Versus (Mr. Children album)

Versus
Versus
Studio album by Mr. Children
Released	September 1, 1993
Recorded	Waterfront Studios, Tokyo Hilton Hotel, Hitokuchizaka Studio, and Avaco Studio
Genre	Pop rock, power pop
Length	45:25
Label	Toy's Factory
Producer	Takeshi Kobayashi
Mr. Children chronology
Singles from Kind of Love
	"Replay"; Released: July 1, 1993;

Versus is the third, and second 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.^[1] Just like the previous two albums, Versus contains only one single released on July 1, 1993, 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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Another Mind"	Kazutoshi Sakurai	Kazutoshi Sakurai	5:01
2.	"Main Street ni ikou (メインストリートに行こう)"	Kazutoshi Sakurai	Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi	3:45
3.	"and I close to you"	Kazutoshi Sakurai	Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi	4:12
4.	"Replay"	Kazutoshi Sakurai	Kazutoshi Sakurai	4:29
5.	"Marmalade kiss (マーマレード・キッス)"	Kazutoshi Sakurai	Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi	4:33
6.	"Shinkirou (蜃気楼)"	Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi	Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi	4:41
7.	"Toubousha (逃亡者)"	Takeshi Kobayashi	Takeshi Kobayashi	4:09
8.	"LOVE"	Kazutoshi Sakurai	Kazutoshi Sakurai	4:04
9.	"Sayonara wa yume no naka he (さよならは夢の中へ)"	Kazutoshi Sakurai	Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi	5:44
10.	"my life"	Kazutoshi Sakurai	Kazutoshi Sakurai	4:27

Personnel

Kazutoshi Sakurai – vocals, guitar
Kenichi Tahara – guitar
Keisuke Nakagawa – bass
Hideya Suzuki – drums, vocals
Carol Steele - percussion^[2]
Takuo Yamamoto - tenor, baritone sax, recorder^[2]
Yoichi Murata - trombone^[2]
Toshio Araki - trumpet^[2]

Production

Production credits for album:^[2]

Producer - Takeshi Kobyashi
Executive producer - Takamitsu Ide, Mitsunori Kadoike
Recording - Kunihiko Imai^[a], Hiroshi Hiranuma, and Doug Conroy
Mixing - Hiroshi Hiranuma, Kunihiko Imai^[a]
Brass arrangement - Takuo Yamamoto^[b]
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.^{^} Kunihiko Imai is credited for mixing and recording the song "Replay" only.
b.^{^} For the song "Main Street ni ikou" and "Toubousha".

References

^ "ミスチル、ニューアルバム完成！(Mr.Children and new album completion!)". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-07-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Versus" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1993)

[oricon_albums-1] "ミスチル、ニューアルバム完成！(Mr.Children and new album completion!)". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-07-12.

[versus-2] "Versus" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1993)

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