Anti-Heroine (album)

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ReleasedMarch 20, 1993 (1993-03-20)
Studio
Length61:16
Anti-Heroine
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 20, 1993 (1993-03-20)
Studio
Genre
Length61:16
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelMCA Victor
ProducerMarc Tanner
Mari Hamada chronology
Tomorrow
(1991)
Anti-Heroine
(1993)
Introducing... Mari Hamada
(1993)
Singles from Anti-Heroine
  1. "Cry for the Moon"
    Released: January 27, 1993 (1993-01-27)
  2. "Company"
    Released: July 28, 1993 (1993-07-28)

Anti-Heroine (アンチ・ヒロイン, Anchi Hiroin) is the 12th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on March 20, 1993, by MCA Victor. Produced by Marc Tanner, the album coincided with the 10th anniversary of her music career. The album was reissued alongside Hamada's past releases on January 15, 2014.[1][2][3]

Six of the album's tracks are included in Hamada' 1993 international release Introducing... Mari Hamada. The 1994 international follow-up All My Heart features an English version of "Private Heaven" and an acoustic re-arrangement of "Company".

Anti-Heroine was Hamada's second album (after Return to Myself) to hit No. 1 on Oricon's albums chart. It was also certified Platinum by the RIAJ.[4] The 2014 reissue peaked at No. 267.[5]

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada, except where indicated.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Heart to Heart" Hiroyuki Ohtsuki4:34
2."Cry for the Moon" Ohtsuki5:26
3."So Hurt So Long" 5:46
4."Going Through the Motions" (English)
  • Hamada
  • Tanner
  • Jody Gray
  • Ohtsuki
  • Tanner
  • Gray
5:03
5."I Have a Story to Tell" (English)
  • Hamada
  • Tanner
  • Gray
5:10
6."Lost Generation II" 
  • Ohtsuki
  • Hamada
4:51
7."Private Heaven" 
  • Ohtsuki
  • Hamada
  • Tanner
5:18
8."Hold On (One More Time)" (English)
  • Hamada
  • Tanner
  • Gray
  • Hamada
  • Tanner
  • Gray
4:26
9."Anti-Heroine" Ichiro Hada4:49
10."Company" Kazuhiro Hara4:49
11."Clouds" Ohtsuki4:06
12."Border" Tetsuro Oda6:07

Personnel

  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Brett Garsed – guitar
  • Craig Stull – guitar
  • Tommy Girvin – guitar
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • John Pierce – bass
  • Paul Mirkovich – keyboards
  • Kim Bullard – keyboards
  • Mike Baird – drums
  • Steve Klong – drums
  • Tommy Girvin – electric sitar
  • Donna Delory – backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 1
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 267

Certification

References

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