Introducing... Mari Hamada is the first international release of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese singer Mari Hamada

Mari Hamada

is a Japanese female rock singer, songwriter and producer.- Biography :Mari Hamada started her professional singing career in 1983 as a heavy metal idol, produced by the late Munetaka Higuchi . Her records were successful in the Japanese rock market...

, released on May 30, 1993 in Asia and January 24, 1994 in Europe. The album was co-produced by Marc Tanner, best known for producing Nelson's

Nelson (band)

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 debut album After the Rain

After the Rain (Nelson album)

After the Rain is the debut album of the American rock group Nelson, released by Geffen Records in 1990. It contained the #1 hit, " Love and Affection" and the follow-up single, "After the Rain", which reached #6....

. Some of the English songs are reworked versions of Hamada's hit singles from previous Japanese releases. Both releases differ wherein the Asian release contains English and Japanese songs, while the European release is all-English. The additional English songs on the European version were complied in a second Asian release titled With All My Heart on August 4, 1994.

In Japan, selected songs from this album were released in Hamada's 1993 CD Anti-Heroine.

To promote the album, music videos were made for the songs "Hold On (One More Time)" and "I Have a Story to Tell".

Asia Release (MCD30909)

1. "I Have a Story to Tell" (Mari Hamada/Marc Tanner/Jody Gray/Paul Mirkovich
   Paul Mirkovich
   Paul Mirkovich is a Los Angeles native, and has been the band leader, keyboardist and duet singing partner for Cher for the last 16 years. He has also been the band director for Janet Jackson and Anastasia and a member of the multi-platinum bands Whitesnake and Nelson...
   
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2. "If You're Looking for Love" (Hamada/Tanner/Gray/Mirkovich)
3. "Hold On (One More Time)" (Hamada/Tanner/Gray)
4. "Color Blind" (Hamada/Gray/Takashi Masuzaki)
   • English version of "Paradox" (originally from the 1991 album Tomorrow)
5. "Someone Like You" (Gunnar Nelson
   Gunnar Nelson
   Gunnar Eric Nelson is an American musician, singer, and songwriter and international multi-platinum recording artist.-Family:...
   
   /Matthew Nelson
   Matthew Nelson
   Matthew Gray Nelson is an American singer-songwriter, musician and international multi-platinum recording artist. He is the son of actress Kristin Harmon and the late teen idol Ricky Nelson. Along with his twin brother Gunnar, he has been a member of Nelson since 1990. Their single, " Love and...
   
   /Tanner)
6. "Going Through the Motions" (Hamada/Tanner/Gray/Hiroyuki Ohtsuki)
7. "More Than Ever ~ For Such a Long Time" (Hamada/Gray/Katsumi Yamaura/Takanobu Masuda)
8. "If It's Love" (Hamada/Gray/Ohtsuki)
   • English version of "Is This Justice?" (originally from the 1990 album Colors)
9. "Heart to Heart" (Hamada/Ohtsuki)
10. "Cry for the Moon" (Hamada/Ohtsuki)
11. "So Hurt So Long" (Hamada/Tanner/Ohtsuki)
12. "Rainy Blue" (Hamada/Ohtsuki)
    • Originally from the 1991 album Tomorrow
13. "Tomorrow" (Hamada/Ohtsuki)
    • Originally from the 1991 album Tomorrow

• Tracks 1-8 in English. Tracks 9-13 in Japanese.
• Tracks 1, 3, 6, 9-11 available in the 1993 album Anti-Heroine.

Europe Release (MCD11039)

1. "In My Private Heaven" (Hamada/Tanner/Gray/Mirkovich)
   • English version of "Private Heaven" (originally from the 1993 album Anti-Heroine)
2. "Hold On (One More Time)" (Hamada/Tanner/Gray)
3. "With All My Heart" (Hamada/Gray/Ohtsuki)
   • English version of "Over the Rainbow" (originally from the 1989 album Sincerely)
4. "I Have a Story to Tell" (Hamada/Tanner/Gray/Mirkovich)
5. "If You're Looking for Love" (Hamada/Tanner/Gray/Mirkovich)
6. "Someone Like You" (G. Nelson/M. Nelson/Tanner)
7. "If It's Love" (Hamada/Gray/Ohtsuki)
8. "Color Blind" (Hamada/Gray/Masuzaki)
9. "Till Tomorrow" (Hamada/Gray/Ohtsuki)
   • English version of "Tomorrow"; acoustic arrangement
10. "Going Through the Motions" (Hamada/Tanner/Gray/Ohtsuki)
11. "Heaven Knows (When I Wish Upon a Star)" (Hamada/Gray/Ohtsuki)
12. "More Than Ever ~ For Such a Long Time" (Hamada/Gray/Yamaura/Masuda)

• Tracks 1, 3, 9-10 available in the 1994 international album With All My Heart.