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Persona
Persona
Studio album by Mari Hamada
Released	March 11, 1996
Studio	A&M Studios; Westlake Recording Studios; Ocean Way Recording; The Hop; Record Plant; Image Recording Studios;
Genre	J-pop; pop rock;
Length	67:31
Language	Japanese
Label	MCA Victor
Producer	Mari Hamada; Steve Tyrell;
Mari Hamada chronology
Singles from Persona
	"Hey Mr. Broken Heart"; Released: January 24, 1996; "Antique"; Released: June 5, 1996;

Persona (ペルソナ, Perusona) is the 13th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on March 11, 1996. Produced by Hamada and Steve Tyrell, it was Hamada's final release by MCA Victor. The album was reissued alongside Hamada's past releases on January 15, 2014.^[1]^[2]

Persona peaked at No. 2 on Oricon's albums chart. It was also her last album to be certified Platinum by the RIAJ.^[3] In addition, it was her last top-10 album until Gracia in 2018.^[4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada, except where indicated

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Luna Sympathy"		Hamada Yōichi Fujii	5:22
2.	"Hey Mr. Broken Heart"		Hamada Fujii	5:50
3.	"Crazy Love"		Hamada Hiroyuki Ohtsuki	3:48
4.	"Indian Summer"		Hamada Fujii	6:03
5.	"Love Forever"	Hamada Stephania Tyrell Steve Tyrell Kevin Saviger Jody Gray	Hamada Stephania Tyrell Steve Tyrell Saviger Gray	4:55
6.	"Anemos"		Hamada	4:39
7.	"Antique"		Hamada Takashi Masuzaki	6:46
8.	"Distance (Lost in Love)"		Hamada Fujii	6:01
9.	"Long Long Way from Home"		Hamada Ohtsuki	5:37
10.	"Be Yourself"		Hamada Joey Carbone	6:37
11.	"Umbrella"		Hamada Ohtsuki	4:24
12.	"Can't Get You Close Enough"	Hamada Stephania Tyrell Steve Tyrell Saviger	Hamada Stephania Tyrell Steve Tyrell Saviger	4:24
13.	"Soleil"		Ohtsuki	3:05

Personnel

Michael Landau – guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Tim Pierce – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar
Leland Sklar – bass
Abraham Laboriel – bass
Neil Stubenhaus – bass
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
Kevin Savigar – keyboards
John Robinson – drums
Mike Baird – drums
Carlos Vega – drums
Lenny Castro – percussion

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	2

Certification


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[3]	Platinum	400,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "浜田麻里 / Persona [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^ "Persona/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ ^a ^b "Japanese certifications – 浜田麻里 – Persona" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved March 28, 2021. Select 1996年3月 on the drop-down menu
^ ^a ^b "Persona/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

External links

Official website (Mari Hamada)
Official website (Universal Music Japan)
Persona at MusicBrainz
Persona at Discogs

[1] "浜田麻里 / Persona [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

[2] "Persona/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-20.

[RIAJ-3] "Japanese certifications – 浜田麻里 – Persona" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved March 28, 2021. Select 1996年3月 on the drop-down menu

[Oricon-4] "Persona/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

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