"stay with me" is a gorgeous winter ballad, and while I have the TRICK album, which this song was later included on, I still wanted to own this CD. Besides the beautiful "stay with me" it also includes the adorable Christmas song "Winter Bell". Plus the Orgel (Music Box) Version of the title song is just so soft and lovely to listen too. The instrumentals of both songs are also just delightful. The MVs are both fantastic. However, I do prefer the original over the alternate one. The inside packaging of the CD is also just lovely and has some very nice photos of Kumi as well. Not to mention it's printed on very high quality paper. The entire single is a definite treat, even more so for the end of the year holiday season. Very highly recommended.
stay with me [CD+DVD / Jacket A] Customer Reviews
Kumi Koda
I was surprised and really confused when I saw the package 'cause it's not the double-case anymore...It's a simple case with a double CD thingie...The another edition PV's not really cute...I prefer the original.
The first time you listen to the song you get a litle indifferent. The second time you listen to it, seeing the pv, it gets to your heart. The third time you fall deeply in love with it and can't stop singing it. Then you listen Winter Bell, with the happy tune, and the sweet orgel version and you need to buy the single. And if it arrives to you with a gorgeous promo-poster, much better.
I love This Song! Este single es amor, me encanto la cancion y el pv, ademas kumi salio preciosa en la sesion fotografica de este single!
Being relatively new to Kuu, I bought this as I loved Ayumi Hamasaki's "Days/Green" and thought another winter love single would be a great audition. "stay with me" is a really sweet song that suits Kuu's deep and soulful voice, its good to see that she can hit those high notes and still keep the emotion in her voice. The B-Side "Winter Bell" didn't really hold up to "stay with me", while it is still a good song the up beat style doesn't really meld well with the winter and Christmas style sound. The "Orgel version" of the single is really beautiful, I love the music box melody and its very cute. Great ballad for Kuu! Glad she got to Number 1 in the weekly charts, can't wait for "Trick"!
Kumi's Christmas single is great! The main track, "stay with me", is a very beautiful and touching ballad. The B-side, "Winter Bell", is a nice, upbeat song. The orgel version of "stay with me" is great to listen to, simple and relaxing. Both versions of the PV are very beautiful, the second one featuring more shots of Kumi. The First Press comes with a lovely poster, featuring the DVD cover photo. As usual, this single proves a great addition to any Kumi fan's collection.
i usually love all kuu's stuff but i wasn't really feeling stay with me. i think winter bell shoud have been the A side. NOW THAT'S A SONG =]
The single stay with me is a great single. The a-side is a soothing winter-love ballad with a even more soothing orgel version. The b-side is a up-beat pop winte-based song. The original PV has a great plot. The second version of the PV was kind of boring.
