Versus (Mr. Children album)
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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
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<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a], Hiroshi Hiranuma, and Doug Conroy
- Mixing - Hiroshi Hiranuma, Kunihiko Imai<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a]
- Brass arrangement - Takuo Yamamoto<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[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
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References
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