I Am... (Hamasaki Ayumi album)

I am... Album by Hamasaki Ayumi Released 1 January 2002 Genre Pop Length 1:10:54 Label avex trax Producer(s) {{{Producer}}} Album Artwork Gallery Hamasaki Ayumi Chronology A BEST (2001) I am... (2002) RAINBOW (2002) I am... is Ayumi Hamasaki's 4th full-length album, released on New Year's Day 2002. This album came at the heels of the September 11th tragedy. Just before 9-11, Hamasaki had already come up with a concept for the album jacket and booked photography studio time to carry it out; however, in the wake of the event, Hamasaki decided that the originally planned concept was inappropriate. It was scrapped before any photos were taken. The cover ultimately depicted Ayu as a "goddess of peace", dressed in leaves, with a white dove on her shoulder. The booklet shows Hamasaki's "goddess" character walking calmly, climbing up a steep hill, collapsing, and finally setting the dove free over the course of a day. This is the first Ayumi Hamasaki album on which Hamasaki herself composed most of the tracks. As a result, the usual "All Lyrics written by Ayumi Hamasaki" credit has been replaced with "Written and Composed by Ayumi Hamasaki" The first-press edition of the album comes with an extra large-sized obi with an exclusive photo on it. Those who pre-ordered from CDJapan recieved a gray A-logo button. The album's second track, an introduction called "opening Run", was released in an extended version on the "Daybreak" single. Track 3, "Connected", is a collaboration between Hamasaki and Trance artist Ferry "system F" Corsten, who had previously done remixes for Hamasaki. It is a fleshed-out version of a past song of his, "The Love I Lost." Track 12, "A Song is born", is a new version of "a song is born", a duet recorded with KEIKO of globe for the VARIOUS ARTISTS FEATURING song+nation compilation, a charity effort by avex trax and producer Tetsuya Komuro. The version here is Hamasaki solo. "flower garden" is this album's hidden track, placed after "Endless sorrow ~gone with the wind ver.~." Track Listing CD # Track Name Length Credits 1. I am... 05:31 Music: CREA/Arrangement: Tadashi Kikuchi 2. opening Run 00:57 Music/Arrangement: CMJK 3. Connected 03:21 Music/Arrangement: Ferry Corsten 4. UNITE! 05:00 Music: CREA/Arrangement: HΛL 5. evolution 04:42 Music: CREA/Arrangement: HΛL 6. Naturally 04:18 Music: CREA/Arrangement: CMJK 7. NEVER EVER 04:41 Music: CREA/Arrangement: CHOKKAKU 8. still alone 05:57 Music: CREA/Arrangement: CMJK 9. Daybreak 04:49 Music: CREA + D.A.I + Junichi Matsuda/Arrangement: tasuku 10. taskinlude 01:20 Music/Arrangement: tasuku 11. M 04:29 Music: CREA/Arrangement: HΛL 12. A Song is born 06:18 Music/Arrangement: Tetsuya Komuro 13. Dearest 05:33 Music: CREA + D.A.I/Arrangement: Ken Shima 14. no more words 05:48 Music: CREA + D.A.I/Arrangement: Seiji Kameda 15. Endless sorrow ~gone with the wind ver.~ + flower garden 08:17 Music: CREA/Arrangement: CMJK

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