Mission (album)

Mission
Studio album by Mari Hamada
Released	January 13, 2016 (2016-01-13)
Genre	J-pop heavy metal
Length	62:28
Language	Japanese
Label	Meldac/Tokuma Japan
Producer	Mari Hamada
Mari Hamada chronology
Golden Best: Mari Hamada (2015) Mission (2016) Gracia (2018)

Mission (ミッション, Misshon) is the 22nd studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on January 13, 2016. Hamada's first new album after a four-year hiatus, it was her final release by Meldac/Tokuma Japan after being with the label for 14 years. The album is offered in two editions: a single CD and a limited edition with a bonus disc.^[1][2][3]

Mission peaked at No. 11 on Oricon's albums chart and No. 13 on Billboard Japan's Hot Albums chart.^[4][5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada.

CD

No.	Title	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Sparks"	Nozomu Wakai Hamada	Wakai	5:03
2.	"Dystopia"	Masaru Kishii	Kishii	6:14
3.	"Superior"	Kishii	Kishii	5:21
4.	"Rin"	Wakai Hamada	Wakai	6:08
5.	"Monster Wave"	Hamada	Hiroyuki Ohtsuki	4:33
6.	"Tears of Asyura"	Hamada	Takanobu Masuda	6:22
7.	"Rainbow After a Storm"	Wakai Hamada	Wakai	5:01
8.	"In Your Hands"	Hamada	Ohtsuki	4:58
9.	"Carpe Diem"	Kishii	Kishii	5:29
10.	"Beautiful Misunderstanding"	Aqui Eguchi Hamada	Eguchi	6:15
11.	"Orion"	Masuda	Masuda	7:04

Limited Edition Bonus CD

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Obsidian"	Hamada

Personnel

• Michael Landau – guitar
• Ralph Perucci – guitar
• Hiroyuki Ohtsuki – guitar, bass
• Nozomu Wakai – guitar, keyboards
• Yōichi Fujii – guitar
• Billy Sheehan – bass
• Leland Sklar – bass
• Kōichi Terasawa – bass
• Tomonori "You" Yamada – bass
• Jeff Bova – keyboards
• Takanobu Masuda – keyboards
• Yūichi Matsuzaki – keyboards
• Rei Atsumi – keyboards
• Gregg Bissonette – drums
• Satoshi "Joe" Miyawaki – drums

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4]	11
Japanese Albums (Billboard)[5]	13
Top Albums Sales (Billboard)[6]	12

References

1. "Mari Hamada / Mission [2CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
2. "Mission/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
3. "【インタビュー】浜田麻里「ハード・ロック・アルバムって自分で思えるものを作りたいなって」". BARKS. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
4. "Mission/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
5. "Billboard Japan Hot Albums". Billboard Japan. 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
6. "Billboard Japan Top Album Sales | Charts". Billboard Japan. 2016-01-20. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

External links

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