ayumi hamasaki Countdown Live 2005-2006 A Customer Reviews

The set, wardobe & performance was on an ok level, thought a little was left for improvement. Allround the concert was good, not quite 2004-2005 countdown quality though. On a side note my copy of the dvd has a little stutter when trying to play it back on a Xbox which is a little downer since its my primary entertainment center, luckily XBMC plays it back ok though with some small errors.

ok, the reason this one get 4 stars is because last year's countdown was and still is THE best and so it deserves the only 5 star-rating. But to the concert, I have no complaints on the performances, they've been on the same level for some years now, which is awesome. The tracklist was very surprising like usual for a CDL, and I think it's cool. The best songs were definately endless sorrow, because of you, theme of a-nation '03, love ~destiny~ and heaven. It was nice to hear startin' live as well. Oh yeah, bold & delicious was great too. The whole encore was pretty neat actually. So what I didn't like about this one was the sound mix. It was kind of uneven at times, changed in the middle of some songs, which wasn't really pleasing. This doesn't bother in all of the songs though. Well the director could have made some better choices with the cameras or whoever is in charge. When yoshio was doing a solo in some songs they showed the dancers dancing or whatever, which I really didn't like. Yoshio's screentime has been in a decrease lately, which makes me sad. Well the concert is great all-in-all, if you're a fan, you know what to do.

Another great year from Ayu and what a way to end it with a great countdown concert!! This year she performed a much better tracklisting then last years (although compared to 04-05's CDL, this is a little weaker...) including the ever-awesome new songs STEP you, Bold & Delicious and HEAVEN and classics such evolution and endless sorrow. She's still as energetic as always and looks especially beautiful during her breath taking endless sorrow performance!

I never liked the CDL... But when I watch this one I thought that finally there is a CDL wich is "mature" and cool.

Ok ok its not like her other CDLs but it still rocked! She doesnt need fancy costumes to pull of great shows because her voice, emotion, and passio make them great! the track listing was a suprise (A good one) but a suprise non the less because of tracks like Endless sorrow,Theme of a nation and because of you. If you are considering buying this then do it! Also, some of the highlights were the performances of Rainy day, Bold&Delicious and most of all startin! which was performed before its release as a single just recently. So I would deffinetly buy this one! That, or you can wait and buy her (miss)understood tour, or both!