A BALLADS (Overseas Version)
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Sora
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September 9, 2008
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Not too shabby
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A collection of Ayumi Hamasaki's best ballads up to her RAINBOW album. Aside from a couple of recorded, or re-arranged tracks, this album doesnt offer a whole lot. There is, however, the fantastic reworking of Ayu's hit song 'M'. It was taken from pop-rock wondernut to fantastic pop ballad at the hands of HAL. Easily, this is HAL's best contribution to Ayu's body of work. It's just wonderful. This album also offers a rare cover by Ayu in the final track ' Sotsugyou Shashin'. Actually, the album is not a bad listen by any means, its just a little bit redundant to serious fans of her work. |
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Haruka
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August 6, 2006
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Zoning Out
Zoning Out
| 'A BALLADS' contains new mixes of old favorites and two exclusive tracks ('RAINBOW' and 'Sotsugyou Shashin'). I have a deep love for this album because I think she truly shines through her beautiful ballads. I don't have a specifically favorite song on this album because I love them all! But...if I really have to pick, I'd say that 'Voyage' is my favorite. Don't be fazed by the cover - it's just herself! It's also a good CD to zone out to. ^^ |
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July 17, 2006
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Simply Great
Simply Great
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A Ballads is so good. The new versions is amazing and the feeling in each song is just great. The whole Rainbow track is but I have not been an fan of that song. The photos of Ayu is beautiful and the new version of A Song For is even better then the original. This is not an best of album so buy it now. Ayu is still the best female singer in the world. She has the voice, the looks and the charm to make 7 more albums. |
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November 1, 2005
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Beautiful
Beautiful
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This was my first Ayumi Hamasaki CD, I knew she was popular, but I didn´t know what to start with. I´m glad I started with this, because I love this CD! Ayumis voice is very beautiful, and she is a great singer. Of all the songs on this CD, there was just one that I didn´t like 100%, the rest are all my favorites. Rainbow is my favorite; I think it was also only released on this CD. One word to describe this song is magical, I don´t understand a word of the Japanese, but the music, melody and song are in perfect harmony. Voyage is my second favorite, it starts out with a music box playing the chorus melody (I love music boxes!), and this song also has an orchestra playing. The melody is just as beautiful as the music, and I truly feel like I´m standing in a fantasy paradise. No matter if it´s dark or raining outside, this song brings sunshine to my life. Dolls, Seasons and Dearest are also songs that I play a lot. This is one of the few CDs I put on and can play all day; usually I skip some tracks because they bore me. But here, everything is beautiful. This is one of my favorite CDs. |
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Niku
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August 6, 2005
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August 6, 2005
Could have been better
| It's A BALLADS, so it should have more concrete, solid, ballad song. The 'Who...' new mix is good, along with RAINBOW, but nothing extremely fascinating. But this is a good selection of Ayu songs, but definitely not all ballads. There are different versions of the booklet cover...so I guess that's a grabber..buy this if you're a die-hard Ayu-fan like me |
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Anonymous
July 23, 2005
July 23, 2005
Sweet music to your ears
| There is so much I love about this cd. it's the greatest. Buy it, and you'll see for yourself. My all time favorite song on this track is RAINBOW. One of the bests! So please buy and listen to the sweet wonderful music ringing through your ears. |
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Anonymous
July 2, 2005
July 2, 2005
Best of Best
| Ayu sings so well and this CD is very well done. I love all the song in this album, especially rainbow. the tune is soo smoothing and pleasant to the ear and it caught my attention the moment i first heard it. M, Dearest and Voyage are some other songs that are especially well done. This is another masterpiece from ayu,so buy now and you won't regart it!!!!!! |
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Anonymous
February 17, 2005
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incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I reaaaaally love all ayumi's song in this album,especially "M","doll" and hanabi.ayumi's voice is soooo cool.I just want ayumi to know that I am one of the biggest fan of her.and one thing.I'm from indonesia,it's hard to get your album here,so pleaaase recommend Indonesia,thanx |
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November 8, 2004
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I'm just shocked...
I'm just shocked...
| I only own the "H" single and the "Rainbow" album, but I'm pretty confident that this ballad collection is one of her best compilations, if not the best. Now I liked "Rainbow," but this album well exceeded my expectations. Sometimes a CD will have one good song here and one good song there, but all of these are good. I only bought it for track #8, thinking that it would be much like the "Rainbow" album, but I found that ballads may actually be the strength of pop, or at least the strength of Ayumi Hamasaki. Surprisingly good... Of course, pop stars usually have a lot of money vested in them, and I know Ayu has the best songwriters in Tokyo writing these. So-called manufactured music has a really powerful impact these days... |
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Anonymous
August 29, 2004
August 29, 2004
A really beautiful CD
| Wow! This CD is so incredible. Probably because it's a collection of her best ballads... and they really are her best. The CD includes new versions of some of the songs, and they are wonderful. This is a really nice, calming CD. Even if you don't understand Japanese, it's still simply beautiful. |
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