14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [VII]

[truehappiness]

Images of album (goods version) and photobook

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Covers

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CD+DVD(+ayupan FIGURE+PHOTOBOOK)

CD+Blu-ray(+ayupan FIGURE+PHOTOBOOK)

CD only

PLAYBUTTON





GIANT wallpaper + covers

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Composers & arrangers

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01. Wake me up
music: Hiten Bharadia, Philippe-Marc Anquetil, Bardue Haberg from PhrasedDifferently
arrangement: tasuku

02. Song 4 u
music: HINATAspring, Yuta Nakano
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

03. Missing
music: Kazuhiro Hara
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

04. SAKURA
music: Kunio Tago
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

05. Melody
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

06. task'n'bass
music & arrangement: tasuku

07. Bye-bye darling
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: tasuku

08. snowy kiss
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: tasuku

09. Sweet scar
music: DAI
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

10. petal
music: Kunio Tago
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

11. glasses
music & arrangement: Yuta Nakano

12. untitled for her... story 2
music & arrangement: Yuta Nakano

13. Gloria
music: Yasuhiko Hoshino
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

14. Ivy
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: Yuta Nakano

15. You & Me
music: Tetsuya Komuro
arrangement: tasuku

Official full album digest + previews of all new songs

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Originally Posted by yamadashun

only include: 4. 「SAKURA」6. 「task'n'bass」7. 「Bye-bye darling」10. 「petal」11. 「glasses」12. 「untitled for her... story 2」 13. 「Gloria」

http://www.mediafire.com/?9d7oxfdl9e051tq - MF link for the preview

http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shar...&uk=2013585642

Bye-bye darling is kinda cool!

credit: Foyuki

Originally Posted by Foyuki

1. 「Wake me up」
2. 「Song 4 u」
3. 「Missing」
4. 「SAKURA」
5. 「Melody」
6. 「task'n'bass」
7. 「Bye-bye darling」
8. 「snowy kiss」
9. 「Sweet scar」
10. 「petal」
11. 「glasses」
12. 「untitled for her... story 2」
13. 「Gloria」
14. 「Ivy」
15. 「You & Me」
it's from avex

new song recorded version LQ by Foyuki http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/vxUDCXPSgzA/
-posted by Foyuki, thought to be untitled for her... story 2, but Japanese fans think it may be SAKURA

(Was actually Gloria!!!)
Lyric snippet:
SAKURA(?)

花びらのように散る日々が
どれだけの歳月続いたの？
残った花びらはもう無い、、、

風が吹くたびに怯えた日々に
今は居心地さえいいの
当たり前の風景が好き、、、

---- different user provided the following - - - -

君の？？　そんな強くはないね
だから一人になんてしないから

ここにある現実を　この両腕に
いっぱいの愛強く抱きしめて
その目で見えた　？？？　信じて
飛び出した感情だけが　尖ったままの言葉もある
けれど諦めないでね　ほら明日のエールに変えて
そう明日へのエールに変えて

Tracklist + Special version goods

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From Misa-chan's blog:
Everything for this…

Chapter 4 of the 5-month consecutive release project running up to her 15th Anniversary debut is a much-anticipated original album! With songs from “LOVE” (8 Nov) and “again” (8 Dec) acting as prologues, 5 new songs are added to create a compilation of 15 tracks!

The new songs include works by Mr Hoshino Yasuhiko, Mr Tago Kunio, and Mr Nakano Yuuta, and every song is hailed as a uniquely “Hamasaki Ayumi” track that everyone craves. And with the addition of the popular 2012 tracks “You&Me” and “Song 4 u”, this album is complete with a single story and amazing quality!

For the videos, 7 video clips and 7 making clips make up a total of 14 tracks. This is the first time we’re having such an impressive line-up of video content, so one can see ayu in lots of different styles. Also, album videos are being released in Blu-ray form for the first time.

As for the limited edition, due to lots of requests from the fans, the factory had packed its schedule to produce “jacket cover photo ayupan figures”! Furthermore, rare items like a grand photobook filled with never-before-released photos will surely make this a precious collector’s item for fans!!

Moving towards her 15th Anniversary, ayu’s 14th original album is full of her charm. This is the answer.

全てはこのために...。
デビュー15周年を迎える2013年4月8日に向けてリリースを重ねてきた第4弾は、待望のオ リジナル・フ ルアルバム！
序章ともいえる11月8日発売『LOVE』、12月8日発売『again』収録曲に、書き下ろし新曲5曲ほ かを加えた全15曲を完全収録！
初収録となる新曲は、星野靖彦氏、多胡邦夫氏、中野雄太氏による楽曲で、誰もが待ち望んでいたこれぞ“浜崎 あゆみ”と言わんばかりの歌に仕上がっている。そこに、2012年に各方面で話題となった「Y ou & Me」「Song 4 u」といった楽曲が加わり、ひとつの物語として綴られた圧倒的なクオリティのアルバムが完成！
映像は、video clipとmaking clipそれぞれ7本ずつ計14本収録。圧巻のヴォリュームとともに初収録映像を多数含む充実の内容と なっ ており、様々なayuの姿を見ることができる。なお、アルバムの映像作品としては初となるBl u-ray形態でのリリースも決定。
また、数量限定生産盤では、かねてより多くのファンからリクエストがあったものの、製作工程ス ケジュールの 都合で叶わなかった“ジャケット写真イメージのayupanフィギュア”付きが遂に実現！さら に、未公開シ ョット満載の豪華フォトブック付きというレア化必至、ファン垂涎の超貴重盤！！
15周年イヤーを迎えるに相応しい、ayuの魅力が存分に詰まった渾身の14thオリジナル・フル アルバム 。答えはここにある。

- there are five versions of the album, CD+DVD+ayupan figure+PHOTOBOOK, CD+Blu-ray+ayupan figure+PHOTOBOOK, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray, and CD only
- the photobook is 24 pages long
- there are five new songs mentioned in this description (so there'll be two interludes?)
- the interludes on the album are task'n'bass and glasses
- Yuta Nakano, Kunio Tago, and Yasuhiko Hoshino composed some of the new songs (all?)
- the description also mentions a jacket photo Ayupan figure and a photobook as the CD+DVD+SPECIAL/CD+Blu-ray+SPECIAL items.
- Melody's PV consists of Ayu and the dancers, the PV is also similar to TO BE or Not yet from AT07 with the kaleidoscope effect and she is in black/white while the dancers are in red, shown during a LOVE again CM before CDL12-13's opening


-posted on Facebook and taken at CDL

Bolded items are new.

CD
01. Wake me up
02. Song 4 u
03. Missing
04. SAKURA
05. Melody
06. task'n'bass (INTERLUDE)
07. Bye-bye darling
08. snowy kiss
09. Sweet scar
10. petal
11. glasses (INTERLUDE)
12. untitled for her... story 2
13. Gloria
14. Ivy
15. You & Me

DVD/Blu-ray
01. Song 4 u (video clip)
02. Missing (video clip)
03. Wake me up (video clip)
04. You & Me (video clip)
05. snowy kiss (video clip)
06. Sweet scar (video clip)
07. Melody (video clip)
08. Song 4 u (making clip)
09. Missing (making clip)
10. You & Me (making clip)
11. Wake me up / snowy kiss (making clip #1)
12. Wake me up / snowy kiss (making clip #2)
13. Sweet scar (making clip)
14. Melody (making clip)

SPECIAL GOODS
- Jacket/CD cover ayupan

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- Photobook (24 pages)

First press bonuses

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If you preorder from mu-mo, you will get an 'original big clip' (a giant paperclip).


If you preorder from TeamAyu, you will get the clip or an original notebook.


If you preorder the PLAYBUTTON from either TeamAyu/mu-mo, you'll get a car message board. (Think like "BABY ON BOARD!" but for Ayu)



As with the other releases, this release will have a serial number card that you must save until the last release comes out in March and will be active for the month of March. Details are yet to be revealed.

Preorder links

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CD+DVD+ayupan FIGURE+PHOTOBOOK - CDJapan | YesAsia
CD+Blu-ray+ayupan FIGURE+PHOTOBOOK - CDJapan | YesAsia
CD+DVD - CDJapan | YesAsia
CD+Blu-ray - CDJapan | YesAsia
CD only - CDJapan | YesAsia

Early information

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The information is now up on the official site!
http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/disc...VCD-38705.html

第4弾はオリジナルフルアルバム新曲ばっかのフルアルバムですね今回は5パターンでの発売です

Seems that on TeamAyu, they have posted that a new original album is coming out and all of the songs are new (so nothing from LOVE or again? If they were going to be on this I think they'd be mentioned) and it'll have five versions.

I wonder if they took down the information early again like for LOVE?

It'll be 14 tracks (announced) with the following versions:
CD only
CD+DVD
CD+Blu-ray
CD+DVD+GOODS
CD+Blu-ray+GOODS

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-38705
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-38706
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-38707
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-38708
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-38709

First presses will include the serial number card for access to a special site when all five releases are out. Details are unknown.

Something tells me that none of the new songs will get PVs though. Do they usually say "bonus DVD" when it's a PV DVD? Looking back on other releases it also says bonus so hm.... I guess we'll see!

A screenshot from TeamAyu indicates that the DVD will have 14 clips on it and that the album will have 15 tracks. That's one more track than CDJapan announced.


- posted by Foyuki

Related links
14th album out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases
"The 8th is Ayu Day", 5 Consecutive Months of New Releases
14th NEW ALBUM『LOVE again』 tracklist & covers!
14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [II]
14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [III]
14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [IV]
14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [V]
14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [VI]
14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [VII]

[ayumisrael]

And tomorrow the new oricon thread!

For now the 2 (it appears to be 2 1-sonar pocket 2-SCANDAL) competitions sold 20,500 and 19,500 in 2 days. Hopefully LOVE again can outsell it on the first day but LOVE again first day might be 18,000 and the 2nd day 20,000 (like the a bit higher second day of again). Hopefully it will be like this minimally or higher and not worse.

[Kirshwasser]

Im so anxious with the sales

[koumori]

Thanks for the new thread. I'm also anxious about sales - I guess we just have to wait and see~

[Chiharo]

Since CDJ has shipped your stuff today guys, I just have a question that might be a bit random but here goes: When I preordered an album, CDJ shipped it one day earlier like they do usually, but I received it only 2 days after they shipped it, in other words one day after the release date. I used registered air mail. How is it possible that it came so early since usually when they ship an item it takes 1-3 weeks to arrive?

[AyuWorld]

http://misachanjpop.wordpress.com/20...yumi-hamasaki/

saw Gloria lyrics on Misa chan's Blog, the lyrics is like a combination of Unite and Nex Level lyrics, and Im sure Ayu wrote this for Maro, she wrote the same thing in TA

[KuuXAyu-fan]

Anyone got any pictures of Love Again in the stores yet? I just love seeing the store displays and all.

[mizuki-7]

@pao02_TAyu



@ayuchon7

[~StarCatcher~]

Mine shipped,too*-*

ah so excited

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

The pictures that resemble M's photoshoot are amazing!

[freedreamer]

HAHAH they are selling LOVE + again + LOVE again...i bet casual customers will be like..what on earth is going on haha

[Delicious n Bold]

The ayupan seems so small
Are they usually that small?

[inspire_rmx]

the covers are really awesome this time round ^^ waiting for my album to arrive before I see the booklet insides pics

[~angel*ayumi~]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

The ayupan seems so small
Are they usually that small?

The Ayupan is smaller than usal Ayupan, it seems it is the same size as the Ayupans that came with the desk calendar the past few years.

[Mirrorcle Monster]

Hoping for a HK version soon~

[title156]

More picture

[tiffanytgs]

Originally Posted by title156

More picture

thanks for sharing it!! omg i like this ayupan, and is that an iron-on ayupan?

[AyuGAME]

GO AYU GO AYU GO!!!

[Kanzaki]

DAE think that the playbutton 'cover' is the prettiest of the bunch?

[paper_doll]

Looks very pretty, but I really don't like this soft/light colour thing that seems to be really trendy right now. It just makes everything look exactly the same.