Play (Amuro Namie)

CD+DVD Cover

CD Cover

Artist

Amuro Namie

Album

PLAY

Released

2007.06.27 (Japan)

2007.06.29 (South Korea)

2007.07.06 (Taiwan)

2007.07.07 (Hong Kong)

2012.06.27 (Playbutton Edition)

Catalog Number

AVCD-23342/B (CD+DVD)

AVCD-23343 (CD)

Price

¥3,990 (CD+DVD)

¥3,059 (CD)

CD Tracklist

1. Hide & Seek
2. Full Moon
3. CAN'T SLEEP, CAN'T EAT, I'M SICK
4. It's all about you
5. FUNKY TOWN
6. Step With It!
7. Hello
8. Should I Love Him?
9. Top Secret
10. Violet Sauce (Spicy)
11. Baby Don't Cry
12. Pink Key

DVD Tracklist

1. Hide & Seek (PV)
2. CAN'T SLEEP, CAN'T EAT, I'M SICK (PV)
3. FUNKY TOWN (PV)
4. Hello (PV)
5. Baby Don't Cry (PV)
6. AMURO NAMIE x The World of GOLDEN EGGS SPECIAL MOVIE

Information

PLAY is seventh studio album recorded by Amuro Namie. This is her third full length Urban contemporary record. Similar to Queen of Hip-Pop the album's production is was split between Nao'ymt and MICHICO & T-KURA for GIANT SWING PRODUCTIONS. It is her first album to be released in both a CD+DVD format as well as the standard CD. The first press of the CD features a PLAY original police badge sticker. The album is described as having an "adult" style. Like her previous album Queen of Hip-Pop, some single A-sides were not included on the album. The A-sides "White Light" and "Ningyo" were not used for the album. "Hide & Seek" was used as the promotional single for the album, and received a music video along with "Hello". The song "Top Secret" was used as the theme song for the second series of Prison Break in Japan, while "Pink Key" was featured in Liptons Chiffon Milk Tea commercials.

The album was extremely successful for Amuro and became her first #1 record in over seven years since GENIUS 2000, as well as her first to sell over 400,000 copies. This album is credited as the first part of her career comeback; the following best album BEST FICTION would go on to sell over a million copies. This was just beginning and all of her albums since have also reached #1 on the weekly Oricon chart. The record received a Double Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipping over 500,000 copies.

The album was also well received. The album received three and a half stars from AllMusic's Adam Greenberg (their first Amuro review since 2000's break the rules). PLAY really "pick[s] up her presence", and Greenberg noted that compared to the rest of the record "Baby Don't Cry" finally gives a peek at Amuro's vocals with less electronic additions, and the album-ending "Pink Key" heads into fairly standard territory but does so with a nice focus on Amuro's vocals and a simpler, more stripped-down bit of pop that serves her skills well."

Oricon Chart Positions

Amuro promoting the album

The album reached #1 on the daily, weekly, and monthly Oricon chart, and continued to rank for a total of 53 weeks. It was Amuro's first #1 album in over seven years. The record sold 540,952 copies in 2007, becoming the #9 best selling album of the year.

In 2012, Amuro re-released her albums in the "Playbutton Edition". This version of the album charted at #119 and stayed on the chart for two weeks.

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	250,619
1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	90,506
1	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	57,876
2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	39,070
4	13	11	9	11	11	11	10	21,519
9	15	13	13	13	14	13	13	12,308
12	16	16	17	17	19	20	16	9,424
17	26	27	27	27	28	27	26	7,561
27	-	-	42	45	34	36	44	4,526
34	50	41	37	36	39	36	38	3,822
34	-	-	-	-	-	-	67	2,486
34	-	-	-	-	-	-	75	2,020
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	97	1,820
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	138	1,571
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	154	1,221
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	128	1,359
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	123	1,216
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	187	1,089
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	166	977
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	189	833
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	218	687
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	294	683
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	286	645
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	291	722
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for two weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	267	1,759
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	231	689
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	227	700
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	235	791
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	199	829
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	206	783
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	178	855
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	163	918
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	127	1,404
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	136	1,344
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	118	1,593
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	113	1,652
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	134	1,638
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	131	1,343
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	156	971
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	153	965
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	210	842
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	216	866
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	195	799
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	209	619
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	269	590
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	245	608
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	236	622
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	249	591
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	285	502
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for three weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	246	593
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	264	749
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	225	777
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for 474 weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	276	262
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	287	203
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	out for ? weeks
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	227	229
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	115	520
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	183	369
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	287	190

• Total Reported Sales: 542,725

Playbutton Edition

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	119	1,093
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	169	606

Total Reported Sales: 1,699

Other Charts

Country	Chart	Weeks
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
All	Global Chart	4	17	26	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong	Global Chart	-	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Asian Chart	25	10	13	24	11	36	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Japanese Chart	4	3	3	3	4	11	6	11	13	18	14	-	13	18
Taiwan	Global chart	2	8	13	11	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Japanese chart	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	2	6	9	14	-	17

References

External Links

• Oricon Profile: CD+DVD + CD