Versus (Mr. Children album)

Infobox Album
Name = Versus
Type = Album
Artist = Mr. Children


Released = September 1, 1993
Recorded = Waterfront Studios, Tokyo Hilton Hotel, Hitokuchizaka Studio, and Avaco Studio
Genre = Pop, Rock
Length = 45:25
Label = Toy's Factory
Producer = Takeshi Kobayahi
Reviews =
Last album = "Kind of Love"
(1992)
This album = "Versus"
(1993)
Next album = "Atomic Heart"
(1994)Singles
Name = Kind of Love
Type = studio
single 1 = Replay
single 1 date = July 1, 1993

"Versus" is the third, and first full length album, by Japanese rock band Mr. Children released on September 1, 1993. The album debuted on the Japanese Oricon music charts at #3 and sold 802,140 copies during its run on the chart.cite web | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/41005/ | title=ミスチル、ニューアルバム完成！(Mr.Children and new album completion!) | work=oricon.co.jp | accessdate=2007-07-12 | language=Japanese] Just like the previous two albums, "Versus" contains only one single released on Replay, titled "Replay" with another album track "And I close to you" also being included in Mr. Children's fourth single "Cross Road". "Versus" also marked the first time use of Takeshi Kobayashi as a writer and composer for Mr. Children.

Track listing

tracklist
lyrics_credits = yes
music_credits = yes

title1 = Another Mind
lyrics1 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music1 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length1 = 5:01

title2 = nihongo|Main Street ni ikou|メインストリートに行こう
lyrics2 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music2 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length2 = 3:45

title3 = And I close to you
lyrics3 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music3 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length3 = 4:12

title4 = Replay
lyrics4 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music4 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length4 = 4:29

title5 = nihongo|Marmalade kiss|マーマレード・キッス
lyrics5 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music5 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length5 = 4:33

title6 = nihongo|Shinkirou|蜃気楼
lyrics6 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
music6 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length6 = 4:41

title7 = nihongo|Toubousha|逃亡者
lyrics7 = Takeshi Kobayashi
music7 = Takeshi Kobayashi
length7 = 4:09

title8 = Love
lyrics8 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music8 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length8 = 4:04

title9 = nihongo|Sayonara wa yume no naka he|さよならは夢の中へ
lyrics9 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music9 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length9 = 5:44

title10 = my life
lyrics10 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music10 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length10 = 4:27

Personnel

* Kazutoshi Sakurai – vocals, guitar
* Kenichi Tahara – guitar
* Keisuke Nakagawa – bass
* Hideya Suzuki – drums, vocals
* Carol Steele - percussion
* Takuo Yamamoto - tenor, baritone sax, recorder
* Yoichi Murata - trombone
* Toshio Araki - trumpet

Production

Production credits for album:"Versus" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1993)]

* Producer - Takeshi Kobyashi
* Executive producer - Takamitsu Ide, Mitsunori Kadoike
* Recording - Kunihiko ImaiRef_label|A|a|none, Hiroshi Hiranuma, and Doug Conroy
* Mixing - Hiroshi Hiranuma, Kunihiko ImaiRef_label|A|a|none
* Brass arrangement - Takuo YamamotoRef_label|B|b|none
* A&R chief - Koichi Inaba
* A&R director - Makoto Nakanishi, Katsumi Shinohara
* Computer programming - Ken Matsumoto
* Assistant engineering - Greg Digesu, Jeff Mauriello, Kenji Nagashima, Yoshitaka Shirahata, Kei Kosaka, and Tomoaki Sato
* Recording - Waterfront Studios, Tokyo Hilton Hotel, Hitokuchizaka Studio, and Avaco Studio
* Mixed at - Peninsula, Studio Vincent
* Mastering - Gateway Mastering
* Mastered by - Bob Ludwig
* U.S production supervision - Kaz Hayashida
* Account Administration - Jeff Schwartz and Rupert Gray
* Translator - Rika Nakaya
* Recording co-ordination - Akira Yasukawa
* Promotion - Naoki Imoto
* Sales promotion - Masayuki Nakagawa
* Art Direction - Mitsuo Shindo
* Designer - Satoshi Nakamura
* Photographer - Meisa Fujishiro
* Stylist - Hiroko Umeyama
* Marine coordinator - Masato Nagai
* Artist management - Isao Tanuma and Kazushiro Miura
* Desk management - Tomoko Okada
* Production management - Tetsuhiko /nono
* Production co-ordination - Harumi Oshima
* P.R management - Chikane Kumagai

Footnotes

*a.note_label|A|a|none Kunihiko Imai is credited for mixing and recording the song "Replay" only.
*b.note_label|B|b|none For the song "Main Street ni ikou" and "Toubousha".

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