- 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
Japan eserock band Mr. Children released onSeptember 1 ,1993 . The album debuted on the JapaneseOricon 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 = yestitle1 = Another Mind
lyrics1 =Kazutoshi Sakurai
music1 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length1 = 5:01title2 = 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 = 3:45title3 = And I close to you
lyrics3 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music3 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length3 = 4:12title4 = Replay
lyrics4 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music4 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length4 = 4:29title5 = nihongo|Marmalade kiss|マーマレード・キッス
lyrics5 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music5 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length5 = 4:33title6 = nihongo|Shinkirou|蜃気楼
lyrics6 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
music6 = Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi
length6 = 4:41title7 = nihongo|Toubousha|逃亡者
lyrics7 = Takeshi Kobayashi
music7 = Takeshi Kobayashi
length7 = 4:09title8 = Love
lyrics8 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music8 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length8 = 4:04title9 = 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 = 5:44title10 = my life
lyrics10 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
music10 = Kazutoshi Sakurai
length10 = 4:27Personnel
*
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 KumagaiFootnotes
*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".References
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