Well, more than half of what I pay is for the shipping on CDJapan XD
Like, 11€ for a single and 14€ for the shipping =_=
Of course, it's the first time I'll order a Album so I don't know yet

Just a few more days!!!

Too anxious for the release

SCANDAL will stream their free live event on the 27th through 5 platforms. Here's the link for nicovideo n ustream:

http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv108740276

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/scandayoyogi

I'll have to wake up at 5:30 AM to watch it ç-ç
But I'm gonna watch if for sure. Can't miss it!!

I'll use the platform with the lowest number of people.
Last time on Ustream was horrible. Instability @.@

"Oh I wanna be a-Rock'n Roll!
Ichkawashita(?) FIGHTING FOE!"

(2:02-2:09)

Most powerful SCANDAL lyric? It just pumps me up every time

I think it's fighting pose, not fighting foe. Could be wrong I guess

Uldred wrote:I think it's fighting pose, not fighting foe. Could be wrong I guess

I see why you might think that since there's a "sss" after whatever it was (fo- or po-, really hard to tell..) which transitions into "Sona"

At what time is the free live??

Space_Ranger017 wrote:At what time is the free live??

18:30
Japan time

@Space_Ranger017
Nicovideo says:

2012/09/27 Open: 17:00 Start: 17:10

So that's 1AM on Thursday for any of us on the west coast of the US.

kaitanuva wrote:

Uldred wrote:I think it's fighting pose, not fighting foe. Could be wrong I guess

I see why you might think that since there's a "sss" after whatever it was (fo- or po-, really hard to tell..)

Uldred is right; it is "fighting pose." These are the correct lyrics:

"Oh! I wanna be your Rock'n roll
Ichikabachika no faitingu poozu (An all-or-nothing fighting pose)"

Awwww yeah:
Dear ---,

Thank you for shopping at CDJapan.

We shipped your order today.

Edit: Oh wow, it's already in Canada, I might get it early :D

@freefall thank you!
@aosaru thank you! That's early wow and I got school that day!! No sleep for me!
So exited for Queens Are Trump!!!

Uldred wrote:Awwww yeah:
Dear ---,

Thank you for shopping at CDJapan.

We shipped your order today.

Edit: Oh wow, it's already in Canada, I might get it early :D

We're the same! I can't believe that CDJapan shipped my order as early as Saturday. Based on my previous orders from them, I think my order will arrive later in the afternoon and delivered tomorrow or on the 26th.
I just can't wait for my first SCANDAL purchase.

echu2012 wrote:

Uldred wrote:Awwww yeah:
Dear ---,

Thank you for shopping at CDJapan.

We shipped your order today.

Edit: Oh wow, it's already in Canada, I might get it early :D

We're the same! I can't believe that CDJapan shipped my order as early as Saturday. Based on my previous orders from them, I think my order will arrive later in the afternoon and delivered tomorrow or on the 26th.
I just can't wait for my first SCANDAL purchase.

The date under the "In Transit" bar on my tracking info says: 2012/09/24

I hope that means I'll get it tomorrow!

I'm glad I chose EMS rather than fedex

^ Hahaha. Yes, choosing EMS is really a very good idea.

Whoa, it would be nice if you actually receive your package earlier than you expected. xD

Hoping that the album would really do well
here is the NINKI ratings for the week of 24/9~30/9/2012

01 247.90 Yamashita Tatsuro - OPUS ~ALL TIME BEST 1975~2012~
02 90.80 ayaka - ayaka's BEST-Ballad Collection-
03 72.00 GREEN DAY - UNO!
04 61.40 SCANDAL - Queens are trumps -Kirifuda wa Queen-
05 29.50 BEAST - MIDNIGHT SUN -JAPAN EDITION-
06 27.10 Ben Folds Five - Sound Of The Life Of Mind
07 19.30 U-KISS - DORADORA + THE SPECIAL TO KISS ME [Believe]
08 18.00 AKIHIRO NAMBA - WAKE UP!!!
09 17.10 RYO the SKYWALKER - Word Piece
10 16.50 4Minute - Best Of 4Minute

The NINKI ratings are the results of a POLL conducted by Oricon indicating degree of interest/degree of purchase intention in an upcoming release. Although the ratings are never a true reflection of sales, it does give a strong prediction about where the single/album will place in terms of popularity amongst the Japanese public. However, they are NOT an indication of how it will perform in terms of chart positioning and total sales for the week.

thanks to http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/4285086.html#ixzz27NcXCVas

they need to be in the top five for week 1 for a new record in the girlband category

Just received my set! Anybody else got them? Won a clear folder thanks to cdjapan =)

well the poll results are quite high~(i think XDD)
since GREEN DAY is there and all~
i'm not really familiar with the other 2 on top~ .sweat.

i hope QAT do well with the charts too~ :cheer:

luCkLEsS wrote:Just received my set! Anybody else got them? Won a clear folder thanks to cdjapan =)

Already got the album one day earlier? *o*

FreeFall wrote:

luCkLEsS wrote:Just received my set! Anybody else got them? Won a clear folder thanks to cdjapan =)

Already got the album one day earlier? *o*

Yeap! Guess so? Not really sure haha the mailman came in the evening

And i got a haruna sticker as well .clap.

Rina did an awesome job on composing Bitter Chocolate .clap. it's beautiful and my fave too. it looks like with her experience doing music she's able to make compositions now and imo better than her early compositions. hehehe!!

i also like Koe(!!!), Rising Star, Bright(!!!), Rock n' Roll, Right Here, TaiScan, Welcome Home, Harukaze

i really love this album

Is it unusual for people to get their stuff days before it is actually released? O.o

I am so jelly right now

Music stores in Japan are known to get their releases early. Whether the store holds their stock until Wednesday or sells to customers is the decision of the store owner.