NEXT LEVEL (Hamasaki Ayumi)




 * Artist
 * Hamasaki Ayumi


 * Album
 * NEXT LEVEL


 * Released
 * 2009.03.25 (Japan)


 * Catalog Number
 * AVCD-23856～7/B (2CD+DVD)
 * AVCD-23858 (CD+DVD)
 * AVCD-23859 (CDonly)
 * AVZD-23860 (USB Flash Drive)


 * Price
 * ¥ 4,500 (2CD+DVD)
 * ¥ 3,990 (CD+DVD)
 * ¥ 3,150 (CDonly)
 * ¥ 6,800 (USB Flash Drive)

Live CD from "PREMIUM COUNTDOWN LIVE 2008-2009 A"
 * CD 1 Tracklist
 * 1) Bridge to the sky
 * 2) NEXT LEVEL
 * 3) Disco-munication
 * 4) EnergizE
 * 5) Sparkle
 * 6) rollin'
 * 7) GREEN
 * 8) Load of the SHUGYO
 * 9) identity
 * 10) Rule
 * 11) LOVE 'n' HATE
 * 12) Pieces of SEVEN
 * 13) Days
 * 14) Curtain call
 * CD 2 Tracklist
 * 1) GREEN
 * 2) Will
 * 3) End of the World
 * 4) Heartplace
 * 5) And Then
 * 6) Naturally
 * 7) POWDER SNOW
 * 8) HOPE or PAIN
 * 9) Over
 * 10) SCAR
 * 11) SIGNAL
 * 12) Hana
 * 13) too late
 * 14) everywhere nowhere
 * 15) Days
 * 16) For My Dear...
 * DVD Tracklist
 * 1) Days (PV)
 * 2) GREEN (PV)
 * 3) Rule (PV)
 * 4) Sparkle (PV)
 * 5) NEXT LEVEL (PV)
 * 6) Curtain call (PV)
 * 7) Days (making clip)
 * 8) GREEN (making clip)
 * 9) Rule (making clip)
 * 10) Sparkle (making clip)
 * 11) NEXT LEVEL (making clip)
 * 12) Curtain call (making clip)

Information
Next Level is the tenth studio album (eleventh overall) by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, to be released by avex trax on March 25, 2009 in Japan. It will be released as a CDonly version, a CD+DVD version and a limiteted edition 2CD+DVD version. Apart from that, it will be the first album by Ayumi Hamasaki to be released as a USB flash drive. The teo BD flash drive will include the 14 songs of the album in MP3 format along with their lyric data, and six music videos in MP4 format. The flash drive edition is expected to be priced at a ¥ 6,800 (approximately UDS$ 75).

Promotion
"GREEN", the second a-side from the first single, was used to promote Panasonic's Lumix FX37.

The title track, "NEXT LEVEL", is currently being used in Panasonic's FX40 commercial while "Rule", from the album's second single, is the international theme song for the upcoming film Dragonball Evolution. Additionally, Sparkle is used in abvertisements for Honda Zest Spark.

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