Atomic Heart

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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 Pop rock, power pop, progressive 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]

Track listing

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

Personnel

Production

Production credits for album:[3]

  • Producer - Takeshi Kobyashi
  • Arrangement - Mr. Children and Takeshi Kobyashi
  • Executive producer - Takamitsu Ide, Akira Yasukawa
  • Co-producer - Hiroshi Hiranuma
  • Recording - Hiroshi Hiranuma
  • Mixing - Hiroshi Hiranuma
  • A&R - Koichi Inaba
  • Director - Katsumi Shinohara
  • Computer programming - Rentaro Takayasu, Yoshinori Kadoya, and Ken Matsumoto
  • Assistant engineering - Yoshiki Fukushima, Shigeki Kashii, Kezo Awano, Naoaki Nemoto, and Takeshi Okano
  • Recorded at - Tokyufun, Tokyo Hilton Hotel, Oorong-soh, Sound Village Studio, Victor Yamanakako Studio, Free Studio Tsukiji, and Baybridge Studio
  • Mixed at - Tokyufun, Free Stuio Tsukiji
  • Mastering - Sterling Studio NY
  • Mastered by - George Marino
  • U.S production supervision - Ami Matsumura
  • Public Relations - Masayuki Nakagawa
  • Promotion staff - Tomohiro Okada, Tetsuya Yamamura, Michiharu Sato, Junichi Ashikawa
  • Art Direction - Mitsuo Shindo
  • Designer - Ryoji Ohya
  • Photographer - Itaru Hirama
  • Stylist - Hiroko Umeyama
  • Hair and make-up - Miyuki Watanabe

References

  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 2007-07-21. 
  2. ↑ "第36回日本レコード大賞 (The 36th annual Japanese record prize)". jacompa.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-07-21. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Atomic Heart" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1994)
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