Atomic Heart

Infobox Album
Name = Atomic Heart
Type = Album
Artist = Mr. Children


Released = September 1, 1994
Recorded = Tokyufun, Tokyo Hilton Hotel, Oorong-soh, Sound Village Studio, Victor Yamanakako Studio, Free Studio, and Baybridge Studio
Genre = Rock
Length = 54:11
Label = Toy's Factory
Producer = Takeshi Kobayahi
Reviews =
Last album = "Versus"
(1993)
This album = "Atomic Heart"
(1994)
Next album = "Shinkai"
(1996)Singles
Name = Atomic Heart
Type = studio
single 1 = Innocent World
single 1 date = June 1, 1994

single 2 = Cross Road
single 2 date = November 10, 1993

"Atomic Heart" is the fourth original album by Japanese rock band Mr. Children released on September 1, 1994. The album debuted on the Japanese Oricon music charts at #1 and sold 3,429,650 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=2007-07-21 | language=Japanese] The album contained two songs released. The first, Innocent World, was released on June 1, 1994 and the second single Cross Road, was released on November 10, 1993. The track "nihongo|Love connection|ラヴ コネクション" was later included in Mr. Children's sixth single Tomorrow Never Knows, which was released on November 10, 1994. "Atomic Heart" also marked the first time a Mr. Children album won an award, with the group winning 'Best Album' at the "36th Annual Japan Record Awards".cite web | url=http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1994.htm | title=第36回日本レコード大賞 (The 36th annual Japanese record prize) | work=jacompa.or.jp | accessdate=2007-07-21 | language=Japanese]

Track listing

tracklist
lyrics_credits = yes
music_credits = yes

title1 = Printing
lyrics1 =
music1 =
length1 = 0:24

title2 = Dance dance dance
lyrics2 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music2 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length2 = 4:57

title3 = nihongo|Love connection|ラヴ コネクション
lyrics3 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music3 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length3 = 4:57

title4 = Innocent World
lyrics4 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music4 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length4 = 5:45

title5 = nihongo|Classmate|クラスメイト
lyrics5 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music5 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length5 = 5:27

title6 = Cross Road
lyrics6 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music6 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length6 = 4:33

title7 = nihongo|Jealousy|ジェラシー
lyrics7 = Takeshi Kobayashi
music7 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length7 = 6:41

title8 = nihongo|Asia (Asia)|Asia (エイジア)
lyrics8 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music8 = Hideya Suzuki
length8 = 5:22

title9 = Rain
lyrics9 =
music9 =
length9 = 0:20

title10 = nihongo|Ame nochi hare|雨のち晴れ
lyrics10 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music10 = Takeshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Kobayashi
length10 = 5:34

title11 = nihongo|Round About ~kodoku no shōzō~|Round About 〜孤独の肖像〜
lyrics11 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music11 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length11 = 5:25

title12 = Over
lyrics12 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music12 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length12 = 4:27

Personnel

* Kazutoshi Sakurai – vocals, guitar
* Kenichi Tahara – guitar
* Keisuke Nakagawa – bass
* Hideya Suzuki – drums
* Takuo Yamamoto - alto, soprano, tenor sax
* Toshio Araki - trumpet, flugelhorn
* Hirokazu Ogura - bousouki, electric guitar
* Tomoko - chorus

Production

Production credits for album:"Atomic Heart" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1994)]

* Producer - Takeshi Kobyashi
* Arrangement - Mr. Children and Takeshi Kobyashi
* Executive producer - Takamitsu Ide, Akira Yasukawa
* Co-producer - Hiroshi Hiranuma
* Recording - Hiroshi Hiranuma
* Mixing - Hiroshi Hiranuma
* A&R - Koichi Inaba
* Director - Katsumi Shinohara
* Computer programming - Rentaro Takayasu, Yoshinori Kadoya, and Ken Matsumoto
* Assistant engineering - Yoshiki Fukushima, Shigeki Kashii, Kezo Awano, Naoaki Nemoto, and Takeshi Okano
* Recorded at - Tokyufun, Tokyo Hilton Hotel, Oorong-soh, Sound Village Studio, Victor Yamanakako Studio, Free Studio Tsukiji, and Baybridge Studio
* Mixed at - Tokyufun, Free Stuio Tsukiji
* Mastering - Sterling Studio NY
* Mastered by - George Marino
* U.S production supervision - Ami Matsumura
* Public Relations - Masayuki Nakagawa
* Promotion staff - Tomohiro Okada, Tetsuya Yamamura, Michiharu Sato, Junichi Ashikawa
* Art Direction - Mitsuo Shindo
* Designer - Ryoji Ohya
* Photographer - Itaru Hirama
* Stylist - Hiroko Umeyama
* Hair and make-up - Miyuki Watanabe

References