[Namie Amuro] △ the 71st UNCONTROLLED thread! △

[Partino]

Originally Posted by bondingo

That's an insult to Heidi.

Heidi should be so lucky to get even anywhere were Namie stood before. ...


ANYWAYS,

Uncontrolled is so far the most surprising J-Pop Album I've heard in years and here’s why i think that way:

You simply can’t deny the creativity that was put into making that album but it follows every rule a good and solid pop album should obey to. So Uncontrolled is balanced. You get your creativity AND standard bubble pop (hip-pop if you like). Few pop albums can do that.

Either you’re pop or R&B. There is no AND option for this. You have to decide. The R’n’B aspects of her past albums were washed away in Uncontrolled. The production is more dancey and less grinding.

It sounds more western with each progressing beat. That could be a good or bad thing for an artist in Japan but to be honest, Namie sold MILLIONS of records. She doesn’t care if this bombs. She simply did what she liked. Was Avex behind her with everything she wanted to put in this album? Doubtful. Are they going to slap her hand if she fails? Doubt that too.
Hello? This is Avex we are talking about.

There are a few Artists - who shall be not be named … Utada *cough* - who try to give their songs a western touch and fail. Some succeed but a huge part fails.

Her English is enjoyable! IT’S ADORABLE! She’s not a native but we heard worse.
Mika Nakashima tried to do something different in singing a whole song in english and it was TERRIBLE! nananana … crap your hans … nananan … bum … crap

Name, as an artist, evolved to a level no queen shall touch in the near future.
I always thought "Uhhh ... Ayu is so special. She's using gay's and transgender people in her videos. SHE BROKE RULES" but ... those are just videos. The sound is ALWAYS the same. Pop, Rock, Ballad … that’s her whole songbook. She can’t do more. If she tries, she fails. Ayu can’t do dance music the way she’s now. She [Ayumi] needs to take a break and come back with actual stuff to sing about! She’s more a singer/songwriter and should explore the things she can do. Tsubasa Tsubasa - KIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII … can’t hear that anymore.

[LOVE HER THOUGH! That’s not going to be a “I HATE AYUMI [NOW]. COME BACK [OLD] AYUMI! post. I simply don’t get her now.]

Name took a risk with WAF and look what happened. AMURABOOM! She knew she had to change something so she did what felt right and not what could sell more and people believe what she’s selling now. SHE HAD A DOG ON A SINGLE COVER FOR DOG’s SAKE and people bought it because the songs were THAT good! lmfao
That can’t go on forever but so far it looks promising.

As for comparing P<F with Uncontrolled .. you can’t do that. It’s like comparing grapes with a duck. They aren’t even the same “species”. Too different to be compared. You can like one more than the other BUT YOU CAN’T COMPARE THEM!

ONE THING I didn’t like. What’s up with her in hats? She should stick with Patricia. Namie in hats that’s something I really dislike. I mean those little hats in her PVs. Yuck. HATE THEM!

To come to an end of this, Uncontrolled is amazing. I love it more than P<F but love them both cause I love her.

I drank two glasses of wine while I wrote this so if you find any “stains” … blame it on the cheap looking winyard I bought this from.

Anyway. I LOVE YOU GUYS! I love Ayumi. I love Namie. Good night.

[Benikari47]

In The Spotlight (TOKYO) vs. FAST CAR
NAKED vs. COPY THAT
GO ROUND vs. LOVE GAME
Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! vs. Bad Habit
Hot Girls vs. Steal my Night
Break It (AL Ver.) vs. FIRST TIMER feat. DOBERMAN INC
Get Myself Back vs. MY LOVE
Love Story vs. The Meaning Of Us
Let's Go vs. Dr.
YEAH-OH vs. Shut Up
Fight Together vs. Defend Love
ONLY YOU/Tempest vs. WILD

[Chiharo]

In The Spotlight (TOKYO) vs. FAST CAR
NAKED vs. COPY THAT
GO ROUND vs. LOVE GAME
Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! vs. Bad Habit
Hot Girls vs. Steal my Night
Break It (AL Ver.) vs. FIRST TIMER feat. DOBERMAN INC
Get Myself Back vs. MY LOVE
Love Story vs. The Meaning Of Us
Let's Go vs. Dr.
YEAH-OH vs. Shut Up
Fight Together vs. Defend Love
ONLY YOU/Tempest vs. WILD

[Mr. Goto]

In The Spotlight (TOKYO) vs. FAST CAR
NAKED vs. COPY THAT
GO ROUND vs. LOVE GAME
Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! vs. Bad Habit
Hot Girls vs. Steal my Night
Break It (AL Ver.) vs. FIRST TIMER feat. DOBERMAN INC
Get Myself Back vs. MY LOVE
Love Story vs. The Meaning Of Us
Let's Go vs. Dr.
YEAH-OH vs. Shut Up
Fight Together vs. Defend Love
ONLY YOU/Tempest vs. WILD

tied, I like PAST<FUTURE more tho

[Utena]

In The Spotlight (TOKYO) vs. FAST CAR
NAKED vs. COPY THAT
GO ROUND vs. LOVE GAME
Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! vs. Bad Habit
Hot Girls vs. Steal my Night
Break It (AL Ver.) vs. FIRST TIMER feat. DOBERMAN INC
Get Myself Back vs. MY LOVE
Love Story vs. The Meaning Of Us
Let's Go vs. Dr.
YEAH-OH vs. Shut Up
Fight Together vs. Defend Love
ONLY YOU
Tempest
WILD

P/F -> 5
U -> 8

I guess we have a winner There are a few songs from P/F that I like a lot though, like The Meaning of Us and LOVE GAME. My favorite is still PLAY so far, but Uncontrolled comes as a close second and might take over PLAY's spot in the long run

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by Partino

There are a few Artists - who shall be not be named … Utada *cough* - who try to give their songs a western touch and fail. Some succeed but a huge part fails.

lol It fails because it's actually original work which in hikki's case is harder to listen to, and not just copies of popular songs that have already made it big.


And, there is an "and" option. You just have to do it right.

[Mirrorcle Monster]

In The Spotlight (TOKYO) vs. FAST CAR----> ITS(TOKYO)
NAKED vs. COPY THAT-----> NAKED
GO ROUND vs. LOVE GAME------> LOVE GAME
Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! vs. Bad Habit------>S!S!w!D!
Hot Girls vs. Steal my Night------>Hot Girls
Break It (AL Ver.) vs. FIRST TIMER feat. DOBERMAN INC------>Break It
Get Myself Back vs. MY LOVE-------->Get Myself Back
Love Story vs. The Meaning Of Us----->The Meaning Of Us
Let's Go vs. Dr.------->Dr.
YEAH-OH vs. Shut Up------->YEAH-OH
Fight Together vs. Defend Love------>EQUALLY
ONLY YOU/Tempest vs. WILD-------->ONLY YOU

P<F : 3
Uncontrolled: 8

Anyway, if P<F had 4 singles it would have been EPIC

[dreamland2.0]

In The Spotlight (TOKYO) vs. FAST CAR
NAKED vs. COPY THAT
GO ROUND vs. LOVE GAME
Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! vs. Bad Habit
Hot Girls vs. Steal my Night
Break It vs. FIRST TIMER feat. DOBERMAN INC
Get Myself Back vs. MY LOVE
Love Story vs. The Meaning Of Us
Let's Go vs. Dr.
YEAH-OH vs. Shut Up
Fight Together vs. Defend Love
ONLY YOU/Tempest vs. WILD

Definitely like Past < Future more but Uncontrolled is quite good and fun to listen to!

[zellyx]

I'm a casual Namie fan. I listen to her singles but not usually her full albums...
I'm giving Uncontrolled a full listen now--
Will update with what I think!

[pommy48]

In The Spotlight (TOKYO) vs. FAST CAR
NAKED vs. COPY THAT
GO ROUND vs. LOVE GAME
Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! vs. Bad Habit
Hot Girls vs. Steal my Night
Break It vs. FIRST TIMER feat. DOBERMAN INC
Get Myself Back vs. MY LOVE
Love Story vs. The Meaning Of Us
Let's Go vs. Dr.
YEAH-OH vs. Shut Up
Fight Together vs. Defend Love
ONLY YOU/Tempest vs. WILD

I really love both albums equally

[ExodusUK]

this album is terrible, give up with the English, it's so weird she doesn't seem to understand a word of what she's singing and the previous album was much better. PLAY is still my favourite of modern Namie albums

[Kaiouforever]

While I like the album, I really don't feel that the new tracks were enough. I feel like I've heard this all before (because I HAVE heard this all before, when the singles were released). But, as far as new songs go, I love Only You.

[bondingo]

Originally Posted by Partino

You simply can’t deny the creativity that was put into making that album but it follows every rule a good and solid pop album should obey to. So Uncontrolled is balanced. You get your creativity AND standard bubble pop (hip-pop if you like). Few pop albums can do that.

Where is the creativity exactly? Very few songs on this album are particularly creative. They may be good, but creative? Not so much.

[tenshi no hane]

uta-net posted the official lyrics: http://www.uta-net.com/artist/1822/

[Minttulatte]

I love Past<Future and Uncontrolled equally though P<F's R&B vibe always gets me so excited. That's what I adore her previous album. Uncontrolled also has some R&B songs on but they're mostly ballads (which is not a bad thing 'cause I'm a sucker for R&B ballads after all hoho). I won't go and compare the songs though because I really can't. It's just that despite what I just said about R&B songs I love both albums equally anyway.

[Rocky Raven]

*104,562　安室奈美恵
*22,553　GReeeeN
**7,957　TUBE

wOHOOOO <3

[inspire_rmx]

Originally Posted by Rocky Raven

*104,562　安室奈美恵
*22,553　GReeeeN
**7,957　TUBE

wOHOOOO <3

I'm so surprised by the amazing sales despite the excessive english tracks in the album! Japan love the album and direction Namie is going for sure. I'm loving it too =) Namie rocks!!

[Maemi]

OMG! Amazing sales for the first day!!!

[°~Kitty~°]

In The Spotlight (TOKYO) vs. FAST CAR
NAKED vs. COPY THAT
GO ROUND vs. LOVE GAME
Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! vs. Bad Habit
Hot Girls vs. Steal my Night
Break It vs. FIRST TIMER feat. DOBERMAN INC
Get Myself Back vs. MY LOVE
Love Story vs. The Meaning Of Us
Let's Go vs. Dr.
YEAH-OH vs. Shut Up
Fight Together vs. Defend Love
ONLY YOU/Tempest vs. WILD

6:6, I really like both but I also think that the English somehow messed the songs up, so in the end P<F wins
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Yay for 104,562 sold copies <3

[RayJason]

Originally Posted by Rocky Raven

*104,562　安室奈美恵
*22,553　GReeeeN
**7,957　TUBE

She annihilated the others! Great job Namie!!!