Uncontrolled (album)

Uncontrolled
CD+DVD and Playbutton editions' cover
Studio album by Namie Amuro
Released	June 27, 2012 (2012-06-27)
Recorded	2010–2012
Studio	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)
Genre	Electropop dance-pop
Length	50:17
Language	Japanese English
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Hisahiko Iida Shintaro Higuchi Daisuke Shimokawa
Namie Amuro chronology
Checkmate! (2011) Uncontrolled (2012) Feel (2013)
Singles from Uncontrolled
"Break It" / "Get Myself Back" Released: July 28, 2010 "Naked" / "Fight Together" / "Tempest" Released: July 27, 2011 "Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!" / "Love Story" Released: December 7, 2011 "Go Round" / "Yeah-Oh!" Released: March 21, 2012

Uncontrolled is the tenth studio album by Japanese pop and R&B musician Namie Amuro, released on June 27, 2012.^[1] This marks Amuro's first original album in two and a half years since her last album Past<Future (2009) and her first original album for her 20th anniversary of her debut. Uncontrolled consists mostly of songs sung in Japanese, however this was the first album of Amuro's to feature several songs sung entirely in English. It was released in three formats: CD+DVD, CD and Playbutton (limited edition). "Go Round" and "Yeah-Oh" are songs with entirely English lyrics, and are included under the titles "Go Round ('N Round 'N Round)" and "Singing "Yeah-Oh!"" respectively. The new songs "In The Spotlight (Tokyo)," "Hot Girls" and "Only You" are also entirely English lyrics.

Met with mostly positive reviews from music critics, the album became a commercial success. It spent three weeks at number one on Oricon 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 was her fifth consecutive number one album since 2007, and her sixth consecutive double platinum album since 2005. Amuro promoted the album by embarking on the Namie Amuro 5 Major Domes Tour across Asia between 2012 and 2013.