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Colors
Studio album by
Mari Hamada
ReleasedSeptember 20, 1990 (1990-09-20)
Recorded1990
Studio
  • Rumbo Recorders
  • Cornerstone Studios
  • Sunset Sound
Genre
Length48:12
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelInvitation
ProducerGreg Edward
Mari Hamada chronology
Sincerely
(1989) 		Colors
(1990) 		Tomorrow
(1991)
Singles from Colors
  1. "Heaven Knows"
    Released: July 11, 1990 (1990-07-11)
  2. "Nostalgia"
    Released: December 16, 1990 (1990-12-16)

Colors (カラーズ, Karāzu) is the tenth studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on September 20, 1990. It was Hamada's final release by Invitation. The album was reissued alongside Hamada's past releases on January 15, 2014.[1][2]

Hamada's 1993 international release Introducing... Mari Hamada features a rewritten version of "Is This Justice?" as "If It's Love". The 1994 international follow-up All My Heart includes an English version of "Heaven Knows".

Colors peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's albums chart. It was also certified Gold by the RIAJ.[3][4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada; all music is composed by Hiroyuki Ohtsuki, except where indicated

No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Is This Justice?" (English) 
  • Greg Edward
  • Jeff Daniel
  • Ohtsuki
4:22
2."Innocent Colors"Kazuhiro Hara
  • Edward
  • Daniel
  • H.M. Project
4:03
3."Heaven Knows" 
  • Edward
  • Tom Keane
  • Ohtsuki
4:23
4."Plastic Conversation" 
  • Edward
  • Daniel
  • Ohtsuki
3:37
5."Nostalgia"Takashi Masuzaki
  • Edward
  • Daniel
  • H.M. Project
4:19
6."Empty Room"
  • Noboru Kurosawa
  • Toru Yokoyama
  • Edward
  • Keane
  • H.M. Project
4:53
7."There's No Limit" 
  • Edward
  • Keane
  • Ohtsuki
4:03
8."Take It Easy on Yourself" 
  • Edward
  • Daniel
  • Ohtsuki
4:28
9."Be Wild" 
  • Edward
  • Ohtsuki
4:07
10."Material World" 
  • Edward
  • Keane
  • Ohtsuki
4:15
11."Monologize"Takanobu Masuda
  • Edward
  • Keane
  • Masuda
5:42

Personnel

  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Tim Pierce – guitar
  • John Pierce – bass
  • Jeff Daniel – keyboards
  • Tom Keane – keyboards
  • Charles Judge – keyboards
  • John Keane – drums
  • Danny Fongheiser – drums
  • Gerald Albright – saxophone
  • David Woodford – saxophone
  • Nick Lane – trombone
  • Steve Madaio – trumpet

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 2

Certification

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[4] Gold 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "浜田麻里 / COLORS [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  2. ^ "COLORS/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  3. ^ a b "COLORS/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  4. ^ a b "Japanese certifications – 浜田 麻里 – Colors" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved March 28, 2021. Select 1990年10月 on the drop-down menu

External links

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