Sincerely (Mari Hamada album)

Sincerely" (シンシアリー, Shinshiarī) is a compilation album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on December 16, 1989 by Invitation. It is Hamada's first ballad-oriented album, featuring four new songs and three re-recordings of her past hits. The album was last reissued on October 22, 2008.[1][2]

Sincerely
Compilation album by
Mari Hamada
ReleasedDecember 16, 1989 (1989-12-16)
Genre
Length44:08
LanguageJapanese
LabelInvitation
Mari Hamada chronology
Return to Myself
(1989)		 Sincerely
(1989)		 Colors
(1990)
Singles from Sincerely
  1. "Open Your Heart"
    Released: November 8, 1989 (1989-11-08)

Hamada's 1994 international release All My Heart features "Over the Rainbow" and "Open Your Heart" rewritten in English as "With All My Heart" and "Out of My Hands", respectively.

Sincerely peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's albums chart. It was also certified Platinum by the RIAJ.[3][4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada, except where indicated.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."In the Precious Age (a Cappella Version)"
  • Pat DeRemer
  • Robin Lerner
  • Tom Harriman
  • Hamada
  • DeRemer
  • Lerner
3:23
2."Over the Rainbow" Hiroyuki Ohtsuki3:06
3."Fall in Love (Re-recording)" Keiji Katayama4:06
4."Missing You" Yūsuke Nakamura4:48
5."Last Christmas Song" Takanobu Masuda4:44
6."Open Your Heart" Ohtsuki5:23
7."Rain" Masuda4:18
8."Promise in the History (Re-recording)" Katayama5:02
9."Restless Kind" Ohtsuki4:04
10."All Alone" Nakaura5:15

Charts
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 2

Personnel
  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • John Pierce – bass
  • Randy Kerber – keyboards
  • Tom Keane – keyboards
  • John Keane – drums
  • Donna Delory – backing vocals
  • Mona Lisa Young – backing vocals
  • Marc Russo – saxophone

References
  1. "浜田麻里 / Sincerely [紙ジャケット仕様]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  2. "Sincerely/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. "Sincerely/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  4. "ゴールドディスク認定". RIAJ. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.