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Old 6th November 2012, 04:25 AM
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IMO- Missing shares a problem with Beloved and some tracks from Party Queen. It's like they're wrote trying to make it sound like she's writing about Mannie to add to suspicions of the fans while when asked in interviews, she says none were.

Song 4 U, I'd say is her most honest lyrics about her personal life in that she sings about the sun and moon shining like she's been writing to Natsuki all year on Twitter.

Melody, continues to sing along the same lines as Song 4 U, giving it very honest lyrics also.




@Zeke btw if fans look closely a the translations of Beloved, I think you will find Ayumi hid a very nice little secret in that song. It includes direct translations(where foreign fans are concerned) and exact wording I'm sure(where japanese fans are concerned) of things fans have written to Ayumi about how much she means to them.

She also did something similar with atleast 1 track on Love Songs.

While I think "MISSING" destroys an otherwise 1st for Ayumi in many years where the lyrics could have been all focused on her real life, with 2 out of 3 being so honest in how she wrote them & leave me wondering what was said in the Numero Tokyo interview titled "LOVE & My Truth" It becomes my favorite release since Rock n Roll Circus.

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Old 6th November 2012, 04:37 AM
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Missing is the best song on the album, really. I can see why some people feel its a leftover track from Love Songs. Song 4 u's chorus is fantastic but the rest of the song is alright. Melody is alright but definitely the least memorable of the songs however its remix injected new life into the song and reminded me of that Days 8bit remix, albeit a lot better. The remocon remix was also good. The Osawa and Dubscribe remixes were terrible on the other hand.

The Pvs were pretty boring. I supposed I should be grateful Timmy didn't pop out from under her skirt in Song 4 u, but the PVs seriously undermined the songs especially in song 4 u.

All in all, I think that if the songs don't end up on another album in a few months, I will probably get the CD only version. Since I can only compare it to her other minis, I can say that it is definitely superior to Five in terms of the the number of songs I enjoyed listening to.
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Old 6th November 2012, 07:23 AM
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This is honestly the best thing she's done in a long while for me. The PVs were boring, but beautiful. The songs I probably will listen to in certain moods. But, I don't dislike anything about this release. It gives me good vibes. I haven't felt like this in a while.
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Old 6th November 2012, 11:34 AM
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song 4 u - catchy song, great arrangement, only problem is that it's too similar to progress. she could have deviated a little more from the formula of that song. the 'yeah yeah yeah' bit is a great climax to the song, which might make it *slightly* stronger than progress for me.

Missing - as many others have said, song of the EP. Has that familiar Ayu sound that made most of us fans. Only negative is that she's done this type of song so, so many times before. I hear Voyage. I hear momentum. I hear M. I hear most of her mid-tempo songs. But who cares when it sounds this good?

Melody - on the plus side, the only song on the EP that doesn't sound like the reincarnate of other Ayu songs. on the negative side, its a little bland. But the bass line is nice and guitars towards the end of the song give it a well needed lift to end on a higher note.
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Old 6th November 2012, 01:47 PM
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I actually like the dubstep, I love the Eurobeat Ayu stuff though, maybe that's why I enjoy the dubstep stuff....

I rated Song 4 U 4 stars in iTunes on first listen and Missing/Melody both 5. I think I like Missing more.......the lyrics are really powerful.
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Old 7th November 2012, 01:49 AM
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Melody - on the plus side, the only song on the EP that doesn't sound like the reincarnate of other Ayu songs. on the negative side, its a little bland. But the bass line is nice and guitars towards the end of the song give it a well needed lift to end on a higher note.
this pretty much sums it up for me
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Old 7th November 2012, 02:17 AM
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I'm gonna wear Missing out pretty soon since it's the only one I ever really WANT to replay. Then I will say "ok I guess I can listen to Melody / Song 4 u"

I like the intro of Melody, and the verses, but the pre-chorus/ I just don't like at all. It's like, dragging it out and out. I usually love the nostalgic concert ending type songs (winding road, Beautiful Day, Replace) or the not-so-climactic types (HOPE or PAIN, untitled ~for her~) and the mid-tempo acoustic rock songs (Life, Last Links) - so one would think I would love Melody. But, it's at the bottom of the list for those type of songs.
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Old 7th November 2012, 02:52 AM
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song 4 u - OK but nothing special. I just like it.

Missing - star of this mini album, love it.

Melody - could take it or leave it. maybe it'll grow more on me.
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Old 8th November 2012, 03:06 AM
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I felt Missing was definitely the strongest track on the single album and my personal favourite. Song 4 U is my second favourite; sounds like a mashup of Progress and one of her earlier songs from Loveppears (but not as good lol). And then there's Melody...meh.
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Old 9th November 2012, 09:30 AM
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Just given a quick listening, it reminds me of A BEST-I am.. era, quite happy even though teh songs didn't make me a great impression, generally I like the sound
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Old 9th November 2012, 06:17 PM
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I enjoy this release pretty much although Melody is a track kind of placed for later times. Love the sound of Song 4 u and missing, cannot decide which is better for me since both of them i find of good quality. PV"s have nice concept and although i don't feel bored during song 4 u i would prefer the game presented there to be the part of something bigger. I had a thought that maybe on "again" there will be a continuation of this scene cause the ending is simply dull. Missing PV is simply nice but that's it about it.

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Old 9th November 2012, 07:10 PM
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1. Song 4 u:
I like it. I don't think it's short at ALL. I prefer songs to be short and sweet in most cases.

2. Missing:
The beast of the album, hands down. Amazing all around, except for the 4:09 mark.

3. Melody:
Hated at first, but now I can appreciate it. It gives me butterflies and warm fuzzies.

I love the You & Me instrumental too!

Overall, Im glad that I bought the CD
can't wait for it.
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1. Song 4 u: I like it, but its not the greatest. The other two songs on the album are better.

2. Missing: I've worn this song out BUT I recently fell in love with the lyrics. Some parts just resonate with me. Hasn't happened since fairyland.

3. Melody: I've worn THIS song out to death. 105 plays and counting, in LESS than a week. Thats a record for me. It sounds like CAROLS, but I like it more. Weird. I only like it because of Ayu's voice. LOL I never thought I'd every say that seriously. Whatever.

I like all the remixes. Call me crazy.
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Old 9th November 2012, 07:24 PM
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the only thing I can say about this album is that
Melody is the weak link, remix included.
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Old 10th November 2012, 06:55 AM
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Honestly for me, Song 4 u rocked my socks.
I find it so much better than progress in so many aspects (though I wish it was a tad bit longer....but just not progress long).
Missing's nice, I guess. I'm still trying to get used to it, unfortunately.
Melody's decent too. I seriously love the high note she belts out at the end. It reminds me alot of her LOVEppears-I am... days.

The PV's though were really lackluster.
Song 4 u could've had a much better climax and Missing could've had...well, a better, more coherent and cohesive story instead of Ayu just walking through a field with people falling into the skys.
I mean, I love the concept for the both of them, but like someone said earlier, they focused way too much on one idea/technique, rather than the story itself.

Out of all the remixes, I only enjoyed the orchestrated version of Song 4 u.
The You & me remixes were...bland.
The dubstep Missing was kind of unnecessary and totally ruins the feel of the song. Melody was actually okay, just not that mind blowing.

Overall, an okay mini album. IMO FIVE's much better than this.
I think this would have been better off just being a single without any of the remixes ('sides the orchestra one, of course).
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Old 10th November 2012, 07:32 AM
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Song 4 u: Loved it when I heard it on the Xillia 2 trailer. It's my most played song on iTunes right now. It's my most favorite song of the three and the Orchestra Version isn't too bad either.

Missing: I don't know how to feel about this song. It's not bad, but the song doesn't really do anything for me. I've listened to it three times so far and I seem to like it less each time.

Melody: So boring I can't even get through the whole song. Next.

Remixes: The You & Me remixes I already heard when they were digital singles. I don't like the song anyway, so they got skipped automatically. The Missing remix was kinda bad. The beat didn't seem to fit the song to me. Melody's remix I actually kinda liked.

Overall, LOVE was pretty meh to me. I expected to only like Song 4 u and not much else, and I was pretty much right. That's why I didn't buy this. Maybe I'll like what's on Again enough to warrant a purchase.
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Old 10th November 2012, 10:52 AM
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So my pre-ordered LOVE has finally arrived. I like the 3 songs except that strange pause in Melody. Also I was disappointed to see only 3 pics in the booklet Her vocals are great though. I'm glad she's finally improved them.

And the last thing I don't like is no promotion. When ASB was released, we at least had some magazines shoots, but this tme there's only Numero, it was great, but it's not enough. And you know, I'm in Japan now, I've been visiting Tsutaya and other CD, DVD shops to see ayu's stands and watch some previews and so.. and you know, there was literally no stand! nowhere! there were AKB, Arashi, JUJU and no ayu at all!! I wonder how people will know about LOVE if there's no announcement, no promotion and so. That's really sad.
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Old 10th November 2012, 11:25 AM
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aww thats so sad to hear about, I hate when it is really a great release from ayu and theres is like NO prmotion at all like well Ayu maybe you had it enough already during your golden era and that now you didnt bother about it more

about LOVE, so i dont really like the PVs,it is not like I dont like but more to it is boring I want some story inside each PV, like Missing I want more emo Ayu in it,surprisingly she more calm and in the end she seems a bit at the edge of getting angry or something xD and Song 4 U too, ah just please take another director for 'again' , I hope so Ayu!

Melody i think this is my first favorite song and then Missing and Song 4 U. All songs are strong enough and had their speciality in it! so im enjoying this release so much! didnt get bored even I played it hundred times already! xD
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Old 11th November 2012, 02:09 AM
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I think this is a really solid release! It's more a glorified maxi-single than a mini-album, but the three new songs are excellent. Nice remixes too.
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Old 12th November 2012, 01:06 AM
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Has Melody grown on anyone big-time? I'm finding it to be my favourite song from this release now. The composition & arrangement are fantastic, you can really hear all the intracacies of the instruments on bigger speakers. And it's pretty catchy.
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Old 12th November 2012, 01:07 AM
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^ Yes, right here
I love how its so romantic
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