Duty [Limited Edition]

Ayumi Hamasaki's Duty is easily one of my favorite albums of all time and stands out as a definitive peak in her discography. While mainstream hits like "Vogue," "Far Away," and "Seasons" are undeniable crowd-pleasers, my personal highlights are deeper cuts like the title track "Duty," "End of the World," "Teddy Bear," and "Key ~Eternal Tie Version~." Listening to it now, it is clear that she was incredibly ahead of her time, both in her profound lyrical themes and her visionary musicality.

I like this album very much. It belongs to my youth memories. I like it very much. The printing is also exquisite

Ayu's Duty is yet another one of her top early masterpieces FINALLY now available on the vinyl format. The packaging goes a great deal to recreate the original CD release's details in its design and layout. One slight difference though, which was interesting, is on the original cover along the left side it only read her name in the gold font. For this release they added the album title as well, so it reads "ayumi hamasaki Duty". It was unnecessary I think, but they did manage to make it blend in well without looking out of place. The center label on each side of the LPs themselves features the leopard print design. It's all stunningly gorgeous throughout. The sound is immersive, and I can hear details in the music better than on the original CD release. There's just so many amazing classics on this album to want to hear in this audio, like the title song "Duty", "vogue", "SEASONS", "SURREAL", the sweet beautiful "teddy bear" and the super underrated "SCAR" and "End of the World". My only criticism for this release is that none of the songs are super long. I have other LPs with many more songs on one side and I truly think Duty could've easily been released on just 1LP. Otherwise this is an absolutely fantastic release. Definitely recommended!!