Break the Rules
by Namie Amuro
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 December 2000
- Label: Avex Trax
- Country: Japan
- Length: 1:02:59
- Community rating: 3.11/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Namie Amuro's fifth studio album, 'Break the Rules' was her final collaboration with longtime producer Tetsuya Komuro, with Dallas Austin producing four of its songs. A document of J-pop in transition toward contemporary R&B, it was preceded by 'Never End', the image song of the 26th G8 summit.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, female-vocals, melodic, dance, synthesizers
Tracklist
- Rule 8am (0:30)
- No More Tears (5:45)
- Better Days (4:22)
- Break The Rules (4:01)
- Looking For You (4:37)
- Please Smile Again (Album Mix) (4:43)
- Never Shoulda (4:21)
- Cross Over (Album Mix) (5:01)
- Girlfriend (4:13)
- Never End (Album Mix) (6:26)
- Think Of Me (4:43)
- Rule 8pm (0:33)
- Himawari (4:45)
- No More Tears Remix (8:59)
Credits
- Namie Amuro - primary artist, lead vocals, backing vocals
- Kenji Sano - directed by [lead & backing vocals]
- Yuko Kawai - directed by [vocal direction assisted by]
- Akemi Nakano - hair, make-up
- Toshihide Iwasa - programmed by [synthesizer]
- Junko Kudo - lyrics by [japanese]
- Zhana - lyrics by [english]
- Akihisa Murakami - programmed by [synthesizer]
- Dallas Austin - producer, producer, mixed by, arranged by, music by, arranged by, words by, music by, words by, arranged by
- Ricciano Lumpkins - producer, music by, arranged by, recorded by
- Teruyuki Satake - production manager, coordinator [japan], recorded by [assisted by]
- Tycoon Graphics - art direction, design
- Chris Puram - mixed by, recorded by
- Miki Yamashita - production manager, coordinator [japan]
- Shinichi Kubota - production manager, coordinator [japan]
- Jesse Oba - production manager, coordinator [usa & europe]
- Kimi Sato - production manager, coordinator [usa & europe]
- Riki Melwani - production manager, coordinator [usa & europe]
- Tetsuya Uekata - production manager, coordinator [usa & europe]
- Kazumi Yanagi - a&r
- Max Matsuura - executive-producer
- Akira Kobayashi - management
- Chris Bellman - mastered by
- Alvin Speights - mixed by
- David Darlington - mixed by
- Kevin Davis - mixed by
- Shoji Uchida - photography by
- Katsuro Oshita - producer [general producer]
- Shinji Hayashi - producer [general producer]
- Steve Durkee - recorded by
- Steve Gallagher - recorded by
- Toshihiro Wako - recorded by
- Troy Gonzalez - recorded by
- Edgar Esmeralada - recorded by [assisted by]
- Jon Tyree - recorded by [assisted by]
- Nick West - recorded by [assisted by]
- Kimberly L. Smith - coordinator [production]
- Vernon Mungo - mixed by [assisted by]
- Greg Edenfield - recorded by [assisted by]
- Mark "Exit" Goodchild - recorded by [assisted by]
- Gary White - words by
- Ian Blanch - recorded by [assisted by]
- Paul Dreux Smith - recorded by [assisted by]
- Mike Butler - recorded by
- Elliott Blakey - recorded by [assisted by]
- Tom Sweeney - recorded by [assisted by]
- Kenji Konishi - recorded by
- Anthony Kilhoffer - recorded by [assisted by]
- Steve M. - recorded by [assisted by]
- Carlton Lynn - recorded by
- Doug Harms - recorded by [assisted by]
- Rick Sheppard - sound designer
- Jasper Cameron - words by
- Andy Gwynn - recorded by [assisted by]
- Jason Grant - mixed by [assisted by]
- Dave Ford - recorded by
- Matt Lawrence - recorded by
- Daniel Porter - recorded by [assisted by]
- Dennis Caribou - recorded by [assisted by]
- Flip Osman - recorded by [assisted by]