

[jbrat2219]

I think the album cover fits the songs. Would people prefer another Party Queen cover for them to be 'interesting'?

[title156]

I adore the album covers!! Her natural look makes the covers amazing. And the typography makes the covers elegant.

[SpiceSquad!]

me like it..

a lot

[sitara]

um yaaawn...
Hey, remember the time when Ayu made an effort making album artwork with a concept?
Like I am... or Rainbow??

Good times those were!

[truehappiness]

It was also a weird time for her as a person though judging from interviews. She obsessed over her image and starved herself to be skinny among other things... wasn't healthy. I think she's let go of a lot of that aside from her concert standards.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

It was also a weird time for her as a person though judging from interviews. She obsessed over her image and starved herself to be skinny among other things... wasn't healthy. I think she's let go of a lot of that aside from her concert standards.

She's almost 40 now. I think she should be able to assert and convey that kind of vision and strength in image with more control over her insecurities than she had in the past.

[sitara]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

It was also a weird time for her as a person though judging from interviews. She obsessed over her image and starved herself to be skinny among other things... wasn't healthy. I think she's let go of a lot of that aside from her concert standards.

I don't quite see the connection you are trying to make here.
She can be healthy and confident and still have album covers with concept and meaning. I guess she just can't be bothered.

[Delirium-Zer0]

Originally Posted by sitara

I don't quite see the connection you are trying to make here.
She can be healthy and confident and still have album covers with concept and meaning. I guess she just can't be bothered.

Inspiration doesn't come as easily when you're mostly satisfied and happy. You see it all throughout artistic & creative works through time - great artists tend to make their best work when they're dealing with tragedy or personal conflict.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by sitara

I don't quite see the connection you are trying to make here.
She can be healthy and confident and still have album covers with concept and meaning. I guess she just can't be bothered.

She used to be extremely strict about her image and controlled every aspect of her look and everything that went out. Nowadays, probably after 2009/2010, she stopped being as control freakish and kinda just went with the flow for releases. I mean, I don't know if the Ayu of 2001-2002 would have let that CDL cover go out in the form it is in since it's a little rough around the edges.

I know it might be 'reaching' for a reason as to why she might be lacking in a 'fully realized look' in her CD covers (as opposed to just pretty shots), but it seems to make sense given the timeframes. However, I don't think she's really been much for concept OR meaning to be honest when it comes to her covers if you really look back at what we've had from album to album.

Also I think she was probably the most 'creative' around her peak around A BEST/A BALLADS and then reverted back to 'pretty' for covers after that. (see: I am..., RAINBOW, A BALLADS, ayu-mi-x IV, etc.) It also really depends on the photographer she has at the time IMO and Leslie Kee probably satisfied the most fans before becoming a scandalous individual to the fanbase.

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

However, I don't think she's really been much for concept OR meaning to be honest when it comes to her covers if you really look back at what we've had from album to album.

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, this. The only ones that seemed to be deeply symbolic of anything were Duty, I am..., RAINBOW, PQ, and I guess A BALLADS? (I'm sure I'm forgetting something but still, they obviously aren't really the norm for her.) For the most part, she's always been about pretty face/glamor shots. The only real difference with A ONE (and LOVE again and Colours... and Secret... and probably some others lmao) is that nowadays they don't really have any intriguing aesthetic theme going on and are just... pleasant and pretty regardless of how well it really matches the music inside.

[Max_ZZZ]

Im really interested to hear her artwork direction lol. "We did these for popteen but... they represented my album so here they are lol!" Or im off and theres some random meaning behind a nice picture?

[Deep snow]

HOLY SHIT I LOVE THE ALBUM COVERS. CD-only is definitely my favorite. Blu-ray version seems -just- a tad off, while the CD+DVD is just good.

The CDL covers, on the other hand, are total catastrophe.

[yoshino]

aww the covers with Ayu just being pretty again.

Somewhat expected this simple type from the current Ayu. lol.

[//ABEST]

for some reason album covers looks more like single covers than album

they are super pretty tho but still singles have usually different feeling than albums