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''Colours'' is the fifteenth studio album by Japanese recording artist and songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, released on July 2, 2014 through Avex Trax in Japan. Written solely by Hamasaki herself, the album sees a return with Max Matsuura as lead producer alongside several different Western producers including Armin Van Buuren, Rodney Jenkins, RedOne among others, making it her first effort be produced by Western producers. Musically, the album is a electronic dance album. All songs on the album were released as singles; two physical singles, one PlugAir single, two digital singles and the rest promotional. Lead single "Feel the Love" / "Merry-Go-Round" was released in December 2013 and became a moderate success in Japan, reaching the top five on the Oricon Singles Chart, but becoming her lowest-selling single at the time. Follow-up single "Terminal" became her lowest charting single to date, missing the top twenty and selling over 4,000 copies. The rest of the songs from the album were released as promotional singles. In promotion of the album, Hamasaki embarked on her ''Ayumi Hamasaki Premium Showcase: Feel the Love'' tour. Commercially, the album charted in several Asian territories but peaked at five on the Oricon Albums Chart in Japan, her lowest charting album in her career and became her first album to not receive a certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). ==Background and recording== ''Colours'' was recorded in Japan and California while on her ''15th Anniversary Tour'' in 2013, her first time recording in the latter; she would continue recording on her sixteenth studio album ''A One'' (2015).〔 She recorded the album at Prime Sound Studio Form, Avex Studio and Avex Studio Azabu in Japan while on tour and finished recording the album at Record Plant, California in early 2014; mixing and mastering was handled in California and New York City by Dave Kutch.〔 Although the entirety of album was produced by long-time collaborator Max Matsuura, it became her first album to be co-produced by several different Western producers including Japanese producer Daishi Dance, Dutch producer and disc jockey Armin Van Buuren, American producer Rodney Jenkins and the production team for Moroccan-Swedish RedOne, among other producers.〔 Van Buuren had worked with Hamasaki previously on several of her single for German remix releases; His last production credit was her 1999 single "Appears" for Hamasaki's 2001 remix compilation ''Ayu Trance''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colours (Ayumi Hamasaki album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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