Love Never Turns Against

Love Never Turns Against
Studio album by
Mari Hamada
ReleasedJune 21, 1988 (1988-06-21)
Recorded1988
Studio
  • Rumbo Recorders
  • Master Control
Genre
Length43:44
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelInvitation
ProducerGreg Edward
Mari Hamada chronology
Anthology 1987
(1987) 		Love Never Turns Against
(1988) 		Heart and Soul: The Singles
(1988)
Singles from Love Never Turns Against
  1. "Call My Luck"
    Released: June 8, 1988 (1988-06-08)

Love Never Turns Against is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on June 21, 1988 by Invitation. Produced by Greg Edward, it is Hamada's second album to be recorded in the U.S. It began Hamada's transition from heavy metal to a more mainstream pop rock sound, featuring collaborations with Canadian producer/musician David Foster and Chicago bassist/vocalist Jason Scheff. The album was reissued alongside Hamada's past releases on January 15, 2014.[1][2]

Love Never Turns Against peaked at No. 4 on Oricon's albums chart.[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Shadow of the Night"Adryan Russ4:53
2."In Your Eyes" (English)
4:23
3."Cry No More"Hiroyuki Ohtsuki4:42
4."Call My Luck"Ohtsuki4:06
5."Rain"Takanobu Masuda4:21
6."One in a Million"Ohtsuki3:19
7."Love Never Turns Against"Ohtsuki4:19
8."We Can Change"Howard Killy4:19
9."Magical Land"Ohtsuki4:07
10."Sailing On"Masuda3:42
11."All Alone"Yusuke Nakamura5:15
  • Track 10 not included in LP release.

Personnel

  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • John Pierce – bass
  • Tom Keane – keyboards
  • David Foster – keyboards
  • Jeff Daniel – keyboards
  • Greg Edward – keyboards, percussion
  • John Keane – drums, percussion
  • Jason Scheff – backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 4

References

  1. ^ "浜田麻里 / LOVE NEVER TURNS AGAINST [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  2. ^ "LOVE NEVER TURNS AGAINST/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  3. ^ a b "LOVE NEVER TURNS AGAINST/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-19.