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Old 6th December 2012, 11:44 AM
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The remo-con remix of Wake me up is nice but I liked Shohei Matsumoto's remix for Snowy kiss way more. =)

btw Sweet scar instrumental is like a calming eargasm, it's really one of the best instrumentals. It almost doesn't have back vocals.

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Old 6th December 2012, 01:19 PM
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I like a lot this mini! Buying it as soon as I can aford it ^^



First day week sales
Spoiler:
#1--131491---EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE/SOUL SIDE- - EXILE
#2---46792---ORANGE GARDEN POP - YUI
#3---46567---GREEN GARDEN POP - YUI
#4------------SPECIAL FINAL IN DOME MEMORIAL COLLECTION - BIG BANG
#5------------[(an imitation) blood orange] - Mr. Children

Second day week sales
#1---94097---EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE/SOUL SIDE- - EXILE→
#2---24813---GREEN GARDEN POP - YUI↑
#3---24600---ORANGE GARDEN POP - YUI ↓
#4------------SPECIAL FINAL IN DOME MEMORIAL COLLECTION - BIG BANG→
#5------------[(an imitation) blood orange] - Mr. Children→


TOTAL sales at second day
#1--225588---EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE/SOUL SIDE- - EXILE
#2---71392---ORANGE GARDEN POP - YUI
#3---71380---GREEN GARDEN POP - YUI
#4------------SPECIAL FINAL IN DOME MEMORIAL COLLECTION - BIG BANG
#5------------[(an imitation) blood orange] - Mr. Children

I'd love if [again] get the 3rd position between YUI's GREEN & ORANGE
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Old 6th December 2012, 01:58 PM
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My cd has shipped! It's only a matter of time
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Old 6th December 2012, 02:04 PM
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My cd has shipped! It's only a matter of time
same!!! hope I get it tmr..if only I could track it lol
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Went to Tower Records in Shibuya but I couldn't find this release at all! So I decided to go to Tsutaya and the album was right there XD I got my friend to get a copy too! Yessss.
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Old 6th December 2012, 02:12 PM
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Old 6th December 2012, 02:34 PM
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my mini has shipped!!

I wonder how they are going to count sales for this? Just star from Sar and put it on this week, or are they going to hold it till next week and have all the sales from this week pushed over to next (cheating, but might get her that number 1)

Everything about this release is amazing... LOVE it..!
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Old 6th December 2012, 02:38 PM
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again is really great. Yeah it's not that extraordinary in musical terms to showcase her creativity, but it's a great, diverse listen nevertheless. I really like the way she approached the lyrics of the songs on this album, like the sandcastle metaphor carrying through Wake me up, the wording in Sweet scar and the repetition in Ivy.
Wake me up has those aggressive vocals and arrangement which make some of her best songs That's what I call pop-rock gone right. The meaning of this song speaks to me, too.
Sweet scar is really a throwback to the early 2000s. The arrangement seems so simple but it's actually very ear catching and all the layers really compliment each other. I love her vocals here also. It's definitely become one of my fav ballads from her.
Snowy kiss.... has fab basslines lol And out of all her psychedelic guitar solos this one ranks pretty high, I like it. I'm afraid though that I'll grow sick of the choruses soon if I listen to this a lot.
The composition of Ivy makes me think of mid-tempo songs from some decades back. It's hard to say why I like this song a lot while I didn't enjoy LOVE's tracks, when the difference is so hard to pinpoint. Maybe it's because it doesn't sound like trying too hard to stand out, so it does lol.
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I can't take any pics atm! Sorry! x__x

This release is very solid. I'm very pleased with it all, the songs are great, the pvs are a million times better than the Love songs trilogy, and she is just gorgeous in all of them

I've only seen one of trucks going around Shibuya, but that's about it with promotion. I've seen a lot of JUJU still, YUI, EXILE and AKB48 of course, and Namie is owning with magazines too. She's in most stations and magazines covers.

Ayu is pretty much not being promoted, I'm not sure why But in Tsutaya she's still got her own stand with signs that say we love ayu and stuff Since I decided to take pictures of it many people stopped and looked at what I was taking pictures of xD I was promoting ayu by being a foreigner lol
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Old 6th December 2012, 02:49 PM
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wow! the booklet pics look awesome!
i like it that they focus more on ayu.. Maro is hardly seen. great!
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Old 6th December 2012, 02:52 PM
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Missing orchestra version is totally awesome!! I don't really like the original version but this one is perfection!!
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I love this mini and im so glad my copies shipped!!
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When will we get the PVs??
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Old 6th December 2012, 04:27 PM
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The music before the chorus in Ivy reminds me greatly of the bridge part in Thank U.
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Old 6th December 2012, 07:48 PM
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Any news about the PV though?
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Old 6th December 2012, 08:18 PM
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Combining LOVE+again it could make one of the best mini albums!!

LOVE again (or another title)
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01. Wake me up
02. Missing
03. Snowy kiss
04. Ivy
05. Sweet scar
06. Song 4 u
07. Melody
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Old 6th December 2012, 08:25 PM
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^ You need to include You & Me in the tracklist I think.

I wanna make it a secret track to follow Melody. Then those who have been clamouring for another secret track will be fulfilled.
Also, the song kinds feels like an ending.
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^^ i dont know how I feel about that...
I kinda like the way she did it because they seem to convie (for me at least) two different themes. They are both about LOVE, but the lyrics and sound and just over all tone makes it different.

^ I actually kinda of did this with my ipod... I made my own track lists of ayumi era's and this one is called 'In LOVE, again' and will include all the new music from You and Me to the last release.
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Old 6th December 2012, 08:28 PM
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I'm still so shocked at how good "again" is. After one of the lowest points of her career musically we get one of her highest, if not the highest - just one month later.
Though, to be fair, a low point in Ayumi's career is goo to great for most other Pop singers.
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Old 6th December 2012, 08:30 PM
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I just called it "Love Me Again" and included you and me first

See, it combines both minis + you and me.
and the album uses the titles from both minis and connects them with the ME from you and me.
I feel so poetic.
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