Guilty (Ayumi Hamasaki album)

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| source = —Hamasaki discussing the lyrical and emotional process of Guilty.

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In July 2007, it was confirmed by Ayumi Hamasaki and her record label Avex Trax that she would release a then-untitled upcoming studio album that would include fifteen tracks and a bonus DVD.{{cite web |author=Lacey|url=http://jame-world.com/us/news-25926-new-female-artist-releases.html|title=New Female Artist Releases|publisher=Jame World|date=July 11, 2007|access-date=February 8, 2016}} Hamasaki and Avex Trax enlisted long-term collaborator, Japanese businessman and producer Max Matsuura, to produce the album; this marks Hamasaki's ninth consecutive studio album to be fully produced by Matsuura.{{cite AV media notes |title=Guilty|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2008|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-23504|location=Japan}} Hamasaki begun recording the album at Avex Studios and Prime Sound Studios in Japan around end-2006 with Hiroshi Sato, Koji Morimoto, Satoshi Kumasaka, Yasuo Matsumoto, Yoshinori Kumamoto, and Yuichi Nagayama. Hamasaki traveled to Los Angeles, California to record the rest of the album at Record Plant Recording Studios with Bradley Cook, Steve Churchyard, and Troy Halverson; This marks Hamasaki's third album to have been recorded in Los Angeles; her previous albums (Miss)Understood and Secret (2006) were both recorded in Los Angeles as well.{{cite AV media notes |title=(Miss)Understood|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2006|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-17838|location=Japan}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Secret|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2006|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-23179|location=Japan}}

The material from Guilty was produced and recorded over a year and five months, Hamasaki's longest spanning projects since recording her studio My Story with two years.{{cite AV media notes |title=My Story|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2004|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-17611|location=Japan}} Hamasaki and Avex enlisted previous composers and arrangers for the album, such as CMJK, Tetsuya Yukumi, Yuta Nakano, and Kazuhiro Hara; these composers and arrangers started working with Hamasaki back on her 2002 album Rainbow and 2004 My Story.{{cite AV media notes |title=Rainbow|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2002|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-17239|location=Japan}} Several instruments from the album were directed by American musicians and arrangers; tracks such as "Talkin' 2 Myself," "Decision," "Together When...," and "Untitled (For Her)" were directed by American musicians. Hamasaki said about the album's title; "I have carefully done a lot of soul searching regarding the issue of "feeling guilty, but still life has to go on" whenever I was composing or performing. No matter how people feel sinful, since we are alive and kicking, then we should continue living on the best we could whether we are sad or happy."

A month before the album's release, Hamasaki announced that an inoperable condition, possibly tinnitus or Ménière's disease, had caused complete deafness in her left ear.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7174893.stm | title=Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki deaf in left ear | publisher=BBC News Agency|date= January 7, 2008| access-date=January 7, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080110152658/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7174893.stm| archive-date= January 10, 2008 | url-status= live}} She disclosed that she had been diagnosed with the condition in 2006 and that the problem dated back to 2000. Despite the setback, Hamasaki stated that she wished to continue singing, and that she would "not give up" on her fans and that "as a professional," she wanted to "deliver the best performance for everyone."{{cite news

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File:Ayumi Hamasaki Asia Tour 2008 Mirrorcle World.jpg. "Mirrorcle World" was adapted and further developed from the Guilty interlude, "Mirror."]]

Guilty is a rock music album with numerous musical elements such as rock, heavy metal, electronic music, and pop ballad melodies.{{cite web|last=Greenberg|first=Adam|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/guilty-mw0001632154|title=Guilty – Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107170007/http://www.allmusic.com/album/guilty-mw0001632154|archive-date=November 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|author=Channel Ai Staff|url=http://www.channel-ai.com/blog/2008/02/27/guilty/|title=Guilty – Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=Channel Ai|date=January 1, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016|archive-date=March 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329124011/http://www.channel-ai.com/blog/2008/02/27/guilty/|url-status=dead}} In an interview with Japanese magazine S Cawaii, Hamasaki said about the production of the album; "I think this is a nice album [Guilty]. The word "nice" does have a lot of meaning, or it is full of thoughts. Although I tend to praise previous albums like My Story, (Miss)Understood and Secret, these albums harbour sense of accomplishments that were different to each release-ment..." Hamasaki also stated about the lyrical and emotional content; "I didn't get the same feeling this time around [of emotional content]. There's nothing emotional about this album, it was just finished in a breath. But when I examined the songs' lyrics from my album, I was astonished that they somehow are telling a story. "How could it be?" I asked."{{cite web|url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/news/article/801100131/|title=浜崎あゆみ『Guilty』 Interview|website=HMV|date=January 10, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}}

Hamasaki revealed that after completing the album, she started to cry a lot about it; "If there's anything special about this album, then maybe it's about I cried when I first listened to Guilty. Basically I do not listen to my own songs. I always calm down whenever I finished recording, and judge my songs as a third party, or thinking about some parts of the song such as "This part of this song maybe wasn't that easy to sing." This time it isn't both of these perception, because I couldn't stop crying during the song and I would always do something else in the middle of the song..."

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| quote = "If there's anything special about this album, then maybe it's about I cried when I first listened to Guilty. Basically I do not listen to my own songs. I always calm down whenever I finished recording, and judge my songs as a third party, or thinking about some parts of the song such as "This part of this song maybe wasn't that easy to sing." This time it isn't both of these perception, because I couldn't stop crying during the song and I would always do something else in the middle of the song..." I asked."

| source = —Hamasaki discussing her reaction after completing Guilty.

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According to AllMusic editor Adam Greenberg, he said of the album's music; "On Guilty, she updates her sound to fit a modern version of J-pop, infused heavily with rock and with darker, more gothic elements... She stretches across her range admirably to capture the darker, deeper tones of the rock..." A staff reviewer from CD Journal noted darker music elements of rock and gothic rock music. A staff reviewer from Channel Ai labelled it a cross over between the rock sounds of My Story and the darker elements of her 2000 studio album Duty; "Overall most tracks move towards a heavily rock and orchestral direction with a few pop tracks included." Bradley Stern from MuuMuse noted rock elements from Secret, which Stern declared "did nothing for me"; he stated that it "seems to be following the same path, except I have a feeling there's more sincerity packed into the bunch this time round."{{cite web |author=Stern, Bradley|url=http://www.muumuse.com/2008/01/ayumi-hamasaki-guilty.html/|title=Ayumi Hamasaki is feeling guilty!|publisher=MuuMuse|date=January 7, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}}

The album includes four interludes; "Mirror," a rock song that was extended into Hamasaki's 2008 single "Mirrorcle World" for her greatest hits album A Complete: All Singles.{{cite web |author=Hiraga, Tetsuo|url=http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/review/1696/|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Mirrorcle World|publisher=Hot Express|date=April 2, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412202946/http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/review/1696/|archive-date=April 12, 2008}} "Marionette (Prelude)" is a "dark" interlude track that opens the album track with the same name, using sound effects from a music box and grand piano. The third interlude is "The Judgement Day," which is an EDM song with elements of techno. The final interlude is the "Rebirth," which is a "mystical" ethereal track with no lead or background vocals. Upbeat pop music and electronic dance music is noted in tracks "Glitter" and "My All."{{cite web |author=Hiraga, Tetsuo|url=http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/review/1374/|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Glitter/Fated|publisher=Hot Express|date=July 18, 2007|access-date=February 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809033858/http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/review/1374/|archive-date=August 9, 2007}} Two pop ballad melodies are present on the album; "Together When..." and "Untitled (For Her)." The former track has been noted by critics as her most "emotional" and vulnerable songs to date, while the latter track was a dedication towards a friend she lost in 2007. The remaining songs are all composed as rock songs; "(Don't) Leave Me Alone" features elements of electronic music, "Talkin' 2 Myself" features elements of heavy metal,{{cite web |author=Hiraga, Tetsuo|url=http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/review/1468/|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Talkin' 2 Myself|publisher=Hot Express|date=September 19, 2007|access-date=February 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219211903/http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/review/1468/|archive-date=December 19, 2007}} and the title track was compared to the work of Junkie XL by Stern.

Guilty was released in five different formats on New Year's Day in 2008 by Avex Trax. The stand-alone CD features the fourteen tracks in a jewel case, with first press editions including an obi and a bonus poster. The CD and DVD format features the fourteen tracks, and a bonus DVD with the music videos to "Glitter," "Fated" (which is recognized as the short film Distance Love), "Decision," "Talkin' 2 Myself," "Together When...," "Marionette," and "(Don't) Leave Me Alone." The DVD also included the making videos for each music video, and the making of Hamasaki's short film.{{cite AV media notes |title=Guilty|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2008|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-23503/B|location=Japan}} A bonus packaging of the CD and DVD format came with a cardboard sleeve. The fourth format is the digital release.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/guilty/id270644200|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508034130/https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/guilty/id270644200|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2015|title=Guilty – Album – By Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store JP|date=January 1, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}} Guilty is one of the first Avex Trax albums to be released on digital retail stores worldwide on March 12 that same year; her previous and future studios were then released worldwide.{{cite web |author=Lacey|url=http://jame-world.com/us/news-30243-ayumi-hamasaki-s-international-digital-release.html|title=Ayumi Hamasaki's International Digital Release|publisher=Jame World|date=March 12, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}}{{cite web |author=Lacey|url=http://jame-world.com/us/news-32267-avex-artists-available-at-us-itunes-store.html|title=Avex Artists Available at US iTunes Store|publisher=Jame World|date=September 8, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}} The final format was a limited edition Playbutton, which was only distributed in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.play-asia.com/guilty-playbutton-limited-edition/13/704kpv|title=Guilty – Play Button – By Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=Play Asia|date=January 1, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}}

All five cover sleeves for GUILTY were photographed by photographer and designer Hijika. The standalone CD artwork has Hamasaki in a leopard print dress, standing in a canyon with Hamasaki's name and the album title superimposed on her. This marks Hamasaki's first ever cover sleeve to be photographed and directed outside of Japan. The CD and music video DVD format has a close-up of Hamasaki's face, with Hamasaki's name and the album title superimposed on her. The Playbutton box uses the CD and DVD cover, while the Playbutton device has a gold "G" symbol over an orange background. The digital release uses the standalone CD format. The booklet and photo shoot were designed by Hirotomi Suzumoto and Shinichi Hara. The "sexy" and "cute" leopard print elements were first developed on Duty where she wears a cat-suit, and a mobile device advertisement in 2000.{{cite AV media notes |title=Duty|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2000|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-11837|location=Japan}}{{cite web |author=CD Journal Staff|url=http://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/hamasaki-ayumi/17457|title="Leopard Ayu" appeared in the jacket! Ayumi Hamasaki, the 9th album New Year's Day release|publisher=CD Journal|date=December 2007|access-date=February 8, 2016}} First pressing issues for both the standalone CD format and the CD and DVD format included a 30–page photo album of Hamasaki in Los Angeles.

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Guilty received polarised reviews from most music critics. A staff reviewer from CD Journal commended the album's musical consistency and praised Hamasaki's "emotional" lyrics and "powerful" vocals.{{cite web |author=CD Journal Staff|url=http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/guilty/4107110299|title=Guilty – Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=CD Journal|date=January 1, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}} The editor selected the album's singles as the main highlights.

Adam Greenberg from AllMusic stated that Hamasaki's move into rock music on Guilty results in "a fairly staged, theatrical sound," finding that Hamasaki "stretches across her range admirably" but ultimately veers into "unnecessary melodrama." He criticized her vocals on specific songs, feeling she was "flat in fairly standardized songs" and "a great singer trying hopelessly to keep up with dark rock ballads that are horribly mismatched to her temperament and her delivery style." He concluded, "Hamasaki's got plenty of good work in her catalog, Guilty is unlikely to stand with the best portions of it, even for her numerous fans." Despite praising "Together When...," the title track, and highly commending other album tracks, Bradley Stern from MuuMuse graded the album a B minus. He stated "I feel she's allowing herself to be pigeonholded into a very specific genre, rather than the eclectic selection she has offered in the past." He criticized the producers and composers for lacking a musical diversity.

Alexey Eremenko from AllMusic highlighted "Together When..." as one of Hamasaki's best songs to date.{{cite web |author=Emerenko, Alexey|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ayumi-hamasaki-mn0000758915/songs|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Song Highlights|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=February 8, 2016}} The reception of the album was noted by Greenberg and Channel Ai staff; the latter stated "Guilty was not that well received among some fans due to the fact that most of the musical styles were used before in previous albums." Despite this, Hamasaki considered that Guilty, alongside her 1999 album Loveppears Duty as her "magnum opus."

Guilty debuted at number one on the Japanese Daily Oricon Albums Chart, staying there for an entire week.{{cite web | script-title=ja:浜崎あゆみのリリース一覧 |trans-title=List of Ayumi Hamasaki's Releases | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/246497/products/release/ |language=ja | work=Oricon | access-date=August 17, 2014}} However, due to Oricon's annual fifty-one-week rule, the album charted in the second week of January and not the first.{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Hamasaki's first-week sales were the highest for that week (the first week of January). However, Oricon's year only has fifty-one "weeks"—the first two of the year are combined. Kobukuro's sales for the combined two weeks were slightly higher than Hamasaki's, giving them the number-one position.{{cite news | url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2008/01/08/02.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116220450/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2008/01/08/02.html| archive-date=January 16, 2008|title=Ayu Gets the Number-Two Spot By a Small Difference...So Her Record Is 8 Consecutive Albums?|access-date=December 2, 2008|date=January 8, 2008|publisher=Mainichi Shimbun|work=Sponichi Annex|language=ja}}{{cite news|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2008/01/07/02.html | title=Ayu Reveals That She Has Gone Deaf in Her Left Ear | date=January 7, 2008 | access-date=June 24, 2008| work=Sponichi Annex | publisher=Mainichi Shimbun|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116220440/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2008/01/07/02.html|archive-date=January 16, 2008|language=ja}}}}{{cite news|last=Connell|first=Ryan|title=Pushing 30, rivals circling, and now deaf in one ear: it's tough at the top for Ayu|work=Sunday Mainichi | date=January 27, 2008|archive-date=February 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206150944/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/face/news/20080118p2g00m0dm005000c.html|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/face/news/20080118p2g00m0dm005000c.html|access-date=February 5, 2009}} As a result, Guilty debuted at number two on the Japanese Weekly Oricon Albums Chart, with an estimate 432,113 sold units in its first two weeks of sales.{{cite web|author=Oricon Style Staff|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/080114a.html|title=Oricon Albums Chart – Chart Week January 14, 2008|work=Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities|date=January 14, 2008|access-date=June 3, 2024|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106014921/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/080114a.html|archive-date=November 6, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 |trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp |language=ja | work=Oricon |url-access=subscription | access-date=May 21, 2014}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Sales provided by Oricon database and are rounded to the nearest thousand copies.}} This became Hamasaki's first studio album to miss the top spot in Japan, and remained this position until her 2012 album Party Queen.{{cite web|author=Oricon Style Staff|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/120402a.html|title=Oricon Albums Chart – Chart Week April 2, 2012|work=Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities|date=April 2, 2012|access-date=June 3, 2024|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106014757/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/120402a.html|archive-date=November 6, 2018|url-status=dead}} It did however become Hamasaki's ninth consecutive studio album to debut atop the daily chart. It also became the fifth highest selling album by a female artist for first week sales of 2008. It stayed at number two for two consecutive weeks, shifting an extra 72,027 units by its third week in Japan.{{cite web|author=Oricon Style Staff|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/080121a.html|title=Oricon Albums Chart – Chart Week January 21, 2008|work=Oricon; published through Yahoo! GeoCities|date=January 21, 2008|access-date=June 3, 2024|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106014920/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/080121a.html|archive-date=November 6, 2018|url-status=dead}} It stayed in the top 10 for three weeks, and the top 300 with 16 weeks overall.

Guilty entered the Billboard Top Albums Sales Chart at number three, her first album to chart on the Billboard charts since its establishment the same year.{{cite web | title=Japan Billboard Top Albums Sales Chart – Week January 21, 2008 | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2008&month=01&day=21 | work=Billboard Japan |language=ja | date=January 21, 2008 | access-date=February 8, 2016}} It slipped to number five in its second charting week, and stayed in the top ten for two weeks.{{cite web | title=Japan Billboard Top Albums Sales Chart – Week January 28, 2008 | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2008&month=01&day=28 | work=Billboard Japan |language=ja | date=January 28, 2008 | access-date=February 8, 2016}} It lasted eight weeks in the top 100 chart, with a final charting position at 80.{{cite web | title=Japan Billboard Top Albums Sales Chart – Week March 10, 2008 | url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2008&month=03&day=10 | work=Billboard Japan |language=ja | date=March 10, 2008 | access-date=February 8, 2016}} Guilty was certified double platinum in February 2008 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 500,000 units, making this her final album to do so nationwide.{{cite web | script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2008年1月 |trans-title=Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (January 2008) | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200801.html | publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja | date=February 10, 2008 | access-date=February 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220053752/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200801.html|archive-date=February 20, 2008}} At the end of 2008, Guilty sold over 568,288 units in Japan; this ranked the sixth best selling album by a female artist, just behind entries from fellow Japanese singers Ayaka, Kumi Koda, Mariya Takeuchi, Hikaru Utada, and Namie Amuro; Hamasaki's compilation A Complete: All Singles was also ranked that same year, placed third behind Utada and Amuro's entries.{{cite web |author=Oricon Style|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/2008a.html|title=Oricon Albums Chart Top 100 of 2008|publisher=Yahoo! Geocities|date=2008|access-date=February 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106014901/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/2008a.html|archive-date=2018-11-06}} Guilty took the top spot on the Taiwanese East Asian Albums Chart, and two on the overall Taiwanese Albums Chart.{{cite web |title=G-Music J-Pop Album Chart|url= http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118165320/http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard3.aspx|date=2008-01-17 |archive-date=2008-01-18 | publisher=G-Music |access-date=2024-10-16 |language=zh}}{{cite web|url=http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard0.aspx |language=zh |title=G-Music Combo Chart |publisher=G-Music |access-date=December 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117223314/http://www.g-music.com.tw/GMusicBillboard0.aspx |archive-date=January 17, 2008 }}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The G-Music chart was established in July 2005 and only archives the top 20 releases.}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Week references for G-Music: Guilty 2008 week 1.}} To date, Guilty has claimed sales over half a million units in Japan.{{cite web |author=Nikkan Sports Staff|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/p-et-tp0-20080117-308124.html|title=あゆ帰国「え？」取材陣質問を聞き直す|publisher=Nikkan Sports|date=January 17, 2009|access-date=February 15, 2016}}

In the month of December in 2007, Hamasaki performed live on Japanese TV shows ten times for promotions,{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/schedule/#tv SCHEDULE｜ayumi hamasaki(浜崎あゆみ) official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606055015/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/schedule/#tv |date=2011-06-06 }} mainly with the song "Together When" (its main promotional track). Hamasaki was also featured on the cover of eight different Japanese magazines during the promoting of Guilty,{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/schedule/#magazine SCHEDULE｜ayumi hamasaki(浜崎あゆみ) official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606055015/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/schedule/#magazine |date=2011-06-06 }} such as Sweet, Voce, Bea's Up, Vivi, Popteen, Cawaii!, S Cawaii, and Tokyo Headline. As of late December in Shibuya, Tokyo, there have been many promotional pictures posted around Shibuya.[http://ayu.no/news.php?readmore=589 On buses, Lorries and Promotional billboards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229043807/http://ayu.no/news.php?readmore=589 |date=2007-12-29 }}[http://ayu.no/news.php?readmore=589 ayu.no - Norsk Ayumi Hamasaki forum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229043807/http://ayu.no/news.php?readmore=589 |date=2007-12-29 }} "Glitter" was used as the theme song to Music.Jp and the Japanese Gold Kiwi advert, while "Fated" was used as the theme song to Avex Trax's Myu-Umo and the Japanese television series Ghost Story.{{cite web |author=CD Journal Staff|url=http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/glitterfated/4107051422|title=Glitter/Fated – Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=CD Journal|date=July 18, 2007|access-date=February 8, 2016}} "Talkin' 2 Myself" was used as the theme song to Panasonic Lumix FX33 advertisements and Myu-Umo, while "Decision" was used as the theme song to Music.Jp.{{cite web |author=CD Journal Staff|url=http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/talkin-2-myself/4107072803|title=Talkin' 2 Myself – Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=CD Journal|date=September 18, 2007|access-date=February 8, 2016}} Other album tracks were used as theme songs for different commercials; "(Don't) Leave Me Alone" and "Together When..." was used for Music.Jp and Myu-Umo advertisements.

"Glitter" and "Fated" were released as the album's lead and only a-side single on July 18, 2007.{{cite AV media notes|title=Glitter/Fated|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2007|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-31275|location=Japan}} The songs received positive reviews from most music critics, who praised the composition and production of each song. Minor criticism was towards both the song's production, according to Stern. It also achieved success in her native Japan, peaking at number one on the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart and lasted for eleven weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/246497/products/716293/1/|title=glitter/fated - Ayumi Hamasaki |publisher=Oricon |language=Japanese |access-date=December 30, 2024}} The physical format was certified gold by the RIAJ for shipments of 100,000 units in Japan; "Glitter" was certified platinum and double platinum for selling over 250,000 digital downloads and 500,000 ringtone downloads, while "Fated" was certified gold by the RIAJ for selling over 100,000 legal downloads in Japan.{{cite web | script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 8月度有料音楽配信認定 |trans-title=Record Association Investigation: August Digital Music Download Certifications | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w070920_3.html | publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja | date=September 20, 2007 | access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011110242/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w070920_3.html|archive-date=October 11, 2007}}{{cite web | script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2007年7月 |trans-title=Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (July 2007) | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200707.html | publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja | date=August 10, 2007 | access-date=December 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225337/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200707.html|archive-date=September 26, 2007}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 1月度有料音楽配信認定 |trans-title=Record Association Investigation: January Digital Music Download Certifications |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w140228.html |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja |date=February 28, 2014 |access-date=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305015635/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w140228.html |archive-date=March 5, 2014 }}{{cite web | script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 7月度有料音楽配信認定 |trans-title=Record Association Investigation: July Digital Music Download Certifications | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w140820.html | publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja | date=August 20, 2014 | access-date=August 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821205804/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w140820.html|archive-date=August 21, 2014}} The accompanying music videos for both singles was shot in Hong Kong for eight days; it was for Hamasaki's short film Distance Love, and features Hong Kong actor Shawn Yue as her lover; the short film depicts Hamasaki as herself, on a tour of Hong Kong, with Yue as her bodyguard, whom Hamasaki later falls in love with. In the later half of Distance Love, Yue is injured while riding his motorcycle, leaving behind a ring, which Hamasaki later finds.{{cite web |author=Avex |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBqXLS0AomM| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405043733/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBqXLS0AomM| archive-date=2018-04-05 | url-status=dead|title=Glitter / 浜崎あゆみ|publisher=Avex Trax; published through YouTube|date=June 30, 2015|access-date=January 13, 2016}}{{cite web |author=Avex |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVfzGTd9W1Y| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407025254/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVfzGTd9W1Y| archive-date=2018-04-07 | url-status=dead|title=Fated / 浜崎あゆみ|publisher=Avex Trax; published through YouTube|date=June 30, 2015|access-date=January 13, 2016}}

"Talkin' 2 Myself" was released as the album's first solo and second overall single on September 19, 2007.{{cite AV media notes|title=Talkin' 2 Myself|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2007|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-31333|location=Japan}} The song received favourable reviews from most music critics, who praised the song's aggressive and powerful rock elements and Hamasaki's vocals. It achieved success in Japan, debuting atop the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart and lasted for nine weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/246497/products/727888/1/|title=talkin' 2 myself - Ayumi Hamasaki |publisher=Oricon |language=Japanese |access-date=December 30, 2024}} The song was certified gold by the RIAJ for shipments and digital sales of 100,000 units, shifting 200,000 units in Japan.{{cite web | script-title=ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2007年9月 |trans-title=Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (September 2007) | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200709.html | publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja | date=October 10, 2007 | access-date=December 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619073423/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200709.html|archive-date=June 19, 2008}} An accompanying music video was shot for the singles; it features Hamasaki dancing and singing the song in a destroyed cityscape and junk yard.{{cite web |author=Avex |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR_3ta9QMmw| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405132841/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR_3ta9QMmw| archive-date=2018-04-05 | url-status=dead|title=Talkin' 2 Myself / 浜崎あゆみ|publisher=Avex Trax; published through YouTube|date=November 26, 2015|access-date=February 8, 2016}}

"Together When..." was released as the album's first digital and third and final overall single on December 5, 2007.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/together-when-single/268934759|title=Together When... – Single – By Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=iTunes Store JP|date=December 5, 2007|access-date=February 8, 2016}}{{cite news | url=http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/p-et-tp0-20071120-285402.html|title=Ayu's New Song Is a Digital-Limited Release|publisher=Nikkan Sports Newspaper|work=Nikkan Sports|access-date=December 1, 2008|date=November 20, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081210181829/http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/p-et-tp0-20071120-285402.html| archive-date= December 10, 2008 | url-status= live|language=ja}} This is Hamasaki's first digital single, and is Avex Trax's first single to be released only as a digital single.{{cite web |title=Together When... Ayumi Hamasaki |url=http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/togetherwhen/index.html |language=ja |publisher=Avex Group |year=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004040810/http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/togetherwhen/index.html |archive-date=October 4, 2010 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |url-status=dead }} The single failed to chart on Japan's Oricon Singles Chart due to their policy of restricting digital sales and releases at the time.{{cite news |author=Mittal, Sushubh|url=https://techwhack.co/oricon-exits/|title=Oricon exits from Japanese PC music download market|work=Techwhack|date=November 1, 2006|access-date=June 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625074843/https://techwhack.co/oricon-exits/|archive-date=June 25, 2016}} However, the single was certified triple platinum and platinum by the RIAJ for ringtone and cellphone sales, shifting over one million units in Japan.{{cite web | script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 2月度有料音楽配信認定 |trans-title=Record Association Investigation: February Digital Music Download Certifications | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w110325.html | publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja | date=March 25, 2011 | access-date=August 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623053659/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w110325.html|archive-date=June 23, 2011}}{{cite web | script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 12月度有料音楽配信認定 |trans-title=Record Association Investigation: December Digital Music Download Certifications | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080120_3.html | publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja | date=January 20, 2008 | access-date=August 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124031405/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080120_3.html|archive-date=January 24, 2008}} This is Hamasaki's second digital release after "Jewel" to be certified one million in Japan.{{cite web | script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 5月度有料音楽配信認定 |trans-title=Record Association Investigation: May Digital Music Download Certifications | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w070620_3.html | publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja | date=June 20, 2007 | access-date=December 13, 2013}}{{cite web | script-title=ja:レコード協会調べ 3月度有料音楽配信認定 |trans-title=Record Association Investigation: March Digital Music Download Certifications | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w110420.html | publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |language=ja | date=April 20, 2011 | access-date=January 26, 2014}} With over 3.3 million sales worldwide, "Together When..." is Hamasaki's best selling single.{{cite web |author=Emerenko, Alexey|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ayumi-hamasaki-mn0000758915/biography|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Biography, Credits, Songs, Awards, etc.|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=February 8, 2016}}{{cite web |author=Channel Ai Staff|url=http://www.channel-ai.com/blog/2007/04/17/ayumi-hamasaki/|title=Ayumi Hamasaki Biography|publisher=Channel Ai|access-date=February 8, 2016}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Together When..." has been recognized by Western publications as her highest selling single based on sales. Although Hamasaki's physical single A has sold over 1.6 million units and is recognized as her best selling single,{{cite journal |title=GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年5月度 |trans-title=Gold Albums, and other certified works. May 2000 Edition |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200007.pdf | journal=The Record |type=Bulletin |language=ja |location=Chūō, Tokyo |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |date=July 10, 2000 |volume=488 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229020125/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200007.pdf |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |access-date=January 17, 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-single.html | title=Corner Ranking Single - RIAJ |work= Music TV Program |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan | access-date=April 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819220801/http://www.musictvprogram.com/corner-ranking-single.html|archive-date=August 19, 2018}} "Together When..." has claimed over 3.3 million digital sales.}}

After the album's release, "Decision," "(Don't) Leave Me Alone," "My All," "Guilty," "Untitled (For Her)," and "Mirror" charted at: 35, 29, 36, 54, 84, and 93 on the RIAJ Monthly Ringtone Chart respectively.{{cite web |title=レコード協会調べ 9月度有料音楽配信チャート（「着うた（R）」） |trans-title=Record Association report: November paid digital music chart (ringtones) |url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w071020_1.html |language=ja |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |date=October 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821095124/https://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w071020_1.html |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014}}{{cite web |title=レコード協会調べ 1月度有料音楽配信チャート（「着うた（R）」） |trans-title=Record Association report: January paid digital music chart (ringtones) |url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080220_1.html |language=ja |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |date=February 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821095539/https://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080220_1.html |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014}}{{cite web |title=レコード協会調べ 1月度有料音楽配信チャート（「着うた（R）」） |trans-title=Record Association report: January paid digital music chart (ringtones) |url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080220_2.html |language=ja |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |date=February 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821100228/https://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080220_2.html |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014}} "Decision" and "(Don't) Leave Me Alone" received music videos each. The video to "Decision" features Hamasaki performing and singing the song in an inside arena with a back-up band.{{cite web |author=Avex |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdKHEQUpaB8| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516224224/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdKHEQUpaB8&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2017-05-16 | url-status=dead|title=Decision / 浜崎あゆみ|publisher=Avex Trax; published through YouTube|date=November 10, 2015|access-date=February 8, 2016}} The video to "(Don't) Leave Me Alone"" features Hamasaki inside a blue maze singing the song. As the song progresses, several back up dancers come together for the song's chorus.{{cite web |author=Avex |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjwS4388dAo| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407211336/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjwS4388dAo| archive-date=2018-04-07 | url-status=dead|title=(Don't) Leave Me Alone / 浜崎あゆみ|publisher=Avex Trax; published through YouTube|date=November 10, 2015|access-date=February 8, 2016}}

Hamasaki conducted several live performances to promote the material from Guilty. Hamasaki performed both "Glitter" and "Fated" on the annual 2007 A-nation concert tour in Japan. Her performance attracted positive reviews from many music critics; Jasy from Jame World stated "However, the performance of pop princess Hamasaki Ayumi was anticipated with the most impatience. She is featured on the DVD with three tracks! There is the loud and sexy 1 LOVE, in which Ayumi and her dancers twist and contort in cages, on chairs or at poles; for her captivating love ballad fated and the soft pop song glitter, she interacts with the crowd. Then, while showing the fireworks that fill the night sky, the credits roll."{{cite news |author=Jasy|url=http://jame-world.com/us/articles-62656-a-nation-07-best-hit-live.html|title=A-Nation Best Live Hits 2007|publisher=Jame World|date=June 27, 2010|access-date=February 8, 2016}} The live DVD was released, featuring the three performances. Additional merchandise was on sale worldwide for the performance.{{cite news |url=http://blog.jpopdb.org/index.php/blog/jpop-jrock/ayumi-hamasaki/new_ayu_merchandise_for_a_nation_2007|title=New Ayu merchandise for A-Nation 2007|publisher=JpopDB|date=2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}}

Hamasaki promoted the album on her 2008 10th Anniversary Asia Tour. Hamasaki announced the concert in February 2008, with several concert tours in Asian territories confirmed.{{cite news |author=Hiraga, Tetsuo|url=http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/news/080408_ayu/|title=Ayumi Hamasaki 10th anniversary of the frame stamp sale|publisher=Hot Express|date=April 4, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412065830/http://www.hotexpress.co.jp/news/080408_ayu/|archive-date=April 12, 2008}} The concert tour was recorded in Taipei, and the DVD release was confirmed.{{cite news

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}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Ayumi Hamasaki Asia Tour 2008: 10th Anniversary – Live in Taipei|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2009|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Live DVD; Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVBD-91592|location=Japan}} Album tracks "Rebirth," "The Judgement Day," "Talkin' 2 Myself," "(Don't) Leave Me Alone," "Decision," "Marionette" and its interlude, and "My All" were included on the tour's set list.

The DVD reached number two on the Oricon DVD Chart, with over 52,622 in its first week.{{cite web | script-title=ja:浜崎あゆみのリリース一覧 |trans-title=List of Ayumi Hamasaki's Releases | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/246497/products/dvd/ |language=ja | work=Oricon | access-date=January 30, 2016}} It stayed in the top ten for five weeks, and lasted 20 weeks overall.{{cite web |title=Oricon DVD Chart Week – Week February 9, 2009 | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/246497/products/801102/1/ |language=ja | work=Oricon | date=February 9, 2009 |access-date=February 8, 2016}} By the end of 2009, the live DVD sold over 76,235 units in Japan. To promote the material from Guilty and enhanced Hamasaki's worldwide releases, tracks were remixed and produced for Hamasaki's Ayu-Mi-x remix album series;{{cite web |author=CD Journal Staff|url=http://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/-/17912|title=Gorgeous remix collection of Ayumi Hamasaki! Cold cuts, C. Craig, Shinichi Osawa, dj KENTARO addition to participation|publisher=CD Journal|date=January 28, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}} "Talkin' 2 Myself" and "Glitter" were remixed by Swedish DJ StoneBridge and British production team Soul Central for her remix album Ayu-mi-x 6: Gold (2008).{{cite AV media notes|title=Ayu-mi-x 6: Gold|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2008|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Compilation album; Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-23551|location=Japan}} "Together When...," "Fated," and "Decision" were remixed by Co-Fusion, Japanese musician Makoto, and Force of Nature for her remix album Ayu-mi-x 6: Silver (2008).{{cite AV media notes|title=Ayu-mi-x 6: Silver|others=Ayumi Hamasaki|year=2008|first=Ayumi|last=Hamasaki|type=Compilation album; Liner notes|publisher=Avex Trax|id=AVCD-23552|location=Japan}} It was released worldwide as a digital album; the decision to release both Guilty and the remix albums worldwide, with remix collaborations from Western DJs The Young Punx, Coldcut, Para One and Armand Van Helden, has been interpreted as her first step into the global market.{{cite news|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2008/03/07/04.html |title=Ayu: Global Sales of Her Remix Albums |work=Sponichi Annex |publisher=Mainichi Shimbun |date=March 7, 2008 |access-date=March 12, 2008 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310023554/http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2008/03/07/04.html |archive-date=March 10, 2008 }} The reception for both remix albums and the Guilty content received positive reviews from most music critics.{{cite web |author=CD Journal Staff|url=http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/ayu-mi-x-6---gold--/4108011682|title=Ayu-Mi-x X6: Gold Series / Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=CD Journal|date=March 26, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}}{{cite web |author=CD Journal Staff|url=http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/ayu-mi-x-6---silver--/4108011683|title=Ayu-Mi-x X6: Silver Series / Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=CD Journal|date=March 26, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}}{{cite web |author=Greenberg, Adam|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ayu-mi-x-vol-6-gold-mw0001920709|title=Ayu-Mi-X Vol. 6: Gold – Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=Allmusic|date=March 26, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}}{{cite web |author=Greenberg, Adam|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ayu-mi-x-vol-6-silver-mw0001660311|title=Ayu-Mi-X Vol. 6: Silver – Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=Allmusic|date=March 26, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}} The silver edition and its content was later recognized as one of Hamasaki's best albums, according to Allmusic.{{cite web |author=Emerenko, Alexey|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ayumi-hamasaki-mn0000758915|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – Biography, Credits, Songs, Awards, etc.|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=February 8, 2016}}{{cite web |author=Emerenko, Alexey|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ayumi-hamasaki-mn0000758915/discography|title=Ayumi Hamasaki – (Discography) Biography, Credits, Songs, Awards, etc.|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=February 8, 2016}}

{{Track listing

| headline = CD

| all_lyrics = Ayumi Hamasaki

| extra_column = Arranger(s)

| title1 = Mirror

| music1 = Yuta Nakano

| extra1 = Yuta Nakano

| length1 = 1:56

| title2 = (Don't) Leave Me Alone

| music2 = Tetsuya Yukumi

| extra2 = HΛL

| length2 = 4:16

| title3 = Talkin' 2 Myself

| music3 = Yuta Nakano

| extra3 = HΛL

| length3 = 4:54

| title4 = Decision

| music4 = Yuta Nakano

| extra4 = Yuta Nakano

| length4 = 4:20

| title5 = Guilty

| music5 = Tetsuya Yukumi

| extra5 = CMJK

| length5 = 4:33

| title6 = Fated

| extra6 = CMJK

| music6 = Shintaro Hagiwara, Akihisa Matsuura

| length6 = 5:34

| title7 = Together When...

| extra7 = CMJK

| music7 = Kunio Tago

| length7 = 5:13

| title8 = Marionette -prelude-

| note8 = instrumental

| extra8 = Yuta Nakano

| music8 = Yuta Nakano

| length8 = 1:13

| title9 = Marionette

| extra9 = Kazuhiro Hara

| music9 = Kazuhiro Hara

| length9 = 4:35

| title10 = The Judgement Day

| note10 = instrumental

| extra10 = CMJK

| music10 = CMJK

| length10 = 1:40

| title11 = Glitter

| extra11 = HΛL

| music11 = Kazuhiro Hara

| length11 = 4:53

| title12 = My All

| extra12 = HΛL

| music12 = Tetsuya Yukumi

| length12 = 5:26

| title13 = Rebirth

| extra13 = HΛL

| music13 = Hal

| length13 = 1:38

| title14 = Untitled: For Her

| extra14 = Shingo Kobayashi

| music14 = Kunio Tago

| length14 = 5:33

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = DVD

| title1 = Distance Love (距愛 ～Distance Love～ Kyo Ai: Distance Love)

| title2 = Talkin' 2 Myself (Video Clip)

| title3 = Decision (Video Clip)

| title4 = Together When... (Video Clip)

| title5 = Marionette (Video Clip)

| title6 = (Don't) Leave Me Alone (Video Clip)

| title7 = Glitter (Making Clip)

| title8 = Fated (Making Clip)

| title9 = Talkin' 2 Myself (Making Clip)

| title10 = Decision (Making Clip)

| title11 = Together When... (Making Clip)

| title12 = Marionette (Making Clip)

| title13 = (Don't) Leave Me Alone (Making Clip)

}}

• Standard CD – Consists of fourteen original tracks on one disc.
• First pressing standard CD – Consists of fourteen original tracks on one disc. First press issues include bonus poster, the photo album, and an obi strip.{{cite web |author=CD Japan Staff|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/AVCD-23504|title=Guilty [Jacket B] – Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=CD Japan|date=January 1, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}}
• CD and DVD – Consists of fourteen original tracks on one disc. Consists of six music videos, and seven behind the scenes videos.
• First pressing CD and DVD – Consists of fourteen original tracks on one disc. Consists of six music videos, and seven behind the scenes videos. First press issues include bonus poster, the photo album, and an obi strip.{{cite web |author=CD Japan Staff|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/AVCD-23503|title=Guilty [Jacket A] – Ayumi Hamasaki|publisher=CD Japan|date=January 1, 2008|access-date=February 8, 2016}}
• Playbutton – Published through a limited edition Play button device; consists of fourteen original tracks.

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• [http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/discography/ Ayumi Hamasaki's official discography.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522212904/http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/discography/ |date=2010-05-22 }}
• [http://avex.jp/ayu/discography/detail.php?id=1003424 Guilty] – Hamasaki's official website.
• [http://avex.jp/ayu/special/kyoai/ Distance Love short film] – Hamasaki's official blog site.

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