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. 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 Takuo Yamamoto - tenor, baritone sax, recorder Yoichi Murata - trombone Toshio Araki - trumpet
Production Production credits for album:"Versus" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1993)
Producer - Takeshi Kobyashi Executive producer - Takamitsu Ide, Mitsunori Kadoike Recording - Kunihiko Imai, Hiroshi Hiranuma, and Doug Conroy Mixing - Hiroshi Hiranuma, Kunihiko Imai Brass arrangement - Takuo Yamamoto 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
a. Kunihiko Imai is credited for mixing and recording the song "Replay" only. b. For the song "Main Street ni ikou" and "Toubousha".
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