is the 12th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter
Mari Hamada, released on March 20, 1993, by
MCA Victor
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group.
Pre-history
MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wit ...
. 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.
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
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
's albums chart. It was also certified Platinum by the
RIAJ
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969.
The RIAJ's activities include p ...
.
The 2014 reissue peaked at No. 267.
Track listing
Personnel
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Michael Landau
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– guitar
* Brett Garsed – guitar
* Craig Stull – guitar
* Tommy Girvin – guitar
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Leland Sklar – bass
* John Pierce – bass
* Paul Mirkovich – keyboards
* Kim Bullard – keyboards
* Mike Baird – drums
* Steve Klong – drums
* Tommy Girvin –
electric sitar
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* Donna Delory – backing vocals
Charts
Certification
References
External links
* (Mari Hamada)
* (Universal Music Japan)
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1993 albums
Japanese-language albums
Mari Hamada albums
Universal Music Japan albums