Duty

Duty Album by Hamasaki Ayumi Released 27 September 2000 Genre Pop Length 51:45 Label avex trax Producer(s) {{{Producer}}} Album Artwork Gallery Hamasaki Ayumi Chronology LOVEppears (1999) Duty (2000) A BEST (2001) Duty is Ayumi Hamasaki's third full-length album, released in September 2000. The title of the album comes from Hamasaki seeing fans on TV, and realizing it was her duty to set a good example. The cover depicts Hamasaki as a wild cat trying to break out of her cage. This album displays a much more mature sound than her past efforts, and has Hamasaki branching out into rock styles (with "End of the World", "Key", and "girlish" more than she had in the past. The sound was a departure from the dance-pop of "LOVEppears" while still maintaining a strong pop sensibility. "girlish" is a studio live track (which means the recording is done over one take - not always the first take, but there's no editing done to splice anything together) and features Hamasaki's live band members. The lyrics for "girlish" were not included in the album booklet upon Hamasaki's request. Track Listing CD # Track Name Length Credits 1. starting over 01:37 Music/Arrangement: Ken Harada 2. Duty 05:16 Music: Ken Harada/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, Ken Harada 3. vogue 04:29 Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki, Kazuhito Kikuchi 4. End of the World 04:41 Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki 5. SCAR 04:18 Music: Kunio Tago/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki 6. Far away 05:35 Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi, D.A.I/Arrangement: HΛL 7. SURREAL 04:43 Music: Kazuhito Kikuchi/Arrangement: HΛL 8. AUDIENCE 04:07 Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: HΛL 9. SEASONS 04:26 Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki 10. teddy bear 04:19 Music: D.A.I/Arrangement: Shingo Kobayashi 11. Key ~eternal tie ver.~ 03:21 Music: Kunio Tago/Arrangement: Naoto Suzuki 12. girlish 04:58 Music: Yasuhiko Hoshino/Arrangement: Shingo Kobayashi

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