[Namie Amuro] ♬♫♪◖Show Me What You've Got in the 92nd thread◗♪♫♬

[visionfactory]

Hi Guys!

I'm opening a Jpop Karaoke shop!

You can request Namie's Genic instrumentals here (or any other album you want)

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3218816

[inthezone]

It's time for Best Fiction 2

[kotora]

Originally Posted by inthezone

It's time for Best Fiction 2

The next best album wouldn't be called Best Fiction 2..

It will be named something else...

[SunshineSlayer]

Yep, I have a feeling something like that is next.

[visionfactory]

Where is Checkmate 2 I voted

[Bad Wolf]

Originally Posted by visionfactory

Where is Checkmate 2 I voted

^ MFTE. Well I mean, Best Fiction 2 does seem like it's the more reasonable release at this point.

I admit, I fell out of interest with Namie after _genic. It was just really dull to me. Hell, I liked Ballada better than that. I know she's been releasing more singles, so I've been meaning to listen to them (since she can't drive me away for long lol).

I have to confess, the post that was quoted in the first post in this thread kinda mirrors how I think. I miss her edgier look/style, and I like her hip-pop stuff more than just straight up pop. She can still produce really solid pop songs, however, and I think it's a smart step for her career (longevity VS trends), but I can still mourn the loss.

Still, like I said, she can't keep me away for long lol I'll always be willing to listen to her. She's just too good to ignore.

[NintendoHTF1242]

This sushi place in my town has a constant Namie Amuro playlist going lol it's amazing. Got to hear mint finally, and they're playing ROCK U, Revolution, TSUKI, etc.

[Baco__]

I always see people claiming _genic was generic, a mess, blablabla, but it`s her best album since her last full japanese one, IMHO. maybe I`m more on the generic side of music after all lol

[mi|kshake]

I much prefer _Genic to Feel which may be a bit controversial!

[Miduhyo]

Originally Posted by mi|kshake

I much prefer _Genic to Feel which may be a bit controversial!

To me it is!

I love Feel. I love it now as much as when I bought the album... what? Three years ago now? Every song (minus Let Me Let You Go) is on my workout playlist and when Hands On Me comes on, better watch out cause Imma work it. The only songs from _genic I got on there is Golden Touch and Space Invader (they're too fun to ignore).

But that's the fun thing about Namie. She has so many different styles of Pop/Hip-pop/whateveryouwannacallit-type of pop that there's a little bit for everyone.
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Btw -- speaking of all her different styles. I just listened to Past<Future and PLAY, which I haven't done in a long time, and Holy Macaroni I forgot how much I loved those albums.

[ahtka-chan]

For me it's the opposite, I like almost the whole _genic and I don't care at all about Feel.

Feel sounds really generic to me, while _genic is a very fun album.

[DeepRiver]

FEEL = HER BEST ALBUM EVER

HEAVEN = HER BEST SONG OF THE LAST 3 YEARS! She looks so fucxxxx fierce in the Video ...

... _genic is boring as shit! NEXT!

[CeReSu]

I prefer FEEL too ♥
_genic is very nice but not so good, I don't listen to it very often, except for Stranger.

[Corvina]

Lol, I don't like FEEL and _genic much, just kept two songs of both. Prefer Uncontrolled and Past<Future.

[KarenPang]

Out of Namie's recent studio albums , Uncontrolled is actually my least favourite as I feel that the single songs overshadow the album tracks to a certain extent

I find myself listening to _genic a lot less than FEEL even though I generally like both releases

PAST < FUTURE was a very slick release while PLAY is still tops . I still have great special memories towards PLAY as it was the 1st Namie album I bought/listened where I kept on overplaying Hide & Seek non stop

Ah good times good times

[Miduhyo]

^you are the firat person ive seen say they like uncontrolled. To me that album

_genic was disappointing mostly, to me, because I really liked the previews and thought it'd be like Feel 2 with really fun, really strong dance tracks. But then the album came out and the songs just repeat themselves from beginning to end (I forgot to say I do love her version of what I did for love) and though I really like the idea they had with the chrome app for Anything, still couldn't make me like the song. And of course the adorable mv for Golden Touch. It was like they put more effort into finding cool ideas to promote than the album than the album itself.

[thinkingoutloud89]

^I love Uncontrolled ... just replaced Break It/Go round/YEAH OH with its originals...since they are among my fav. singles of her

[Miduhyo]

^ I just find the whole album to be a mess. Though I do agree with you that those songs should be replaced with their originals. Maybe if they did I wouldn't dislike it so much. Hot Girls, In the Spotlight (Tokyo), Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!, Singing "Yeah Oh", Go Round 'N Round 'N Round, Hot Girls (I'm putting it twice because of how much I hate that song.) I pretty much dislike the entire album minus Love Story, Get Myself Back and Let's Go.

Just throwing it out there that Love Story is probably one of her best ballads IMO. It's that song that saves me from throwing Uncontrolled out of my mind completely.

But, like I said in an earlier post, she has so many different sounds of pop/hip hop/whatever that if you're into this genre and don't like one album, you're bound to like another.

[Corvina]

I love Uncontrolled. It's a really strong album with strong singles and some of my favourite album tracks of her, but even the album versions of the single songs don't bother me, they're nice. The only bad song on it is Hot Girls. Totally can't stand that song.

[jean-baptiste]

I also love Uncontrolled lol