2008 Mari Hamada – Reflection: Axiom Of The Two Wings
Reflection: Axiom of the Two Wings is a compilation album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on July 23, 2008 by Meldac/Tokuma Japan to commemorate the 25th anniversary of her music career. The album consists of two discs dubbed “Wings”. Wing I features the new songs “Fantasia”, “Revolution in Reverse”, “Spiral Galaxy”, and “Eagle -Hard Rock Mix-“, along with a collection of Hamada’s heaviest songs. Wing II features a cappella versions of select songs.
The album peaked at No. 58 on Oricon’s albums chart
Tracks
Disc 1
1 Fantasia (Masaru Kishii; Mari Hamada) 04:57
2 Revolution In Reverse (Takanobu Masuda; Mari Hamada) 04:44
3 Spiral Galaxy (Mari Hamada; Hiroyuki Otsuki) 04:43
4 Eagle -Hard Rock Mix- (Mari Hamada; Hiroyuki Otsuki) 06:24
5 Don’t Change Your Mind (Higuchi Project Team; Munetaka Higuchi) 0 4:05
6 Back To Cypher (Hiroyuki Otsuki; Mari Hamada) 04:35
7 Noah (Higuchi Project Team; Munetaka Higuchi) 03:52
8 Fearless Night (Keiji Katayama; Mari Hamada) 05:32
9 Time Again (Takanobu Masuda; Mari Hamada) 04:27
10 Free Way (Mari Hamada) 04:53
11 Love Trial (Hiroaki Matsuzawa; Mari Hamada) 04:31
12 Starting Over (Hiroyuki Otsuki; Mari Hamada) 05:41
13 In Your Eyes (Mike Landau; Tom Keane; Mari Hamada) 04:22
14 Only In My Dreams (Hiroyuki Otsuki; Mari Hamada) 03:54
15 Come And Go (Nobuo Yamada; Yogo Kono; Mari Hamada) 03:26
16 Stone-Cold (Mari Hamada) 05:15
Disc 2
1 Prologue -World Soul- (Mari Hamada) 01:24
2 Mayoi-Boshi (Mari Hamada) 05:29
3 Parallel Life -Prelude To “Ever After”- (Mari Hamada) 01:51
4 Ever After (Mari Hamada) 05:04
5 Interlude 1 -Reflections- (Mari Hamada) 01:27
6 In The Precious Age (Patrick DeRemer; Robin Lerner; Tom Harriman; Mari Hamada) 03:24
7 Promised Land (Yoichi Fujii; Mari Hamada) 03:32
8 Soleil (Hiroyuki Otsuki; Mari Hamada) 03:36
9 Interlude 2 -Watercolor- (Mari Hamada) 01:34
10 Return To Myself (Hiroyuki Otsuki; Mari Hamada) 02:23
11 Rainbow Dream (Mari Hamada) 01:19
12 Amaranth (Mari Hamada) 04:09
13 Epilogue -In Four Elements- (Mari Hamada) 02:29
Biography
Musicians
Disc 1
1 Fantasia
| Bass | Koichi Terasawa |
| Drums | Kazuhisa Takahashi |
| Guitar | Tak Matsumoto |
| Keyboards | Takanobu Masuda |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
2 Revolution In Reverse
| Bass | Koichi Terasawa |
| Drums | Kazuhisa Takahashi |
| Guitar | Takashi Masuzaki |
| Keyboards | Takanobu Masuda |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
3 Spiral Galaxy
| All Instruments | Hiroyuki Otsuki |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
4 Eagle -Hard Rock Mix-
| Bass | Matt Bissonette |
| Drums | Gregg Bissonette |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | Jeff Babko |
| Programming | Hiroyuki Otsuki |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
5 Don’t Change Your Mind
| Bass | Hiro Nagasawa |
| Drums | Munetaka Higuchi |
| Guitar | Kenji Kitajima |
| Keyboards | Yuhki Nakajima |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
6 Back To Cypher
| All Instruments | Hiroyuki Otsuki |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
7 Noah
| Bass | Hiro Nagasawa |
| Drums | Munetaka Higuchi |
| Guitar | Kenji Kitajima |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
8 Fearless Night
| Bass | Yoshihiro Naruse |
| Drums | Atsuo Okamoto |
| Guitar | Tak Matsumoto |
| Keyboards | Yoshinobu Kojima |
9 Time Again
| Bass | Yoshihiro Naruse |
| Drums | Atsuo Okamoto |
| Guitar | Tak Matsumoto |
| Keyboards | Takanobu Masuda |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
10 Free Way
| Bass | Masahiko Rokukawa |
| Drums | Toru Hasebe |
| Guitar | Tak Matsumoto |
| Keyboards | Yogo Kono |
11 Love Trial
| Bass | Yoshihiro Naruse |
| Drums | Atsuo Okamoto |
| Guitar | Tak Matsumoto |
| Keyboards | Rei Atsumi |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
12 Starting Over
| All Instruments | Hiroyuki Otsuki |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
13 In Your Eyes
| Bass | John Pierce |
| Drums | John M Keane |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | Tom Keane |
| Background Vocals | Jason Scheff |
| Background Vocals | Tom Keane |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
14 Only In My Dreams
| Bass | John Pierce |
| Drums | John M Keane |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Keyboards | Randy Kerber |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
15 Come And Go
| Bass | Naoki Watanabe |
| Drums | Atsuo Okamoto |
| Guitar (solo) | Tak Matsumoto |
| Guitar | Takayuki Hijikata |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
16 Stone-Cold
| All Instruments | Hiroyuki Otsuki |
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
Disc 2
1 Prologue -World Soul-
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
2 Mayoi-Boshi
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
3 Parallel Life -Prelude To “Ever After”-
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
4 Ever After
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
5 Interlude 1 -Reflections-
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
6 In The Precious Age
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
7 Promised Land
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
8 Soleil
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
9 Interlude 2 -Watercolor-
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
10 Return To Myself
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
11 Rainbow Dream
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
12 Amaranth
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
13 Epilogue -In Four Elements-
| Vocals | Mari Hamada |
Liner Notes
Producer – Mari Hamada
Arranged By – Takanobu Masuda (Tracks 1-1, 1-2)
Arranged By – Hiroyuki Otsuki (Tracks 1-3, 1-6, 1-12, 1-16)
Arranged By – Higuchi Project Team, Munetaka Higuchi (Tracks 1-5, 1-7)
Arranged By – H.M. Project (Track 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-15)
Arranged By – Greg Edward (Track 1-13, 1-14)
Arranged By – Tom Keane (Track 1-13)
Arranged By – Randy Kerber (Track 1-14)
Arranged By – Mari Hamada (Disc2)
Arranged By – Hiroshi Terao (Track 2-6)
Mastered By – Kazushige Yamazaki
Mixed By – Greg Edward, Masayuki Nomura, Takahiro Uchida
Mixed By – Bill Drescher (Tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-13)
Design – Keiko Sasajima
Photography – Chikako Ozawa
Mastered At Flair Mastering Works
Phonographic Copyright MELDAC
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