I REALLY LOVE THE COVERS.

Sorry I don't understand why people, you don't like it. It's simply gorgeous and classy.
But, then, it's only my opinion and it's yours ;-)

This cover shows Namie has very cury hair..lovely.

the covers just look cheap

Ugh, why did that have to ruin such a gorgeous photo with that text?

I really love the photo, it's nice to see something that isn't just a fashion shoot as a cover.

The covers are beautiful. It's not a really surprising or blowing me away, but it works.
However, I agree that the fond really looks unprofessional. Like anyone from the AHS Fan Graphic Works had edited the picture and put randomly a title in the picture. But yeah, it's not fair to complain. They are nice covers! That's what matters the most.

Well i for one love the cover and will be picking up the album the second Tower Records opens on the 27th!!

The cover really reminds me of "The Birth of Venus"! (see spoiler)

In The Spotlight (Tokyo) seems to be another English song :P

Ohhh...I just noticed it now...there's a lunar eclipse behind Namie Amuro's on the cover of new album Uncontrolled:laugh which is really cool!
@Rocky Raven Thank you for sharing. I think the rest of the new songs will be in 100% English♪

It seems like it's a very hot track :heart I think I can fall in love with that song

The main melody sounds really...normal?
It's like ONLY YOU...
i expect the album to be really cohesive because..most tracks gimme this dancepop feeling...with midtempo-ish tracks here n there

Omg I need the rest of that track STAT.

Thank you for posting the covers! I really like the CD only cover and I think the textless cover they are using for the PLAYBUTTON looks so much better than the CD+ DVD cover. I may substitute either one of those covers on my iPod once I receive the album. My mom does like the CD+DVD cover though as she could care less about fonts and placements anyways, lol.

all the album covers are just gorgeous! :heart

and "In The Spotlight (Tokyo)" sounds great so far! i can't wait to hear the full song.

I don't think so. It's definitely going to be really dancey! I didn't hear all the extra vocals until I put my headphones in :yes!

Going to be FLAWLESS!!!!

All hait the Queen!

I dunno about you, but I have this feeling that this is not a studio album, but a compilation of singles, and it's kinda disappointing (as I had been telling before) because we won't get a real studio album probably until 2014 or 2015 :cry I just hope she never does this again, fill it with all the singles. After the release of this album, we won't see her until autumn or winter? :O

is she going international? with all this english songs...

^Hahhhhhhhhh part of me selfishly hopes so just so I can see her in concert over here.

Although you can only hear it faintly, the beat for this dance track sounds amazing!

It does omg!

And what do you mean second tower records? :O

I haven't been in Tower for awhile...haha
I'll also be buying it then :D

Uncontrolled photoshoot preview in fanspace Vol.37

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...1998612449.jpg

Thanks for posting the CM! I hope a HD version will be posted up soon and I can't wait to see the PV!

Thanks for posting the preview! It looks as though the second page contains photos from the tour promotion photoshoot. I'm not sure about the second page.

I'm not a fan of the cover... she looks really tired and kinda bored...

Totally just saw that CM on tv right now hahaha.

All this news about "Uncontrolled" is so exciting. I am even thinking about pre-ordering. Decided to wait for it after all the new song previews.

I actually like the full-english in Namie's new song(s). Gives me reasons to let my friends listening to the songs without them saying: "What the frack is this language."

Hey I have only one question. I guess this has been discussed earlier in the threads, but I am a bit lazy to search for it (sorry). I have read that ONLY YOU is going to be the theme song for the soccer up, broadcasted by WOWOW. Is that only in Japan, or are there chances this song will get international?

I guess you just found the reference to the cover^^

I definitely prefer the CD only cover over the other one. And I have to agree with a few other members, that these covers look a HELL of a lot better than her "Checkmate" covers. :yes

I just want to hear the other three songs already.:innocent

I liked the checkmate covers more, the colours went together well and it didnt come across as poorly executed like the Uncontrolled covers (I do like the idea behind it though). But maybe the actual thing will look better as apposed to just pictures online.
I'm still excited for this album. A cover that I dont like wont make me dislike the songs or anything.

I will be pimping these songs out to all my friends too haha

I'm pretty sure someone said it is the promo song only in Japan :/

Also geoff on JPC (who is probably on here too lol) said, "Soon we'll find out that "SINGING YEAH-OH" and "GO ROUND (n ROUND n ROUND)" are all-English versions of her latest single, as opposed to the only half-English original tracks."

Which actually sounds totally plausible and totally awesome!


A bit better quality cm:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDA0MDcyMzAw.html
Thank to mingliaoo at JPC.

I like the covers for her new album. :)

I love the new opening and layout to her official website! Here is a larger pic of the CD Only cover:

http://www.jpopasia.com/img/album-co...wwjpo-kclt.jpg

I really like the CD only cover! :) Much better than the CD+DVD cover, imo.

Now that I've seen the larger pic of the CD only cover, I think I prefer the CD+DVD cover over it although I like the textless PLAYBUTTON cover the best.

the black outfit looks hot and I love cd only picture.
she looks amazing

OMG!! I'm in love with this song! :heart

I'm loving these covers. Very simple yet stunning. Made me think of P<F tour dvd covers.

The song is made by the same song writer who made ONLY YOU. So it's possible that it's all english too. (He/they are swedish, he mailed us this information personally).
Then again, she have done all english chourses and verses in japanese before so. Future will tell.

That CD only cover looks gross, sorry. Not one of her best sides.
I prefer the CD+DV by far.
Overall I like the photos and the idea behind, but I do think they're absolutely bad for album covers.
Too dark, not captivating - if you see it in a shelf with other CDs in a store, I'm pretty sure you'll look over it...

In The Spotlight (Tokyo) souns really nice judging from the CM!
Though I'm not to fond of another songs being fully in English, I do look forward to hear it!

I totally agree with you on the Uncontrolled covers.

I think they are not fitting to the albums name as well.
They are boring and beautiful, but not an eyecatcher....

Disappointed with them=(

I just put the 4 recent Namie's studio-album covers into a picture together to see what I really feel about the new one
And for me the 'Uncontrolled' one totally stands out for its natural factor which is the annular solar eclipse n Namie looks real there. I dunno, while so many ppl said it looked dark, boring etc, I just finds it really attractive :)

http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/v...aru/covers.jpg

Personally, I like the darkness. I just really really really loathe the text.

Beyond compare.

yea the text does nothing much for the cover imo...but everything is gorgeous

The photo itself look amateurish but maybe they were going for that. Although I like it, I'm not remotely amazed. The text is horrid though.

Awful covers, but I know the album's contents will be amazing, so I don't really care.

HQ CM FOR Uncontrolled!!!
Ok i hear it. I hear the awesomeness at the back now :)

I like the covers, but only 4 new songs?
Lame.

I don't like the cover (although the idea and Namie look good) but so far I love each song I heard, In the Spotlight sounds great too :)

I'm not too enticed with the covers and I realized I only liked about 2-3 songs total (that are currently available)... Guess I'll stick to Best Fiction lol

Spotlight sounds like it's gonna be a real banger, me is pleased.

Random question, but what shipping method are you guys using for Uncontrolled? I usually use YesAsia but since they're charging extra for the poster I thought I'd use CDJapan this time, and CDJapan has way more shipping options.

yeah...that text is just UGH.

i'm super excited for new songs, but i wish we had more than 4. :( the tiny amounts i can hear in the CM though sound really good!

Official tracklist according to AmuroNamiech:

1.In The Spotlight (TOKYO)
2.NAKED
3.Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!
4.Hot Girls
5.Break It
6.Get Myself Back
7.Love Story
8.Let's Go
9.SINGING "YEAH-OH"
10.GO ROUND ('N ROUND 'N ROUND)
11.Fight Together
12.ONLY YOU
13.Tempest

So even though there are only 4 new tracks, at least we get 2 album versions :)

Thank you so much for posting the CM in high quality! The sound is much clearer and the song sounds even more awesome, it's definitely going to be a hot dance song!

I personally used SAL shipping because I'm cheap and have the patience to wait about two weeks for it to arrive, lol.

CDTV revealed the official tracklist a few days ago. I'm happy to see it was confirmed from one of Namie's official pages and I'm definetely satisfied with the track order. i can't wait to hear the album versions of both songs, especially "SINGING "YEAH-OH"".

^ So it takes about two weeks if you choose SAL? I wish there was a way I could get something in a week's time without spending $20 for shipping. :eviltongu

I really like the photoshoot for the album, but like many people already said, the font / placement look awful. The font placement is one of the biggest issue when you make a CD cover, and sometimes it just doesn't work :/

^ Shipping with EMS is like $14 and you get it on or the day after the release :shrug

I'm doing CDJapan SAL as well.

Omg In the spotlight sounds amazing from the short preview.

I also love how Namie is giving a look like "Yeah b|tches, 20 years ruling this industry, beat that."

What...????

9.SINGING "YEAH-OH"
10.GO ROUND ('N ROUND 'N ROUND)

so these will be different mixes or something???

^ I hope that isn't the case. I love the original songs, and I'm not fond of remixes at all. It may just shatter any interest I have left for the album... But the song playing in the CM was HOT.

Yeah, my orders from them always arrive in exactly 13 days excluding Sundays. CDJapan's shipping tends to be expensive for the faster shipping methods so for me, I'd rather wait a bit longer than pay more for an item I'm going to get regardless. Some people don't like waiting that long but it depends on whether you value time or money more.

I think they are new mixes

I thing I can handle 4 new songs and 2 old songs with 'album' mixes... thats a little better,

yeah, but if they are different you still have the original versions on the single.

The tagging OCD side of me is thinking this is going to mess up my plays lol

But KYA!!!! Anyways...my LIVE STYLE TOUR 2011 promo poster is finally here after a month in customs <3 I've never loved a poster this much *_*
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj85/pommy48/2-6.png

That's what I say. No reason to get upset about songs that are already released :rolleyes


And it's not completely unheard of: look at VIOLET SAUCE (SPICY), PLEASE SMILE AGAIN, CROSS OVER.....

As I said before, as long as they still sound good and flow in the album I won't really care. But otherwise I don't buy her singles so I'm wary.

And I'm surprised that people would think Checkmate covers are worse than these...I think they're some of her best ever! (BF are my fave covers, even with the hilarious photoshopping. I love the poses and the color scale.) And yeah, Uncontrolled is pretty dark looking. All her other covers pop to me (even if I don't like them as much, like QoHP) but not these. They remind me a lot of the I WILL single cover but worse. Not that it overly matters, I'll just do what I did for Gaga's Born This Way and put up a fanmade cover for my digital copies and ipod.

I need HQ pics of namies tattoos

I want to get a simular tattoo and need pics to show them

thank you in advance

^ Her circle tattoo is for her mother who was killed in 1999, the big maria-font word below is HARUTO, name of her son
I also love to have tattoos and it's great to hear u're gonna get them but I wonder why would u want to tattoo the same to her...?
Anyway
http://i.imgur.com/Xfsh0.jpg
HQ Download (1)

http://i.imgur.com/gMKsK.jpg
HQ Download (2)

The new one is Love Peace World
http://i.imgur.com/6zJ3q.jpg

The rumor is that they are going to be all english versions of the songs.

oh gosh...I actually wouldnt want that!!! :X

The songs are like 80% English, so it won't make that much of a difference lol

She 'enhanced' her LovePeaceWorld tattoo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...peaceworld.jpg

gosh, why not? @@
Awesome songs with English version, that's all what i have always dreamed of! <3

I am scratching my head at why everyone is referring to the song in the CM as "HOT" - you can't even hear a beat.

^ you can, but its not very good.
Not that the song is not going to be good, I just think that they picked a bad part, unless that is the good part then yes the song is doomed.

Don't tell me that you hear music by Laptop raw speaker ne? x)

hmmm... i'm not sure how i feel about that. i guess its exciting. :yes

I must be the only one who loves her new covers, oh well!

Can't wait for this album to drop, I plan to have it on repeat.

I love them too! Don't worry lol

thank you

it will be not exactly the same ^^ there will be some changes...

the tattoos on the left arm:
the circle will be the same but there will be other text in it
below there will be NAMIE instead of Haruto
---> I'm already doing my design for it

the only tattoo which I will make simular is the tattoo she had on her right wrist which she has removed now

^ o_O I think her hair looks nice on the covers and that's just the part of her hair, not all of it, if that is what you were referring to as thin and short. And as far as I know she doesn't wear extensions, only short wigs sometimes?

I was actually thinking of getting the same design tattoo like namie.
I love the design of the big circle one saying something else.

and I really hope that rumor is true but
if yeah oh would be in english they only have to translate a few words.

NAMIE AMURO official magazine
FanSpace VOL.37

http://ww2.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/694011...thvxa75pej.jpg

From July 2012 issue of 'GISELe'
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...47313855_n.jpg

Credit to official facebook

Dont know if this was posted

～新宿に"巨大"安室奈美恵が登場！～ new!
5/26～5/27に新宿ステーションスクエアで、NEW ALBUM「Uncontrolled」の
新ビジュアルを"ライブペインティング"しました。
ライブペインティングされたボードは6/1（金）まで掲載されています！
是非チェックしてみてください。


～NEW ALBUMのタイトル決定！～
6月27日発売のNEW ALBUMのタイトルが、『Uncontrolled』に決定しました。



http://www.avexnet.or.jp/amuro/info.html

The pictures of her in the black dress from the "NAMIE AMURO official magazine
FanSpace VOL.37" look absolutely beautiful, I must say.

Also, @ohsixthirty: Then I guess I'll just buy the YEAH-OH single and be done with it XD

New BLENDA cover from official FB:



Flawless (besides her hair being a photoshop disaster)

Let's Go & In The Spotlight (Tokyo) PVs listed on m-on.
No broadcast date yet though.
http://www.m-on.jp/artist/9/music_detail58389.html
http://www.m-on.jp/artist/9/music_detail58388.html

InRed & BLENDA - from Official Facebook
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/v...21885092_n.jpg

http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/v...35253755_o.jpg

The Blenda cover is stunning!

I love inred she looks adorable and the copy and paste in blenda is just ugly.
She looks stunning but come one magazine editors.

Loveee both, but - yeah- like others have said..the photoshop job isn't too impressive, which is surprising for Blenda cause they've always done a nice job in the past.

those mag covers are lovely! :heart

is that blue spots on her hair?!?! (blenda) :innocent

anyway, i am having these mixed feelings about this album. I love all her releases so far:luv2 but I dont fancy hearing her singing in English. When she gets them wrong previously i will just "eh, that was japanese right?" which doesnt matter cause i dont understand japanese. but know i know the entire song is in english and i will start cringing when i cant understand.:tired

6/27 The original album「Uncontrolled」PLAYBUTTON version.
http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/694011...tixdkhu4wj.jpg

awwwwwwwwwwwwww I love it!!!

I WANT IN THE SPOTLIGHT RIGHT MEOWWWWWW!!!!!

Namie fb
July issue of Glamorous
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...88931481_n.jpg
so many magazines!!!

^Sex hair. Love it.

This is a darker color
Namie fan fb
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...24552781_n.jpg

oh and she's choosing the logo for the shirts that her fans sent her
click

From NA Official Facebook, I seriously love her official fb more n more <3
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/v...08609035_o.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/v...53382530_o.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/v...83484844_o.jpg

She is so beautiful in every picture.