Anti-Heroine (album)

Anti-Heroine
Anti-Heroine
Studio album by Mari Hamada
Released	March 20, 1993
Studio	Cherokee (Hollywood); Devonshire (North Hollywood); Can-Am (Los Angeles);
Genre	J-pop; pop rock;
Length	61:16
Language	Japanese; English;
Label	MCA Victor
Producer	Marc Tanner
Mari Hamada chronology
Singles from Anti-Heroine
	"Cry for the Moon"; Released: January 27, 1993; "Company"; Released: July 28, 1993;

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]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada, except where indicated

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Heart to Heart"		Hiroyuki Ohtsuki	4:34
2.	"Cry for the Moon"		Ohtsuki	5:26
3.	"So Hurt So Long"		Ohtsuki Marc Tanner	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	Paul Mirkovich Tanner	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 Hada	4:49
10.	"Company"		Kazuhiro Hara	4:49
11.	"Clouds"		Ohtsuki	4:06
12.	"Border"		Tetsuro Oda	6:07

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


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[4]	Platinum	400,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "浜田麻里 / Anti-Heroine (1993)". AOR Paradise. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^ "浜田麻里 / Anti-Heroine [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ "Anti-Heroine/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^ ^a ^b "Japanese certifications – 浜田麻里 – Anti-Heroine" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved March 28, 2021. Select 1993年4月 on the drop-down menu
^ ^a ^b ^c "Anti-Heroine/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

External links

Official website (Mari Hamada)
Official website (Universal Music Japan)
Anti-Heroine at MusicBrainz
Anti-Heroine at Discogs

[1] "浜田麻里 / Anti-Heroine (1993)". AOR Paradise. 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

[2] "浜田麻里 / Anti-Heroine [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-20.

[3] "Anti-Heroine/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

[RIAJ-4] "Japanese certifications – 浜田麻里 – Anti-Heroine" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved March 28, 2021. Select 1993年4月 on the drop-down menu

[Oricon-5] "Anti-Heroine/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

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