Namie Amuro sets a date for her 10th studio album.

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Namiserable Amuro has blind sighted us with a new album release date. PAH! Yeah roight. We all knew this was coming, it was just a matter of when. And the when is June 27th. This album has somehow already sold more copies in its first week than Farty queen and Ploponesque. Don't ask how.

At time of writing, no title, album arts or images have been released just yet. But a tracklist has been revealed, although the track order itself is still to be confirmed. Balk at this tracklist and give your most dramatic eye roll at the sight of there only being 4 new songs. Not much of a surprise, but still. You gotta roll the eyes. On the count of three...

  • Only you
  • Hot girls
  • In the spotlight (Tokyo)
  • Let's go
  • Go round
  • Yeah-oh
  • Sit! Stay! Wait! Down!
  • Love story
  • Naked
  • Fight together
  • Tempest
  • Break it
  • Get myself back

That horrid feeling I used to get when Hikaru Utada's album tracklists drop just came rushing back. That woman loved to release double A-sides over the course of a year and then slap down an album with only 3 to 4 new tracks. The difference with her was that her singles were always on point (those Deep river singles took me to Jebus), can't say the same for Namie's recent run. "Naked" and "Yeah-oh" were the jams. Other than those, there were no other singles post Checkmate! which I really liked. The dog song is the only one which sticks in my head, and that was because it was played to death in bite size chunks throughout the whole of Watashi ga renai dekinai riyuu. Hopefully the non single cuts will rock. Queen of Hip-Pop, Play and Past < Future all had solid non single cuts. So I'll cross my fingers the same goes for this album. Then again, those album also had killer ass singles.

The CD + DVD edition features music videos to all of the singles, as well as videos for "Only you", "Hot girls", "In the  spotlight (Tokyo)" and "Let's go". Wow. Ayumi Hamasaki be looking real lazy about now. These videos had all better be on that "Naked" and "Yeah-oh!" swag, otherwise I will wish baldness on a ho.