In the Precious Age

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In the Precious Age
Mari Hamada - In the Precious Age.jpg
Studio album by
Mari Hamada
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1987 (1987-09-01)
Studio
Genre
Length38:56
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
Label Invitation
Producer Mike Clink
Mari Hamada chronology
Now & Then
(1986)		In the Precious Age
(1987)		Anthology 1987
(1987)
Singles from In the Precious Age
  1. "999 ~One More Reason~"
    Released: August 21, 1987 (1987-08-21)

In the Precious Age is the seventh studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on September 1, 1987 by Invitation. Produced by Mike Clink, it is Hamada's first album to be recorded outside Japan. It features collaborations with Bobby Caldwell and Toto members Mike and Jeff Porcaro. The album was reissued alongside Hamada's past releases on January 15, 2014. [1] [2]

Contents

In the Precious Age peaked at No. 29 on Oricon's albums chart. [3]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Voice of Minds"
  • Seals
  • Bogan
4:22
2."Fire and Ice"HamadaHiroyki Ohtsuki3:56
3."999 ~One More Reason~"
  • Pat DeRemer
  • Damon Danielson
  • Hamada
  • DeRemer
  • Danielson
3:27
4."Lovelace"HamadaOhtsuki3:02
5."In the Precious Age"
  • DeRemer
  • Robin Lerner
  • Tom Harriman
  • Hamada
  • DeRemer
  • Lerner
  • Harriman
3:30
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Front Page"
  • DeRemer
  • Danielson
  • Hamada
  • DeRemer
  • Danielson
4:27
2."My Trial"HamadaOhtsuki4:34
3."Self-Love"HamadaTakanobu Masuda4:35
4."Saturation"HamadaKeiji Katayama3:38
5."Fall in Love" (English)HamadaKatayama3:26
CD bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ain't No Angel"
  • Roy Freeland
  • Rick Neigher
  • Hamada
  • Freeland
  • Neigher
3:44

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [3] 29

Personnel

(Credits courtesy of Sessiondays [4] )


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References

  1. ↑ "浜田麻里 / IN THE PRECIOUS AGE [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  2. ↑ "IN THE PRECIOUS AGE/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan . Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  3. 1 2 "IN THE PRECIOUS AGE/浜田麻里". Oricon . Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  4. ↑ Lücker, Jan. "Sessiondays: Mari Hamada: In The Precious Age (1987)". Sessiondays. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
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