Blanche (album)

Blanche
Studio album by
Mari Hamada
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2000 (2000-02-23)
Genre
Length55:39
LanguageJapanese
LabelPolydor Records
ProducerMari Hamada
Mari Hamada chronology
Philosophia
(1998) 		Blanche
(2000) 		Mari Hamada Greatest Hits
(2000)
Singles from Blanche
  1. "Millenia"
    Released: January 26, 2000 (2000-01-26)

Blanche (ブランシュ, Buranshu) is the 15th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on February 23, 2000. It was Hamada's second and final release by Polydor Records. The album was reissued alongside Hamada's past releases on January 15, 2014.[1][2]

Blanche peaked at No. 35 on Oricon's albums chart.[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada

No.TitleMusicArrangementLength
1."Still with You"Hiroyuki Ohtsuki
  • Ohtsuki
  • Hamada
5:37
2."Millenia"Katsura Kifū
  • Hamada
  • Takanobu Masuda
5:12
3."Long Way for Longing"
  • Hamada
  • Yōichi Fujii
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
5:17
4."L'image"
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
4:09
5."Insomnia -Innocence in Daydream-"Ohtsuki
  • Ohtsuki
  • Hamada
6:00
6."Tricky World"
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
  • Fujii
  • Hamada
  • Takashi Masuzaki
4:49
7."White Lies"Masuzaki
  • Masuzaki
  • Hamada
4:13
8."Wonderful Life"Ohtsuki
  • Ohtsuki
  • Hamada
5:35
9."Regret"
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
5:26
10."Broken Glass"
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
  • Fujii
  • Hamada
  • Masuzaki
5:12
11."Blanc"
  • Hamada
  • Ohtsuki
  • Hamada
  • Robbie Buchanan
4:09

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 35

Personnel

  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Dean Parks – guitar
  • Takashi Masuzaki – guitar
  • Hiroyuki Ohtsuki – guitar, bass
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Kevin Savigor – keyboards
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
  • Takanobu Masuda – keyboards
  • Akira Onozuka – keyboards
  • Luis Conte – percussion

References

  1. ^ "浜田麻里 / Blanche [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  2. ^ "Blanche/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  3. ^ a b "Blanche/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-20.