New album in 2012 ~II~

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^Love songs? I listened to it in full today, except for Thank U and Virgin Road, and SDW, simply because I just wasn't in the mood for them.

[love in music]

I only skip Sweet Season, blossom, and sending mail. but even those songs aren't so bad. Love Songs is filled with so many beautiful arrangements, I love it sfm.

[jbrat2219]

Before I had a few I'd skip but now I don't skip any unless I want to jump to a favorite.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

From Love Songs I only listen to Love Song, crossroad, Last Angel, Like a doll, and Do it again.

As a whole I think it's a good album and I can appreciate it, but I can't stand at all to listen to Sending mail or Sweet Season, November sounds like it's being played out of a plastic toy frog despite the beautiful lyrics, MOON and Virgin Road I really liked at first but got old in a matter of weeks way too quickly, Thank U is the most trite ayu song ever, and blossom never lived up to the CM I listened to 20 times a day before the song was fully released and I tried really hard to like it after [that one's my own fault].

When I think about it I only listen to half of all of Ayu's albums anyway.

[kagami]

^ That's how I am with most albums. I consider an album I listen to 5-6 songs off of a success. Ayu's albums are the rare exception.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

^As do I. I'm always surprised when someone says they don't like 4 songs from something making it a failure.

And it's not just Ayu albums for me. I actively follow 25-30+ bands from around the world, plus a couple Jpop singers (Ayu, ayaka, Kuu, Kaela primarily) and the same thing goes for everything else. I'm just picky maybe. When I find an entire album I enjoy it's a very, very rare experience... only 4 or 5 come to mind, ever.

[kagami]

^ Yeah, me too.

I don't really consider it being picky exactly, it's just rare for an artist to have 10+ really repeatable songs on one album. Often it seems, to me, they'll have a few really good ones and the rest are sort of just variations of the same song.

And as I said, Ayu is one of the exceptions for me. Usually there's only 2 or so songs from each album I rarely listen to.

[Zeke.]

Oh I don't listen to SDW either. I don't really think of it as part of the album really.

[ayumisrael]

If I would listen to Love songs (or any album I would listen as an album) I wouldn't skip anything lol.
If I don't like an album so I just listen to some songs from it.

[Didz-19]

Ayu.... !!!!!

[AyumiAi]

I never skip anything when I listen to love songs it just flows so perfectly

[RayJason]

I assume that I'm the only one who selects one track and keep it on repeat the whole time, and when I grow bored of it changing to another song. I should listen to full albums!

[Tom Punks]

^ Ayu isn't the type of artist who makes repeatable songs for me. She makes lots of amazing songs, but I can't listen to them more than once at a time. I did repeat MOON, blossom, Virgin Road, and Love song a lot when they came out though.

[letter]

When MOON first came out, I played it 200+ times. I still think it's a good song.

[love in music]

For me a lot of Ayu's songs are great but most aren't really made to be catchy and put on repeat. Listening to her songs is like indulging in a slice of rich chocolate mousse cake, they're so good I only really need one every once in a while to satisfy me.

[Tom Punks]

^ Exactly this.

[Suteisi]

Ayu posted on Twitter a little earlier that "RAINY GIRL was stuck on traffic"

and it was a reply to Leslie Kee saying that he was in for an amazing recording or filming or something like that... So I guess today/tonight they are filming or shooting a PV together?

[Tom Punks]

^ RAINY GIRL? Why specifically those words? lol I would love for that to be a new song's title... @_@

[Suteisi]

Leslie kee wrote:

Getting ready for the most spectacular shoot of the year! SUNNY BOY wins over RAINY GIRL!

Ayu replied:

RAINY GIRL is stuck in traffic ;(

Lol So I guess maybe they have some kind of inside joke/story going there?

[Bubbly]

^
isn't it that in japan some people are said to bring rain? i think ayu and leslie often joked that ayu is a girl that brings rain and it's difficult for outdoor shootings because of this