| Loveppears | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ayumi Hamasaki
Label: Avex Trax Japan
Category: Music
List Price: $67.49
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 181261
Format: Enhanced, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5.1 x 0.9
EAN: 4988064117406
ASIN: B00004R7IE
Release Date: November 8, 1999
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 Fantastic CD November 23, 2007
This is Ayu's second CD and is my personal favorite of hers. As much as I love Amazon and shop here all the time, the price of this CD is just painful.. Jpop lovers would be well served to head over to yesasia or cdjapan, to buy this disc for 1/3 of the price. Ouch, Amazon! It's tough to introduce Jpop to the masses with these prices! For Ayu fans looking to branch out, I'd encourage you to check out Ai Otsuka. ^^
Absolute must-have June 4, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Utterly priceless, which is probably a good thing as it's not cheap! Fly High, Appears, Whatever, et al all brilliant, and all different: no two songs are the same, which is what you often find with so-called 'Western' artists that are locked into a musical style.
I wouldn't suggest this as the best introduction to Ayu for a new fan simply becoz of the cost. Try 'Duty' or 'I Am...' instead.
 Flying High December 12, 2004
Ayumi's second CD (I believe...) was also my second JPop CD. It was really unexpected. I ordered it without ever hearing her voice so I was kind of shocked when I heard her high pitched voice, but I've really gotten accustomed to it.
Introduction is just a quick little techno melody, about a minute and a half long, and it leads directly into Fly High.
Fly High is really cool. It's also very techno-y and it's a great dance beat. It seems like with this song, I'm always discovering new little noises in the background that make this song even cooler.
Trauma is the first song I heard, but it was a MIDI. The melody to me is sort of cliche. Like you can just tell without ever hearing it exactly what notes she's about to hit. That's not a bad thing, necessarily, because it's still a good song. Just not my favorite...
And Then is one of those songs that I haven't paid much attention to. I'm listening to it right now so I can tell you about it. It's really calm in the beginning but it goes into a great dance beat pretty quickly.
Immature is really good. I especially love the very beginning of the chorus where she goes "Bokudawa kiito" it's unexpected how she laces that together to make a melody. It's another dance beat, but it's not as intense as Introduction or Whatever.
Boys and Girls is one of my 3 favorites on here. It's a really fun song that isn't like her other songs. It's not much of a dance song, but it's upbeat. Of course, since it's Ayumi, there has to be a dance beat mixed in there at some points. It's kind of funny, there's this one little part where it sounds like they actually took a sound directly out of the old Street Fighter games for Genesis and put it in the song.
To Be is another of my 3 favorites because it's a dance song - but a SLOW DANCE song. It's the complete opposite of all the other songs on LOVEppears (no, I didn't spell that wrong). I'm surprised she ddn't make more slow songs her voice is beautiful in it.
End Roll is another of the slower songs. It's more techno than To Be so it kind of pulls it out of the slow dance genre but more into the kind of movies where the kid whose parents just died is walking down the hallway at school and everyone just stares at them, if you know what I mean. That's just whatit reminds me of, one of those sad scenes where the kid is al alone becuase of something that happened. Except for the chorus, though, that would be the part where the lone kid would walk up to them and see if they were okay.
PS II is a GREAT dance song... it's really intense for parts. It's chorus is actually the same as a part of one of the other songs becuase I knew the lyrics without ever hearing it but I still haven't been able to figure out which song it's from. I may be wrong but I definately knew the words the first time I heard it. It drives me crazy. I JUST FIGURED IT OUT I'M SO EXCITED! It shares it's chorus with Powder Snow! YAY I'm happy.
Whatever is my favorite song on here. At the beginning, she repeats "dat dat dat" over and over and she pulls that into the chorus. It's a great dance song but her voice is still great in it.
Too Late is another I just kind of skim over. It's still a realyl cool song 'cuz they have her voice muted for some of the song and it sounds really cool. I also really like the chorus.
Appears is pretty much why I didn't give this CD 5 stars... It's nothing special and I didn't really understand why it's name represents the rest of the CD. I don't like it, I'm not going to lie.
Monochrome is a cool song that's very tekno. Tekno with a 'k' becuase it's not really the type of the techno that pops into yor head like a Moby song or a taty song. Wonderful vocals.
Love ~refrain~ is the other reason why I didn't give the CD 5 stars... it sounds like the music a little Britney-Spears-obsessed little 8 or 9-year-old would listen to. It's WAY too poppy for me.
Who... OMG. This song reminds me so much of Final Fantasy X and that's why I love it so much. It's that mellowed out kind of tune you'd hear in that game and it's so enchanting. Then it gets into this epic, poppy kind of beepy mode, then into her beautiful vocals.
On the extra CD, the only songs I listen to are "A Song for XX" (which I can't figure out how to say... I want to call it what it is, but the Japanese commercials for the CD, the first album, call it "A Song For")
A Song For XX is really pretty. Her voice sounds a little different, though, since it's from a little while before. It's just a remix, but it's cool. Not a dance song by any name, slow or fast, its just one you listen to.
Powder Snow is the song that shares it's chorus with PS II. This is the acoustic orchestra version. It's so beautiful. It's sort of dramatic with all the piano and stuff in the background. Another incredible voice, this is really the only song I think is worth listening to on the second CD.
Classic Ayumi December 7, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This album features some classic songs by Hamasaki Ayumi, one of Japan's top pop sensations. Unlike many pop artists, Ayumi manages to create albums with a variety of styles, promising few "sound-a-like" songs. If you're already a fan and like the classic Ayumi sound, as opposed to her more recent stuff, check this album out.
ayu rocks the world forever October 8, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
For me Ayumi Hamasaki is the most talent and gifted female singer ever. No one is better then her period. Her voice is strong and she can hit those high notes very well. The lyrics are sometimes sad, happy and very good. She can truly do anything. She's popular because she's talent and sweet, and her remixes rocks. If you wanna start somewhere start with this album then her other original albums and then her remix albums. The second disc on Love Appears is very good with 2 megamixes and some extra mixes from old songs. For beginners start with A Song For XX then Ayu-mi-x 2 or 3 then some maxi-singles. She also have some dvds out with music videos and live shows, who is truly good. I don't understand how anyone can not like her and her powerful songs. The ballads are very good too, and when they're remixed by Thunderpuss, Dubs and Ferry Corsten wow!! there is heaven afterall. I love her so much so I never listen to anything else then Ayumi Hamasaki the true queen of j-pop. Utada and Koda and all the others have nothing on Ayumi. This album and j-pop in general is the best in music today. I don't care for Cher, Whitney, Britney and Sarah Brightman no AYU ROCKS NOW AND FOREVER folks. I really hope that people will support her and her music forever. I know I will support her in anything she does or will do. She's the best in music today and nothing is ever gonna change that period. I can listen to her albums all the time and never get tired of them. The music is always good and the remixes really brings out the best in the songs. I have played Super Eurobeat 2 like 20 times and still love it so much. I'm a huge fan of her and love everything about her, she's the queen of music FOREVER!!. Thank you for your time people and don't foget to SUPPORT Ayumi Hamasaki forever!!! a swedish fan
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