Introducing... Mari Hamada

Introducing... Mari Hamada is the first international release by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on May 30, 1993, in Asia and January 24, 1994, in Europe by MCA Records. The album was co-produced by Marc Tanner, best known for producing Nelson's debut album After the Rain. Some of the English songs are reworked versions of Hamada's hit singles from previous Japanese releases. Both releases differ wherein the Asian release contains English and Japanese songs, while the European release is all-English. The additional English songs on the European version were compiled in a second Asian release titled All My Heart on August 4, 1994.^[1][2]

Introducing... Mari Hamada
Catalog No. MCD30909
Compilation album by Mari Hamada
Released	May 30, 1993 (1993-05-30) (Asia) January 24, 1994 (Europe)
Recorded	1991–1993
Studio	Cherokee Studios Devonshire Studios Rumbo Recorders Can-Am Studios
Genre	J-pop Pop rock
Length	65:37 (Asia release) 56:06 (Europe release)
Language	English Japanese
Label	MCA
Producer	Marc Tanner Mari Hamada
Mari Hamada chronology
Anti-Heroine (1993) Introducing... Mari Hamada (1993) Inclination (1994)
Alternative Cover
European release Catalog No. MCD11106

In Japan, selected songs from this album were released in Hamada's 1993 CD Anti-Heroine and the 2003 compilation Inclination II.^[3][4]

To promote the album, music videos were made for the songs "Hold On (One More Time)" and "I Have a Story to Tell".

Track listing

Asia Release (MCD30909)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"I Have a Story to Tell"	Mari Hamada Marc Tanner Jody Gray	Paul Mirkovich Tanner	5:11
2.	"If You're Looking for Love"	Hamada Tanner Gray	Hamada Tanner Gray	4:36
3.	"Hold On (One More Time)"	Hamada Tanner Gray	Hamada Tanner Gray	4:26
4.	"Color Blind[fn 1]"	Hamada Gray	Takashi Masuzaki	5:17
5.	"Someone Like You"	Gunnar Nelson Matthew Nelson Tanner	G. Nelson M. Nelson Tanner	4:08
6.	"Going Through the Motions"	Hamada Tanner Gray	Hiroyuki Ohtsuki Tanner Gray	5:03
7.	"More Than Ever ~ For Such a Long Time[fn 2]"	Hamada Gray	Hamada Katsumi Yamaura Takanobu Masuda	5:11
8.	"If It's Love[fn 3]"	Hamada Gray	Ohtsuki	4:28
9.	"Heart to Heart"	Hamada	Ohtsuki	5:04
10.	"Cry for the Moon"	Hamada	Ohtsuki	5:27
11.	"So Hurt So Long"	Hamada	Ohtsuki Tanner	5:47
12.	"Rainy Blue"	Hamada	Ohtsuki	4:52
13.	"Tomorrow"	Hamada	Ohtsuki	6:07

• Tracks 1–8 in English. Tracks 9–13 in Japanese.
• Tracks 1, 3, 6, 9–11 available in the 1993 album Anti-Heroine.
• Tracks 12–13 originally from the 1991 album Tomorrow.

Europe Release (MCD11039)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"In My Private Heaven[fn 4]"	Hamada Gray	Ohtsuki	5:17
2.	"Hold On (One More Time)"	Hamada Tanner Gray	Hamada Tanner Gray	4:24
3.	"With All My Heart[fn 5]"	Hamada Gray	Ohtsuki	3:02
4.	"I Have a Story to Tell"	Hamada Tanner Gray	Mirkovich Tanner	5:06
5.	"Looking for Love[fn 6]"	Hamada Tanner Gray	Hamada Tanner Gray	4:35
6.	"Someone Like You"	G. Nelson M. Nelson Tanner	G. Nelson M. Nelson Tanner	4:06
7.	"If It's Love"	Hamada Gray	Ohtsuki	4:25
8.	"Color Blind"	Hamada Gray	Takashi Masuzaki	5:14
9.	"Til Tomorrow[fn 7]"	Hamada Gray	Ohtsuki	6:06
10.	"Going Through the Motions"	Hamada Tanner Gray	Ohtsuki Tanner Gray	5:01
11.	"Heaven Knows (When I Wish Upon a Star)[fn 8]"	Hamada Gray	Ohtsuki	4:25
12.	"More than Ever ~ For Such a Long Time"	Hamada Gray	Hamada Yamaura Masuda	5:08

• Tracks 1, 3, 9, 11 available in the 1994 international album All My Heart.

Personnel

• Michael Landau – guitar
• Leland Sklar – bass
• John Pierce – bass
• Paul Mirkovich – keyboards
• Kim Bullard – keyboards
• Mike Baird – drums
• Tommy Girvin – electric sitar
• Donna Delory – backing vocals

Footnotes

1. English version of "Paradox" (originally from the 1991 album Tomorrow)
2. Alternate lyrics to "More Than Ever" (originally from the 1991 album Tomorrow)
3. Alternate lyrics to "Is This Justice?" (originally from the 1990 album Colors)
4. English version of "Private Heaven" (originally from the 1993 album Anti-Heroine)
5. English version of "Over the Rainbow" (originally from the 1989 compilation Sincerely)
6. Remix of "If You're Looking for Love"
7. English version of "Tomorrow"; Inclination acoustic arrangement
8. English version of "Heaven Knows" (originally from the 1990 album Colors)