Here are Namie Amuro and BoA's new singles out today. I have to say Namie's single kinda kicks butt. Four great tracks? Yes please! (Though Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! makes me LOL a bit) The tracks are typical Namie songs, but I think individually they're all enjoyable songs (and I super appreciate that the instrumentals themselves make great tracks ( Read more... )

Triple A-side from our Namie Amuro with three tie-ins! Each song is better than the last. Fight Together sounded quite surprising because I don't really associate those sounds with Namie, but then some random instrumental bits came in and I thought, "yeup". :P Tempest is a gorgeous ballad. Namie shows us what a voice she has. <3 The PV, although ( Read more... )

Here's the last one after quite a delay. OMG I LOVED THIS CONCERT DVD. She looks so happy and won't stop winking. :P I also loved the "ballad" segment starting from think of me, and her Do Me More outfit is my favourite concert outfit of hers. <3 Actually I have a number of favourite outfits from this concert. Plus the songlist was AWESOME. Plus ( Read more... )

We're on the home stretch. XD Recorded at a June Taipei Arena live show (recording was changed as she was ill during the earlier recordings at her Yoyogi National Gymnasium show) on Namie Amuro's BEST FICTION Tour 2008-2009, this DVD features a whopping 30-song setlist. It was cute how embarrassed she got singing Wishing On The Same Star. :P And ( Read more... )

Promoting her seventh studio album of the same title, this is from an October Tokyo International Forum A live show during Namie Amuro's PLAY Tour 2007-2008. The Can You Celebrate? performance from this DVD was the first Namie concert footage I ever watched. I had a million goosebumps that first time I watched it. I absolutely adore the arrangement ( Read more... )

In the second half of 2006, in welcoming her 15th year as an artist, Namie Amuro went on a four-month nationwide tour. This was filmed at a live show in Tokyo. As it wasn't promoting an album, the setlist actually features many well-chosen B-sides, which was a joy to see. ^_^

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This was filmed at a December 2005 live show again at the Tokyo International Forum on the concert tour promoting her seventh studio album, Queen of Hip-Hop. Go Pink Panther! :D

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Filmed at a January 2004 live show at the Tokyo International Forum A on a tour that spanned 7 months, this is the first of the Namie Amuro concerts coming your way, fully clad in trademark boots. I never realised it but she is REALLY TINY... TINY! :O

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Checkmate! was originally planned for release in late March but postponed until now. It features past collaborations as well as four new tracks (BLACK OUT is also "new" but released on VERBAL's album last month), for which four PVs were released. The album is great! Namie's collabs have so much personality from all the artists. My favs would have ( Read more... )

Same day as last time. :D In your face, Ria! :D My timeline is December 2009 to November 2010, as you might be aware. Unfortunately I consider it a disappointing year. There were a lot of pretty nice songs but it was like death trying to distinguish the "best". I guess it depends what the criteria for "best" is... I decided to go for what was more ( Read more... )