Uncontrolled (album)

Uncontrolled
CD only cover
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 27, 2012 (2012-06-27)
Recorded2010–2012
Studio
Genre
Length50:17
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelAvex Trax
Producer
  • Hisahiko Iida
  • Shintaro Higuchi
  • Daisuke Shimokawa
Namie Amuro chronology
Checkmate!
(2011)
Uncontrolled
(2012)
Feel
(2013)
Alternative cover
CD+DVD edition
Singles from Uncontrolled
  1. "Break It" / "Get Myself Back"
    Released: July 28, 2010
  2. "Naked" / "Fight Together" / "Tempest"
    Released: July 27, 2011
  3. "Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!" / "Love Story"
    Released: December 7, 2011
  4. "Go Round" / "Yeah-Oh!"
    Released: March 21, 2012

Uncontrolled is the tenth studio album by Japanese singer Namie Amuro, released on June 27, 2012. It is Amuro's first original album since Past<Future (2009) and her first original album for her 20th anniversary of her debut. It was released in three formats: CD+DVD, CD and Playbutton (limited edition). Uncontrolled consists mostly of songs performed in Japanese, but was also Amuro's first album to feature several songs sung entirely in English, including "Go Round", "Yeah-Oh", "In The Spotlight (Tokyo)," "Hot Girls", and "Only You".

Uncontrolled was met with mostly positive reviews from music critics and was shortlisted at the Asia Association Music Prize Awards. The album became a commercial success and spent three weeks at number one on Oricon Albums Chart, becoming Amuro's second album to achieve 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.