Atomic Heart

Atomic Heart
Studio album by Mr. Children
Released September 1, 1994
Recorded Tokyufun, Tokyo Hilton Hotel, Oorong-soh, Sound Village Studio, Victor Yamanakako Studio, Free Studio, and Baybridge Studio
Genre Rock
Length 54:11
Label Toy's Factory
Producer Takeshi Kobayahi
Mr. Children chronology
Versus
(1993)		 Atomic Heart
(1994)		 Shinkai
(1996)
Singles from Atomic Heart
  1. "Innocent World"
    Released: June 1, 1994
  2. "Cross Road"
    Released: November 10, 1993

Atomic Heart is the fourth original album by Japanese rock band Mr. Children released on September 1, 1994. The album debuted on the Japanese Oricon music charts at #1 and sold 3,429,650 copies during its run on the chart.[1] The album contained two songs released. The first, Innocent World, was released on June 1, 1994 and the second single Cross Road, was released on November 10, 1993. The track "Love connection (ラヴ コネクション?)" was later included in Mr. Children's sixth single Tomorrow Never Knows, which was released on November 10, 1994. Atomic Heart also marked the first time a Mr. Children album won an award, with the group winning 'Best Album' at the 36th Annual Japan Record Awards.[2]

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Printing"       0:24
2. "Dance dance dance"   Kazutoshi Sakurai Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi 4:57
3. "Love connection (ラヴ コネクション?)"   Kazutoshi Sakurai Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi 4:57
4. "Innocent World"   Kazutoshi Sakurai Kazutoshi Sakurai 5:45
5. "Classmate (クラスメイト?)"   Kazutoshi Sakurai Kazutoshi Sakurai 5:27
6. "Cross Road"   Kazutoshi Sakurai Kazutoshi Sakurai 4:33
7. "Jealousy (ジェラシー?)"   Takeshi Kobayashi Kazutoshi Sakurai, Takeshi Kobayashi 6:41
8. "Asia (Asia) (Asia (エイジア)?)"   Kazutoshi Sakurai Hideya Suzuki 5:22
9. "Rain"       0:20
10. "Ame nochi hare (雨のち晴れ?)"   Kazutoshi Sakurai Takeshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Kobayashi 5:34
11. "Round About ~kodoku no shōzō~ (Round About 〜孤独の肖像〜?)"   Kazutoshi Sakurai Kazutoshi Sakurai 5:25
12. "Over"   Kazutoshi Sakurai Kazutoshi Sakurai 4:27

Personnel

Production

Production credits for album:[3]

References

  1. ^ "ミスチル、ニューアルバム完成！(Mr.Children and new album completion!)" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/41005/. Retrieved 2007-07-21. 
  2. ^ "第36回日本レコード大賞 (The 36th annual Japanese record prize)" (in Japanese). jacompa.or.jp. http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/d1994.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-21. 
  3. ^ a b c d e "Atomic Heart" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1994)
Mr. Children
Kazutoshi Sakurai  • Kenichi Tahara  • Keisuke Nakagawa  • Hideya Suzuki
Studio albums
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"Kimi ga Ita Natsu" · "Dakishimetai" · "Replay" · "Cross Road" · "Innocent World" · "Tomorrow Never Knows" · "Everybody Goes (Chitsujo no Nai Gendai ni Drop Kick)" · "Kiseki no Hoshi" (with Keisuke Kuwata) · "Es (Theme of Es)" · "See-Saw Game (Yūkan na Koi no Uta)" · "Namonaki Uta" · "Hana (Mémento Mori)" · "Machine Gun o Buppanase (Mr. Children Bootleg)" · "Everything (It's You)" · "Nishi e Higashi e" · "Owarinaki Tabi" · "Hikari no Sasu Hō e" · "I'll Be" · "Not Found" · "Yasashii Uta" · "Youthful Days" · "Kimi ga Suki" · "Any" · "Hero" · "Tenohira"/"Kurumi" · "Sign" · "Yojigen: Four Dimensions" · "Hōkiboshi" · "Shirushi" · "Fake" · "Tabidachi no Uta" · "Hanabi" · "Gift" · "Hana no Nioi"(Download only) · "Fanfare"(Download only)
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