Uncontrolled (album)
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| Studio album by Namie Amuro | ||||
| Released | June 27, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2012 Prime Sound Studio Form (Meguro, Tokyo) Azabu O Studio (Nishi-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo) Avex Studio (Azabu, Tokyo) Bunkamura Studio (Shibuya, Tokyo) Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) Sound City (Azabudai, Minato, Tokyo) |
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| Genre | R&B,electropop,Eurodisco | |||
| Length | 50:17 | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | Avex Trax | |||
| Producer | Takashi Kasuga, (exec.) Shinji Hayashi (exec.), Hisahiko Iida, Shintaro Higuchi, Daisuke Shimokawa | |||
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| Hot Express | (favorable) |
| Listen Japan | (favorable) |
| Rolling Stone Japan |   |
Uncontrolled is the 10th studio album by Japanese pop and R&B musician Namie Amuro, released on June 27, 2012. The album was released before her 20th anniversary concerts — one in Okinawa in September, and seven across Japan in November and December 2012. The album consists mostly of songs sung in Japanese, however this was the first album of Amuro's to feature several songs sung entirely in English.
The album spent three weeks at number one on Oricon's albums chart, making Uncontrolled the second album of Amuro's to do this after Best Fiction (2008) spent six weeks at number one. The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. This is her fifth consecutive number one album since 2007, and her sixth consecutive double platinum album since 2005.
Uncontrolled is Amuro's first original studio album since 2009's Past < Future, and follows her collaboration compilation album Checkmate!, released in 2011. Unlike Past < Future, which was released after only one physical single, Uncontrolled is a compilation of nine songs from singles released between 2010 and 2012, as well as four new songs. Amuro revealed later in an interview that an idea for the album was conceived in early 2012. The album was created as a collection of songs that Amuro wanted to sing, in contrast to a concept or theme-based album.
Of the nine tracks released as singles before the album, four were digitally successful enough to receive certifications from Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ): "Fight Together," "Get Myself Back," "Love Story" and "Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!." All of the songs were certified gold for full-length cellphone downloads, except for "Love Story," which was certified triple platinum for ringtones, and double platinum for full-length cellphone downloads. It was Amuro's highest certified song in four years, since 2008's "New Look."
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