#7 on daily Oricon Album Chart (December 8.)!

1st week #3 with 35,699 copies! With that they just broke thier own record, again!

Can't wait to have one  .wow.

Finally all my editions arrived today! .clap.

DVD-Edition
T-Shirt Edition
Vinyl Edition
Single of Harukaze
3 posters

joon wrote:Finally all my editions arrived today! .clap.

DVD-Edition
T-Shirt Edition
Vinyl Edition
Single of Harukaze
3 posters

Whoa. Are you loaded or something? .rich. .wtf.

joon wrote:Finally all my editions arrived today! .clap.

DVD-Edition
T-Shirt Edition
Vinyl Edition
Single of Harukaze
3 posters

I think you are very very happy. I still waiting for mine...

Scandard wrote:Whoa. Are you loaded or something? .rich. .wtf.

Not exactly, just dedicated (or slightly obsessed. You pick) .uhuh.
Some people spend their money on alcohol and partying. Or they buy a new phone every year. I buy collector items like this.

joon wrote:

Scandard wrote:Whoa. Are you loaded or something? .rich. .wtf.

Not exactly, just dedicated (or slightly obsessed. You pick) .uhuh.
Some people spend their money on alcohol and partying. Or they buy a new phone every year. I buy collector items like this.

Cool~ they might be worth thousands of dollars someday  .wow.

Nice joon! Have a lot of fun then! And I understand about the money, I'm a bit the same for that. some people go out a lot buying drinks or something, others buys several CDs from the band they love or things like that !

Still waiting for my little package. I don't mind the wait, I already listening to the album thanks to the interwebs, but I just hope it isn't lost. I'm also impatient to watch the docu on the DVD version .shy.

Just a bit disappointed that the seal on the vinyl is open on the side

I've posted my translations of RINA's self-liner notes about each of the songs on the album here:

https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t11213-self-liner-notes-2014-12-08-rina#686510

sillentdx wrote:#7 on daily Oricon Album Chart (December 8.)!

1st week #3 with 35,699 copies! With that they just broke thier own record, again!

Hum I don't understand this, what record? 35.699 sales for 1st week is far from the record or I am missing something here ?

For the 1st week sales we have :
- STANDARD : 43.069
- SCANDAL SHOW : 42.246 (but it's a Best album so it's different)
- BABY ACTION : 37.803

So unless I am missing something or all my datas are wrong ^^

That being said, if my datas are correct, it's less than STANDARD but it's still okay I guess. I just wish them the best so want them to sell a lot so they and their company are happy.

Let's see week #2

joon wrote:Just a bit disappointed that the seal on the vinyl is open on the side

Is it the custom checking? That clear sleeve is resealable! Why they cut open from the side?

sillentdx wrote:#7 on daily Oricon Album Chart (December 8.)!

1st week #3 with 35,699 copies! With that they just broke thier own record, again!

can you give a source , cause i`ve searched on Oricon and for 1st week on december still no data

Well, about breaking their record... I think it's about the ranks.

First week:
BABY ACTION-4th
Queens are Trumps-4th
STANDARD-3rd
HELLO WORLD-3rd

Source: generasia
which is (as far as I know) managed by someone from this forum

HaRuRiNaMaMiToMo wrote:Hum I don't understand this, what record? 35.699 sales for 1st week is far from the record or I am missing something here ?

So unless I am missing something or all my datas are wrong ^^

They're the only all-female band to ever have 4 -now 6- studio albums ranked in the Top 5 starting from their debut album in the history of Oricon. The last all-female band to have 3 studio albums ranked in the Top 5 starting from their debut album was Pink Sapphire back in 1992!

Joshua10red wrote:
can you give a source , cause i`ve searched on Oricon and for 1st week on december still no data

Search on Tieba Baidu with the keyword "Oricon" (I won't give the link here coz they have some warez)

Metal Mickey wrote:Is it the custom checking? That clear sleeve is resealable! Why they cut open from the side?

It's not the customs. The package was perfectly sealed with the cardboard tape that CDJapan uses.

.waaa.

sillentdx wrote:

HaRuRiNaMaMiToMo wrote:Hum I don't understand this, what record? 35.699 sales for 1st week is far from the record or I am missing something here ?

So unless I am missing something or all my datas are wrong ^^

They're the only all-female band to ever have 4 -now 6- studio albums ranked in the Top 5 starting from their debut album in the history of Oricon. The last all-female band to have 3 studio albums ranked in the Top 5 starting from their debut album was Pink Sapphire back in 1992!

Oh wow that's awesome then I just thought you were speaking about the sales sorry! Congrats SCANDAL then .clap.

UPDATE 12/09/14

From 7th to 25th.

That was one big drop, though I guess that's somehow normal since newly released albums took most the positions.

Most of the sales drop both from STANDARD to Hello World, as well as from the first week to the second week, is probably attributable to both the time of year and the relative lack of promotional opportunities. People are thinking about other things in December, and there aren't as many people out and about to see posters, store displays, jumbotrons or whatever.

I don't think it's really got much to do with the music itself.

I'm not sure why they chose to release in December other than maybe just that the album wasn't ready until then. It doesn't seem to be the ideal month for a new release. Maybe it'll pick up again as we get closer to Christmas.

spacecadet wrote:Most of the sales drop both from STANDARD to Hello World, as well as from the first week to the second week, is probably attributable to both the time of year and the relative lack of promotional opportunities. People are thinking about other things in December, and there aren't as many people out and about to see posters, store displays, jumbotrons or whatever.

I don't think it's really got much to do with the music itself.

I'm not sure why they chose to release in December other than maybe just that the album wasn't ready until then. It doesn't seem to be the ideal month for a new release. Maybe it'll pick up again as we get closer to Christmas.

If Hello World was released in January 2015, the album will definitely sell more. But who knows, the sales of Hello World and Image single will boost after the Holiday season? Also, there are lots of new releases from different artists this month.

BTW buddy, I believe you also have ordered the LP version, right? What kind of turntable setup setup do you have?

MamiNoodles wrote:BTW buddy, I believe you also have ordered the LP version, right? What kind of turntable setup setup do you have?

I have an old crappy Teac P-595 with an equally old Audio Technica cartridge on it that was actually really good at the time but is probably just dust at this point. I haven't turned it on in years. I'm not sure I'll ever play the LP. I bought it to collect, but I may end up not even keeping it - I'm trying not to own stuff just to collect anymore. I will decide once I get it. I kind of regretted ordering it but I couldn't cancel it, so it's on its way now.

The album is growing on me like I thought it would. The one thing is I wish I hadn't heard so many of the songs before. So much of the album already feels old to me, and those are unfortunately some of the better songs on it. But a few of the new songs are songs I'm just so glad I finally got to hear; they're great, and really show off their true personalities. But there are a few total duds too. I don't think I ever need to hear "Love in Action" again, for example.

Good point about the release date. I don't think anyone here is saying "they didn't break their sales record, this album sucks!!!" The album is fantastic to say the least.

About the "old songs" I"m like you spacecadet. Yoake, Your song, Runners high and Departure feel really old in "SCANDAL's time" and sometimes now I skip them to only listen to the new songs =P But I think it's natural and doesn't mean they are not great, just that we are of course attracted to new songs !

That's an issue I've been having with a lot of Japanese acts I'm obsessed with: listening to the singles to death, months ahead of the album's release, and then feeling kinda disjointed when finally hearing the album because I already know a lot of the songs by heart. It creates a sense of 'imbalance' that can be jarring (for example I had listened to "Image" more than 50 times before the album came out, now I usually skip it when I listen to the album). It definitely takes quite a few listens to view the album as a whole rather than "old songs + new songs".

I've also noticed that Rina's drums are very different on some of the older tracks (like "Departure" or "Yoake no Ryūseigun"), where they sound a bit flat, simplistic and robotic, as opposed to most of the new tracks like "Your Song" (now quite a new song though), "Love in Action", "Graduation" or Onegai Navigation", where her playing really shines and is even enhanced by the clear production. It makes the contrast even bigger, like she had a quantum leap in her drumming chops in just a matter of a few months.

Some pre-album songs do sound old to me now too, mostly Departure.

Runners high is an exception though, it still sounds fresh to my ear  .shout.

I have no complaints about the songs. They're all good stuff. Love in action and Hon wo Yomu are my favorites in this album. Onegai Navigation is special, it's one of a kind! Graduation, for me, is not that appealing. I mean yeah, the lyrics are great but the music is too dominant that you won't even feel Haruna's singing. 
Just sharing my thoughts. .nerd.



oh UPDATE! HELLO WORLD went up from 25th to 17th today.

Yeah "Onegai Navigation" really stands out. I agree with everyone that I'd love it to be a little longer, but then it begs for repeated listens.

I found "Graduation" to be nothing special at first but now it's one of my favorite. So classic but still so great, with fantastic playing from all the band. Even "Winter Story" has grown on me, I'm not too sure about the beginning but the rest is really good.