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05.03.08 - -"ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 Anniversary" LIVE DVD-
Announced on Ayu's official site was her COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 Anniversary DVD is scheduled to release this 18th June! Details and preorder links as below:


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ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 Anniversary
DVD: AVBD-91558
Release Date: 06.18.2008
Price: ¥4,800

Tracklisting:

00. starting over
01. talkin' 2 myself
02. STEP you
03. Ladies Night
04. fated
05. Together When...
06. decision
07. SURREAL
08. Bold & Delicious
09. RAINBOW
10. evolution
11. Boys & Girls
12. glitter
(encore)
13. untitled ~for her~
14. Sotsugyou syashin
15. +
16. Humming 7/4
17. MY ALL

Tenth anniversary countdown live DVD release from Ayumi Hamasaki includes footage of her New Year's 2007-2008 performance at the National Yoyogi Kyogiba Daiichi Taiikukan. Performing in front of nearly 12,000 fans, Ayumi sings for the first time tracks like "Sotsugyo Shashin (Graduation Photograph)," "Together When . . ." and "untitled -for her-" off of Ayumi's latest "GUILTY" album on the way to her final track "RAINBOW" and this year's glorious countdown. This year's concert an oustanding set with the main stage and three additional special stages as well as six different costume changes. In addition to the main performance, DVD also includes making-of footage and more..
~ Excerpts from CDJapan

03.23.08 - -"Mirrorcle World" Jacket A & C (CD+DVD+POSTER) Re-listed!-
Yet another quick update, Yesasia have re-listed "Mirrorcle World" CD+DVD+POSTER versions for pre-order again! For those who have missed the links earlier, secure your every own copy now before they are taken down again.

Note: As promised, "Mirrorcle World" PV is available for direct download now, if you like this song and PV, please support Ayu (and Divine Ayu as well) by purchasing her hardcopy of "Mirrorcle World" below :)

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03.22.08 - -"Mirrorcle World" PV-
Quick update, here's the screenshots of "Mirrorcle World" PV broadcasted by SpaceShowerTV.
"Mirrorcle World" PV by SSTV (click to enlarge)
• Download PV "Mirrorcle World" (Coming very soon!) Online now! (Password:divineayu)
(Format: MP4-AVC, VLC Player recommended for Windows, Playstation3 compatible)



03.18.08 - -"Mirrorcle World" Jacket B & D (CD-only) Covers-
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*Scroll down for more release details and tracklistings

*Note: Pre-ordering of the limited deluxe version of Jacket A & C have ended at Yesasia (links below have expired). (They have been relisted, all links are valid again!!!)


-Cawaii March 2008 GUILTY interview; Ayu 10th year career anniversary-
We thought that Isaac Hiew (of AHSforum) have done a nice job translating a must-read article of March '08 Cawaii (originally a Japanese magazine) Ayumi Hamasaki GUILTY interview. Read on now as you will learn more about Ayumi Hamasaki and her album "GUILTY":

I felt that my mind have really become stronger than last time.

I have never thought I did wanted to give up during the making of this album, given such a strong-willed person like me.

But I immediately kicked away that negative mindset and pressed on, in which I successfully finished the production.

Maybe you all think I'm a stong-willed person, and I do, too.

Although I'm really such a person, but there was a time when I nearly chose to give up.

Since I stand back up again after failures, I am sure you guys can too.

We may met with numerous obstacles, harm, injury or setbacks,

I hope nobody here feels unsettling.

This shall not be the end, there must be a day where the journey can continue.

I'm not a pro-active person, okay? (laughs)

I'm just a lucky girl whose being successul a bit earlier.

Some may take a longer time,

As it may so, I still think everyone will succeed.

There are a lot of incidents happenned in the past, and I always thought that it doesn't matter anymore should anything happens now. But that's not the case.

No matter what, I can still be singing and talking like this, can't I?

The year 2008 marks the 10th anniversary of my debut.

So I also wanted to go to places that I never been there before,

I really look forward to see everyone!

You guys must wait for me!

It is already becoming a norm for AYU to release her new albums around the New Year, and of course year 2008 is not excluded. It's called "GUILTY" and it really depends on personal interpretation about the meanng of the title. But let's not make it sounded so nice. The real meaning of GUILTY stands for "AYU is AYU". To sum that up in the place of "return to the very beginning", it would actually be better if we use the term "rebirth".

I think this is a nice album. The word "nice" does have a lot of meaning, or it is full of thoughts. Although I tend to praise previous albums like "MY STORY", "(miss)understood" and "SECRET", these albums harbors sense of accomplishments that were different to each releasement. It does feel a bit like times when I'm making "DUTY" or even "LOVEPPEARS". That means I feel like, "I'm doing these albums fine" or "luckily I did these albums".

In these few years, I would just simply say words like "I somehow did a good album that can dedicate to everyone" and then concludes an entire year. However this time, I didn't feel the same serene feeling after released my latest album anymore, instead I feel a bit of pain until now. Nonetheless I still regard this album as successful. The process was smooth when I was compiling "SECRET", that not only it gives me confidence, and the arrival of sudden-thoughts such as "Oh, this album was made because of this purpose" or "This song was written during the time when I was hurt, but was unable to heal it."

However I didn't get the same feeling this time around. There's nothing emotional about this album, it was just finished in a breath. But when I examined the songs' lyrics from my album, I was astonished that they somehow are telling a story. "How could it be?" I asked. (Laughs)

This kind of mood, is totally different from the usual feelings I had when I finished other albums. It's the same heart-pounding sensation when I first made "Duty".... [It is all right just by crying everything out and throwing tantrums all around?] I really enjoyed myself when I was in the process of making this album, and wasn't care about it until the result makes me wanna take a few steps back (Laughs). I can still feel that anxiety even right now.

Indeed, We do experienced the way that the lifestyle of AYU between "MY STORY" and "SECRET". The sense of recuperation and fellow-ship was somehow not the same. "GUILTY", this time however, should substitute the word "same" with "coherence".Interpersonal struggles and dilemmas had awakened without one's awareness. The sensation of impulsive-rush ravages from the heart, and that is exactly the feeling when singing "DUTY".

I think that is true, of course. It is truly considered a "magnum opus" by me. Although these years I had released several albums that received positive feedback, the confidence were like semi-hidden within these albums. Higher confidence yields better albums -- but it will make the name "AYUMI HAMASAKI" go thinner. More people would be saying that "AYUMI HAMASAKI" was part of the album than mentioning that the albums had replaced "AYUMI HAMASAKI". However this time, the albums "GUILTY", "DUTY" or even "LOVEppears" had me felt that "AYUMI HAMASAKI" had replaced them all. Perhaps such thoughts were originated from some of my personal worries, however I'm very sure that these albums can help me share some of them.

it's a bit of surprise when we hear the long-lost word "worry" from between AYU's lips.

Certainly, I wanted to let everyone hear me say this, but then I had doubts on that... "Everyone should be able to know how I feel after I say such a thing, which it never backfires." I am pretty sure on that. Overall, It may seemed dark, but I had never say things like, "Everybody please bring on your courages and hopes and live on bravely." Maybe the darkness feeling was caused by my insecureness.

Ayu seems to also have sensed the major differences of this album from the others. We had felt something has been created in an inspiring way. For AYU who is going to be celebrating her 10-year-old career in 2008, What kind of an existance of the album "GUILTY" is to you?

You can say that it is a miracle. There's virtually no inspiration at all at the time of composing this album from the start. Frankly speaking, I really didn't have much energy to create a new album in the year 2007. There is no meaning at all if I force myself to squeeze out something even if I can't do that. I was thinking that it is better off doing the album in a laid-back attitude, because it would make everyone unhappy, and do no good to myself should I bulldoze it, it's true.

But one day I suddenly took up a pen and started to write song lyrics. It was said that I wanted to write but actually I HAD TO WRITE IT no matter what. I was like, "I still can't stop singing and writing lyrics." And five songs were born becaue of that in the very same day.

It might be some sort of a sign to me, that perhaps wanting me to produce this album no matter what. But, there were a lot of thoughts like, "Maybe it doesn't work", and caused the whole producing process to pause.

I am usually not a person that gives up easily. but I really did had the phrase , "Oh well, these problems does exist!" , "Just accept whoever I am, will ya guys?", and I just basically surrendered to the crew. And I hate myself being like this.

At the end, I somehow felt, "gotta finish it up", and I withdrew all my previous negative thoughts the very next day (laughs). I got stronger from that day onwards, and fulfilled all my planned scheduled which was nearly impossible to accomplish.

I finally understood that giving up is really the worst I could ever done, and from then on, I always think like this, "I shall never give up".

GUILTY, about the meaning of this title given to this album, meant the abbreviation of "A TITLE given by one's ownself, as it refers to one's current state or way of living". But are there anyone who is really "clean" in this world? Maybe they hurt someone even thought the hadn't done it on purpose, for example, lying and other minor offenses which can be found on everyone by right...

I have carefully done alot of soul searching regarding the issue of "feeling guilty, but still life has to go on" whenever I was composing or performing. No matter how people feel sinful, since we are alive and kicking, then we should continue living on the best we could whether we are sad or happy.

Those who had listened to "SECRET" will perhaps perceive that the album somehow acts like a movie that infinitely repeats itself no matter played from which track. And "GUILTY" is like a trilogy that spans from the first track to the last, which no tracks whould be left out in order to preserve its completeness. Then it feels like, "Even if it's like this I still have to...". Maybe this is exactly the "Life must go on" perspective brought up by AYU.

If there's anything special about this album, then maybe it's about I cried when I first listened to GUILTY. Basically I do not listen to my own songs. I always calm down whenever I finished recording, and judge my songs as a third party, or thinking about some parts of the song such as "This part of this song maybe wasn't that easy to sing". This time it isn't both of these perception, because I couldn't stop crying during the song and I would always do something else in the middle of the song (laughs). But if I listen to it again I would think, "it's great to be alive", definately.


*Posted with permission of and translated by Isaac Hiew.
*Translated from Cawaii! March 2008 International Chinese edition, Page 15, 18
*17/March/2008



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ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2007 ~Tour of Secret~
DVD: AVBD-91558
Release Date: 06.18.2008
Price: ¥4,800

Tracklisting:

00. starting over
01. talkin' 2 myself
02. STEP you
03. Ladies Night
04. fated
05. Together When...
06. decision
07. SURREAL
08. Bold & Delicious
09. RAINBOW
10. evolution
11. Boys & Girls
12. glitter
(encore)
13. untitled ~for her~
14. Sotsugyou syashin
15. +
16. Humming 7/4
17. MY ALL

Tenth anniversary countdown live DVD release from Ayumi Hamasaki includes footage of her New Year's 2007-2008 performance at the National Yoyogi Kyogiba Daiichi Taiikukan. Performing in front of nearly 12,000 fans, Ayumi sings for the first time tracks like "Sotsugyo Shashin (Graduation Photograph)," "Together When . . ." and "untitled -for her-" off of Ayumi's latest "GUILTY" album on the way to her final track "RAINBOW" and this year's glorious countdown. This year's concert an oustanding set with the main stage and three additional special stages as well as six different costume changes. In addition to the main performance, DVD also includes making-of footage and more..
~ Excerpts from CDJapan


     Single

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Mirrorcle World
Jacket A (CD+DVD): AVCD-31429/B
Jacket B (CD only): AVCD-31430

Jacket C (CD+DVD): AVCD-31431/B
Jacket D (CD): AVCD-31432

Release Date: 04.08.08

Price: ¥1,890 for Jacket A and C, ¥1,050 for Jacket B and D

Jacket A track listing:

[CD]

01. Mirrorcle World (Orignal Mix)
02. Life (Original Mix)
03. YOU (10th Anniversary version) *SPECIAL TRACK
04. Mirrorcle World -Instrumental-
05. Life -Instrumental-
06. YOU (10th Anniversary version -Instrumental)

[DVD]
01. Mirrorcle World (Music Video)
02. Mirrorcle World (Making Clip)


Jacket B track listing:

[CD]

01. Mirrorcle World (Orignal Mix)
02. Life (Original Mix)
03. YOU (10th Anniversary version) *SPECIAL TRACK
04. Mirrorcle World -Instrumental-
05. Life -Instrumental-
06. YOU (10th Anniversary version -Instrumental)


Jacket C track listing:

[CD]

01. Mirrorcle World (Orignal Mix)
02. Life (Original Mix)
03. Depend on you (10th Anniversary version) *SPECIAL TRACK
04. Mirrorcle World -Instrumental-
05. Life -Instrumental-
06. Depend on you (10th Anniversary version -Instrumental)

[DVD]
01. Mirrorcle World (Music Video)
02. Mirrorcle World (Making Clip)


Jacket D track listing:

[CD]

01. Mirrorcle World (Orignal Mix)
02. Life (Original Mix)
03. Depend on you (10th Anniversary version) *SPECIAL TRACK
04. Mirrorcle World -Instrumental-
05. Life -Instrumental-
06. Depend on you (10th Anniversary version -Instrumental)


*First Press release of Jacket A and C come in deluxe long sleeve case measuring approximately 14cm x 24cm.

*"YOU" and "Depend on you" were initially released as 8cm single 10 years back in 1998. The "10th Anniversary version" will have different arrangement.



     Remix Album

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ayu-mi-x 6 -GOLD-
AVCD-23551
Release Date: 03.26.08

Price: ¥2,500

Track listing:

01. STEP you × THE YOUNG PUNX!
02. Moments × dj KENTARO
03. talkin' 2 myself × STONEBRIDGE
04. Beautiful Fighters × MSTRKRFT
05. INSPIRE × ARMAND VAN HELDEN
06. Greatful days × PARA ONE
07. Startin' × SHINICHI OSAWA
08. glitter × SOUL CENTRAL
09. BLUE BIRD × 7TH GATE
10. ourselves × COLDCUT
11. Ladies Night × AFRA & INCREDIBLE BEATBOX BAND
12. HAPPY ENDING × MAD PROFESSOR

*Listen to samples



     Remix Album

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ayu-mi-x 6 -SILVER-
AVCD-23552
Release Date: 03.26.08

Price: ¥2,500

Track listing:

01. GAME × YOJI
02. Together When... × CO-FUSION
03. No way to say × HIGH CONTRAST
04. alterna × FREEFORM FIVE
05. HEAVEN × DAISHI DANCE
06. fated × MAKOTO
07. About You × BLACK STROBE
08. decision × FORCE OF NATURE
09. JEWEL × STEPHANE POMPOUGNAC
10. CAROLS × PLAYGROUP
11. part of Me × CARL CRAIG
12. walking proud × CALM

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ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2007 ~Tour of Secret~
DVD: AVBD-91536
Release Date: 03.12.2008
Price: ¥4,800

Tracklisting:

Disc 1 (LIVE)

01. LABYRINTH
02. evolution
03. UNITE!
04. taskinst
05. 1 LOVE
06. until that Day...
07. M
08. appears
09. part of Me
10. Secret
11. kiss o'kill
12. Not yet
13. SURREAL
14. AUDIENCE
15. Boys & Girls
16. SEASONS
17. glitter
18. independent
19. Humming 7/4
20. Who...

Disc 2
Presumably to contain the "Documentary" portion of approximately 210 minutes of running time.

Brief description taken from CDJapan:

DVD release from Ayumi Hamasaki's first ever tour of Asia in support of the "Secret" album. Includes songs from "Secret," classic Ayu hits, and a stunning encore for a total of 120 minutes of live footage. Also includes tour documentary spanning the time from her first rehearsals for the tour up through the final show--condensing 150 days worth of tour into nearly three and a half hours worth of road movie footage. For her Asian tour, Ayumi Hamasaki went all out, bringing her standard 600 ton stage she uses in domestic performances all the way across Japan, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and more! You'll also see the warm greeting she receives from her Asian fans with tons of never-seen-before footage.