Feel (Namie Amuro album)

Feel
A grayscale close-up face shot of a woman, she hides her eyes by hands and smiles.
Studio album by Namie Amuro
Released July 10, 2013
(see release history)
Recorded 2012–13
Genre EDM, R&B
Length 42:30
Language English, Japanese
Label Dimension Point
Producer Zedd, Ambience, Dsign Music, Anthony Maniscalco, Ryuichiro Yamaki, Fredro, Adam Kapit, DaWood, Steven Lee, JD Walker, Nao'ymt, HyGradem, Mental Audio
Namie Amuro chronology

Uncontrolled
(2012)		 Feel
(2013)		 Ballada
(2014)
Singles from Feel
  1. "Big Boys Cry / Beautiful"
    Released: March 6, 2013
Digital singles from Feel
  1. "Contrail"
    Released: May 19, 2013
  2. "Hands on Me"
    Released: July 3, 2013
  3. "Heaven"
    Released: July 10, 2013

Feel (stylized as FEEL) is second bilingual studio album (and eleventh overall) by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro, released on July 10, 2013 through Avex sub-label Dimension Point. The album was released nearly one year after her previous studio album, Uncontrolled (2012).

Promotion and release

The album was preceded by the release of her thirty-eighth single, "Big Boys Cry / Beautiful", on March 6, 2013. Both songs were used in commercials for Kose Esprique,[1] however, "Beautiful" was not included in the album. Two songs from the album, "Contrail" and "Can You Feel This Love", were used as theme songs for the television drama Soratobu Kouhou Shitsu and the news program Mezamashi TV, respectively. "Contrail" was released as Amuro's sixth digital single on May 19, 2013[2] and "Hands on Me" as Amuro's seventh digital single on July 3, 2013.[3] Both through Recochoku. In commercials for the album, the song "Alive" is used.

On 6 June 2013 on her official YouTube music videos included on DVD/Blu-ray were posted one per week.[4]

In support of the album, Amuro embarked on The Namie Amuro Feel Tour 2013,[5] which started on August 16, 2013, and finished on December 21, 2013.

Chart performance

Feel is Amuro's 11th album and 6th consecutive to debut at number one on the Oricon's weekly albums chart, with 247,000 copies. In the first day of release, the album sold 111,458 copies, surpassing Uncontrolled in terms of first day sales, and was the top selling album by a solo artist in 2013, also placing sixth on the Oricon Yearly Chart for 2013.

Track listing

Official tracklist from Dimension Point site.[6]

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusicProducer Length
1. "Alive"  Anthony Maniscalco, Erika Nuri, Marc Malouf, Shridhar SolankiA. Maniscalco, E. Nuri, M. Malouf, S. SolankiA. Maniscalco 3:27
2. "Rainbow"  Lukas Nathanson, Scott Effman, Lauren Dyson, TigerL. Nathanson, S. Effman, L. DysonAmbience 3:03
3. "Can You Feel This Love"  CH, ErinaRyuichiro YamakiR. Yamaki 4:00
4. "Big Boys Cry"  Kanata Okajima, Nermin Harambasic, Anne Judith Wik, Ronny Svendsen, Hayley Aitken, Eirik Johansen, Jan Hallvard LarsenN. Harambasic, A. Wik, R. Svendsen, H. Aitken, E. Johansen, J. LarsenMental Audio / DSign Music 3:22
5. "Hands on Me"  Anesha Birchett, Antea Shelton, Fredrik "Fredro" Odesjo, Adam KapitA. Birchett, A. Shelton, F. Odesjo, A. KapitFredro, A. Kapit 3:15
6. "Heaven"  EmyliAnton Zaslavski, Emyli, Tommy ClintZedd 3:31
7. "Poison"  Tiger, N. TranquilloNicole Tranquillo, A. KapitA. Kapit 3:51
8. "La La La"  David Dawood, Natalia Hajjrar, Ana DiazD. Dawood, N. Hajjrar, A. DiazDaWood 2:59
9. "Supernatural Love"   Steven Lee, Rike BoomgaardenS. Lee, R. BoomgaardenS. Lee 3:23
10. "Let Me Let You Go"  Shelly Peiken, JD WalkerS. Peiken, JD WalkerJD Walker 4:02
11. "Contrail"  Nao'ymtNao'ymtNao'ymt 4:12
12. "Stardust in My Eyes"  Daniel Traynor, Karen Poole, Carmen ReeceD. Traynor, K. Poole, C. ReeceHyGrade 3:25
Total length:
 42:24

Charts

Oricon

Oricon Chart Peak Debut Sales Sales Total Chart Run
Daily Albums Chart 1 111,458 (first day sales) 392,092 40 weeks
Weekly Albums Chart 1 247,689
Monthly Albums Chart 1 339,220
Yearly Albums Chart 6 382,684

Other charts

Chart Peak
position
Billboard Japan Top Albums 1
Billboard World Albums 2

Personnel

Personnel details were sourced from Feel's liner notes booklet.[7]

Visuals and imagery

  • Noriko Goto – stylist
  • Takaki Kumada – photography
  • Eichi Matsunaga – nails
  • Akemi Nakano – hair, make-up
  • Masaru Yoshikawa – art direction, design

Performers and musicians

  • Hayley Aitken – background vocals (#4)
  • Namie Amuro – vocals
  • DaWood – instruments (#8)
  • Ana Diaz – additional background vocals (#8)
  • Emyli – background vocals (#2, #6, #8)
  • Fredro – instruments (#5)
  • Natalia Hajjara – additional background vocals (#8)
  • HyGrade – instruments (#12)
  • Adam Kapit – instruments (#5)
  • Nao'ymt – instruments (#11)
  • Keiichi Takahashi – guitar (#3)
  • Nicole Tranquillo – background vocals (#7)
  • Anne Judith Wik – background vocals (#4)

Technical and production

  • Ambience – production (#2)
  • DaWood – production (#8)
  • DOI – mixing (#3-5, #7, #10-11)
  • DSign Music – production (#4)
  • Emyli – vocal direction (#1-2, #6, #8, #9-10)
  • Cobra Endo – production coordination (#2)
  • Fredro – production (#5)
  • FZ from SFPR – additional programming (#6)
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Kohei Hatakeyama – mixing (#8)
  • High Speed Boyz – production coordination (#2)
  • HyGrade – production, programming (#12)
  • Susumu Isa – vocal direction (#3-4)
  • Hiseaki Jinbu – mixing (#2, #12)
  • Adam Kapit – production (#5, #7), vocal production (#7)
  • Steven Lee – production, mixing (#9)
  • Anthony Maniscalo (Kobalt Music/Golden Sunset Music) – production (#1)
  • Nao'ymt – production, vocal direction (#11)
  • Kenji Sano – vocal direction (#5, #7, #12)
  • Nicole Tranquillo – vocal production (#7)
  • JD Walker – production (#10)
  • Ryuichiro Yamaki – production (#3)
  • Zedd – production (#6)

References