# Introducing... Mari Hamada
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{{Infobox album
| name = Introducing... Mari Hamada
| type = compilation
| artist = [Mari Hamada](/source/Mari_Hamada)
| cover = Introducing Mari Hamada.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Catalog No. MCD30909
| released = {{Start date|1993|05|30}} ([Asia](/source/Asia))
January 24, 1994 ([Europe](/source/Europe))
| recorded = 1991–1993
| studio = {{hlist|[Cherokee Studios](/source/Cherokee_Studios)|Devonshire Studios|Rumbo Recorders|Can-Am Studios}}
| genre = {{hlist|[J-pop](/source/J-pop)|[Pop rock](/source/Pop_rock)}}
| length = 65:37 (Asia release)
56:06 (Europe release)
| language = {{hlist|English|Japanese}}
| label = [MCA](/source/MCA_Records)
| producer = {{hlist|[Marc Tanner](/source/Marc_Tanner_Band)|Mari Hamada}}
| prev_title = [Anti-Heroine](/source/Anti-Heroine_(album))
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = [Inclination](/source/Inclination_(album))
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative Cover
| type = compilation
| cover = Introducing Mari Hamada 2.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = European release Catalog No. MCD11106
}}
}}
'''''Introducing... Mari Hamada''''' is the first international release by Japanese singer/songwriter [Mari Hamada](/source/Mari_Hamada), released on May 30, 1993, in Asia and January 24, 1994, in Europe by [MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records). The album was co-produced by [Marc Tanner](/source/Marc_Tanner_Band), best known for producing [Nelson's](/source/Nelson_(band)) debut album ''[After the Rain](/source/After_the_Rain_(Nelson_album))''. Some of the English songs are reworked versions of Hamada's hit singles from previous Japanese releases. Both releases differ wherein the Asian release contains English and Japanese songs, while the European release is all-English. The additional English songs on the European version were compiled in a second Asian release titled ''[All My Heart](/source/All_My_Heart)'' on August 4, 1994.[{{cite web |url=https://www.mari-hamada.com/discography/pages/osal/al_all_my_heart.html |title=''All My Heart'' |website=Mari Hamada Official Website |access-date=2020-09-20}}][{{Cite web |url=http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/marihamada/album/overseas.htm |title=Mari Hamada - Overseas Releases |access-date=2010-05-06 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716060955/http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/marihamada/album/overseas.htm |url-status=dead }}]
In Japan, selected songs from this album were released in Hamada's 1993 CD ''[Anti-Heroine](/source/Anti-Heroine_(album))'' and the 2003 compilation ''[Inclination II](/source/Inclination_II)''.[{{cite web |url=https://www.mari-hamada.com/discography/pages/old_al/al_anti_heroine.html |title=''Anti-Heroine'' |website=Mari Hamada Official Website |access-date=2020-09-20 |archive-date=2020-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128104819/http://www.mari-hamada.com/discography/pages/old_al/al_anti_heroine.html |url-status=live }}][{{cite web |url=https://www.mari-hamada.com/discography/pages/al/al_inclination_2.html |title=''Inclination II'' |website=Mari Hamada Official Website |access-date=2020-09-20 |archive-date=2020-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216085001/http://www.mari-hamada.com/discography/pages/al/al_inclination_2.html |url-status=live }}]
To promote the album, music videos were made for the songs "Hold On (One More Time)" and "I Have a Story to Tell".
==Track listing==
;Asia Release (MCD30909)
{{Track listing
| title1 = I Have a Story to Tell
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|[Mari Hamada](/source/Mari_Hamada)|[Marc Tanner](/source/Marc_Tanner_Band)|Jody Gray}}
| music1 = {{hlist|[Paul Mirkovich](/source/Paul_Mirkovich)|Tanner}}
| length1 = 5:11
| title2 = If You're Looking for Love
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| length2 = 4:36
| title3 = Hold On (One More Time)
| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| music3 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| length3 = 4:26
| title4 = Color Blind[English version of "[Paradox](/source/Paradox_(Mari_Hamada_song))" (originally from the 1991 album ''[Tomorrow](/source/Tomorrow_(Mari_Hamada_album))'')]
| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Hamada|Gray}}
| music4 = [Takashi Masuzaki](/source/Takashi_Masuzaki)
| length4 = 5:17
| title5 = Someone Like You
| lyrics5 = {{hlist|[Gunnar Nelson](/source/Nelson_(band))|[Matthew Nelson](/source/Nelson_(band))|Tanner}}
| music5 = {{hlist|G. Nelson|M. Nelson|Tanner}}
| length5 = 4:08
| title6 = Going Through the Motions
| lyrics6 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| music6 = {{hlist|Hiroyuki Ohtsuki|Tanner|Gray}}
| length6 = 5:03
| title7 = More Than Ever ~ For Such a Long Time[Alternate lyrics to "More Than Ever" (originally from the 1991 album ''Tomorrow'')]
| lyrics7 = {{hlist|Hamada|Gray}}
| music7 = {{hlist|Hamada|Katsumi Yamaura|Takanobu Masuda}}
| length7 = 5:11
| title8 = If It's Love[Alternate lyrics to "Is This Justice?" (originally from the 1990 album ''[Colors](/source/Colors_(Mari_Hamada_album))'')]
| lyrics8 = {{hlist|Hamada|Gray}}
| music8 = Ohtsuki
| length8 = 4:28
| title9 = Heart to Heart
| lyrics9 = Hamada
| music9 = Ohtsuki
| length9 = 5:04
| title10 = [Cry for the Moon](/source/Cry_for_the_Moon_(song))
| lyrics10 = Hamada
| music10 = Ohtsuki
| length10 = 5:27
| title11 = So Hurt So Long
| lyrics11 = Hamada
| music11 = {{hlist|Ohtsuki|Tanner}}
| length11 = 5:47
| title12 = Rainy Blue
| lyrics12 = Hamada
| music12 = Ohtsuki
| length12 = 4:52
| title13 = Tomorrow
| lyrics13 = Hamada
| music13 = Ohtsuki
| length13 = 6:07
}}
*Tracks 1–8 in English. Tracks 9–13 in Japanese.
*Tracks 1, 3, 6, 9–11 available in the 1993 album ''[Anti-Heroine](/source/Anti-Heroine_(album))''.
*Tracks 12–13 originally from the 1991 album ''[Tomorrow](/source/Tomorrow_(Mari_Hamada_album))''.
;Europe Release (MCD11039)
{{Track listing
| title1 = In My Private Heaven[English version of "Private Heaven" (originally from the 1993 album ''Anti-Heroine'')]
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|Hamada|Gray}}
| music1 = Ohtsuki
| length1 = 5:17
| title2 = Hold On (One More Time)
| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| music2 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = With All My Heart[English version of "Over the Rainbow" (originally from the 1989 compilation ''[Sincerely](/source/Sincerely_(Mari_Hamada_album))'')]
| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Hamada|Gray}}
| music3 = Ohtsuki
| length3 = 3:02
| title4 = I Have a Story to Tell
| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| music4 = {{hlist|Mirkovich|Tanner}}
| length4 = 5:06
| title5 = Looking for Love[Remix of "If You're Looking for Love"]
| lyrics5 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| music5 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| length5 = 4:35
| title6 = Someone Like You
| lyrics6 = {{hlist|G. Nelson|M. Nelson|Tanner}}
| music6 = {{hlist|G. Nelson|M. Nelson|Tanner}}
| length6 = 4:06
| title7 = If It's Love
| lyrics7 = {{hlist|Hamada|Gray}}
| music7 = Ohtsuki
| length7 = 4:25
| title8 = Color Blind
| lyrics8 = {{hlist|Hamada|Gray}}
| music8 = Takashi Masuzaki
| length8 = 5:14
| title9 = Til Tomorrow[English version of "Tomorrow"; ''[Inclination](/source/Inclination_(album))'' acoustic arrangement]
| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Hamada|Gray}}
| music9 = Ohtsuki
| length9 = 6:06
| title10 = Going Through the Motions
| lyrics10 = {{hlist|Hamada|Tanner|Gray}}
| music10 = {{hlist|Ohtsuki|Tanner|Gray}}
| length10 = 5:01
| title11 = Heaven Knows (When I Wish Upon a Star)[English version of "Heaven Knows" (originally from the 1990 album ''Colors'')]
| lyrics11 = {{hlist|Hamada|Gray}}
| music11 = Ohtsuki
| length11 = 4:25
| title12 = More than Ever ~ For Such a Long Time
| lyrics12 = {{hlist|Hamada|Gray}}
| music12 = {{hlist|Hamada|Yamaura|Masuda}}
| length12 = 5:08
}}
*Tracks 1, 3, 9, 11 available in the 1994 international album ''[All My Heart](/source/All_My_Heart)''.
== Personnel ==
* [Michael Landau](/source/Michael_Landau) – guitar
* [Leland Sklar](/source/Leland_Sklar) – bass
* John Pierce – bass
* Paul Mirkovich – keyboards
* Kim Bullard – keyboards
* Mike Baird – drums
* Tommy Girvin – [electric sitar](/source/electric_sitar)
* Donna Delory – backing vocals
== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.mari-hamada.com/discography/pages/osal/al_introducing_asia.html}} (Asia release)
* {{Official website|https://www.mari-hamada.com/discography/pages/osal/al_introducing_europe.html}} (Europe release)
* {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=34509582-b727-457b-8673-f849fcf6730f|name=Introducing... Mari Hamada}}
* {{Discogs release|id=4491884|name=Introducing... Mari Hamada|type=album}}
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