Tomorrow (Mari Hamada album)

Tomorrow
Tomorrow
Studio album by Mari Hamada
Released	October 19, 1991
Recorded	1991
Studio	Rumbo Recorders; Enterprise Studios; Can-Am Recorders;
Genre	J-pop; pop rock;
Length	55:31
Language	Japanese; English;
Label	MCA Victor
Producer	Greg Edward; Mari Hamada;
Mari Hamada chronology
Singles from Tomorrow
	"Paradox"; Released: October 10, 1991; "Tele-Control"; Released: February 5, 1992;

Tomorrow (トゥモロー, Tumorō) is the 11th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on October 19, 1991. It was Hamada's first release by MCA Victor, and includes contributions by Toto guitarist Steve Lukather. The album was reissued alongside Hamada's past releases on January 15, 2014.^[1]^[2]

Hamada's 1993 international release Introducing... Mari Hamada includes "Rainy Blue" and "Tomorrow". In addition, "Paradox" was rewritten in English as "Color Blind", while "More Than Ever" was given new lyrics for the album. The 1994 international follow-up All My Heart includes "Precious Summer" and a piano re-arrangement of "Missing", while "Tomorrow" was rewritten in English and given an acoustic arrangement as "Til Tomorrow".

Tomorrow peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's albums chart. It was also certified Platinum by the RIAJ.^[3] The 2014 reissue peaked at No. 278.^[4]

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada

No.	Title	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Tele-Control"	Hiroyuki Ohtsuki	Ohtsuki Hamada	4:40
2.	"Easy-Going" (English)	Ohtsuki	Ohtsuki Hamada	5:17
3.	"Love Ain't Easy"	Ohtsuki	Ohtsuki Hamada	4:40
4.	"Rainy Blue"	Hamada Ohtsuki	Ohtsuki Hamada	4;53
5.	"Paradox"	Takashi Masuzaki	Masuzaki Hamada	5:14
6.	"Missing"	Hamada Ohtsuki	Ohtsuki Hamada	3:08
7.	"One Kiss"	Ohtsuki	Ohtsuki Hamada	4:16
8.	"Selfish"	Howard Killy	Killy Hamada	3:37
9.	"Love 'n' Music" (English)	Katsumi Yamaura	Masuzaki Takanobu Masuda Yamaura Greg Edward Hamada	4:38
10.	"More Than Ever" (English)	Hamada Yamaura Masuda	Ohtsuki Hamada Randy Kerber Edward	5:10
11.	"Precious Summer"	Tetsuro Oda	Masuzaki Masuda Ohtsuki Hamada Kerber Edward	3:51
12.	"Tomorrow"	Ohtsuki	Ohtsuki Hamada	6:08

Personnel edit

Michael Landau – guitar
Steve Lukather – guitar
Tim Pierce – guitar
John Pierce – bass
Randy Kerber – keyboards
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
John Keane – drums
Efrain Toro – percussion
Rick Palombi – backing vocals
Seth Marsh – backing vocals
Bernadette Barlow – backing vocals
Natisse Bambi Jones – backing vocals

Charts edit

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	2

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	278

Certification edit


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[3]	Platinum	400,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

^ "浜田麻里 / TOMORROW [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^ "TOMORROW/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^ ^a ^b "Japanese certifications – 浜田麻里 – Tomorrow" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved March 28, 2021. Select 1991年11月 on the drop-down menu
^ ^a ^b ^c "TOMORROW/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

External links edit

Official website (Mari Hamada)
Official website (Universal Music Japan)
Tomorrow at MusicBrainz
Tomorrow at Discogs

[1] "浜田麻里 / TOMORROW [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

[2] "TOMORROW/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

[RIAJ-3] "Japanese certifications – 浜田麻里 – Tomorrow" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved March 28, 2021. Select 1991年11月 on the drop-down menu

[Oricon-4] "TOMORROW/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

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