Versus (Mr. Children album)

1993 studio album by Mr. Children

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
| Kind of Love
(1992)  | Versus
(1993)  | Atomic Heart
(1994)

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Singles from  Kind of Love

1. "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

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No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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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

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* 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

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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

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* a.^ Kunihiko Imai is credited for mixing and recording the song "Replay" only.
* b.^ For the song "Main Street ni ikou" and "Toubousha".

## References

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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.
2. ^ a b c d e "Versus" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1993)

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Mr. Children

* Kazutoshi Sakurai
* Kenichi Tahara
* Keisuke Nakagawa
* Hideya Suzuki

Studio albums|

* Everything
* Kind of Love
* Versus
* Atomic Heart
* Shinkai
* Bolero
* Discovery
* Q
* It's a Wonderful World
* Shifuku no Oto
* I Love U
* Home
* Supermarket Fantasy
* Sense
* (An Imitation) Blood Orange

Compilations|

* Mr. Children 1992–1995
* Mr. Children 1996–2000
* B-Side
* Mr. Children 2001–2005 <micro>
* Mr. Children 2001–2005 <macro>

Live albums|

* 1/42

Singles|

* "Kimi ga Ita Natsu"
* "Dakishimetai"
* "Replay"
* "Cross Road"
* "Innocent World"
* "Tomorrow Never Knows"
* "Everybody Goes (Chitsujo no Nai Gendai ni Drop Kick)"
* "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)"
* "Sign"

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* Discography
* Takeshi Kobayashi

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