Elan (Mari Hamada album)

Elan (エラン, Eran) is the 18th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on October 26, 2005 by Meldac/Tokuma Japan. The album was reissued alongside Hamada's past releases on January 15, 2014.

Elan
Studio album by Mari Hamada
Released	October 26, 2005 (2005-10-26)
Genre	J-pop hard rock
Length	56:06
Language	Japanese
Label	Meldac/Tokuma Japan
Producer	Mari Hamada
Mari Hamada chronology
Sincerely II (2005) Elan (2005) Sur lie (2007)
Singles from Elan
"Fly High/Moonlight Shadow" Released: September 22, 2005 (2005-09-22)

Elan peaked at No. 78 on Oricon's albums chart.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada; all music is arranged by Hiroyuki Ohtsuki and Mari Hamada.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Fly High"	Ohtsuki	4:06
2.	"Starting Over"	Ohtsuki	5:42
3.	"Ilinx"	Hamada	4:39
4.	"Mayoi-boshi"	Hamada	5:33
5.	"Moonlight Shadow"	Hamada	4:54
6.	"Soul of Souls -Unconscious X-"	Ohtsuki	4:53
7.	"Dearest"	Hamada	5:44
8.	"Existence"	Ohtsuki	5:25
9.	"Private Soldier"	Ohtsuki	4:49
10.	"Ever After"	Hamada	5:00
11.	"Gifted"	Hamada	5:23

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	78

Personnel

• Hiroyuki Ohtsuki – guitar, bass
• Takashi Masuzaki – guitar
• Yōichi Fujii – guitar
• Hiroshi Matsubara – bass
• Takanobu Masuda – keyboards
• Kevin Savigor – keyboards
• Yōgo Kōno – keyboards
• Hiroshi Yamazaki – keyboards
• Hirotsugu Homma – drums

External links

• Official website (Mari Hamada)
• Official website (Tokuma Japan)
• Elan at MusicBrainz
• Elan at Discogs