Philosophia (album)

Philosophia
Studio album by
Mari Hamada
ReleasedOctober 21, 1998 (1998-10-21)
Studio
Genre
Length61:33
LanguageJapanese
LabelPolydor Records
Producer
  • Mari Hamada
  • Jody Gray
Mari Hamada chronology
Cats and Dogs: The Very Best of Mari Hamada
(1998) 		Philosophia
(1998) 		Blanche
(2000)
Singles from Philosophia
  1. "Until the Dawn"
    Released: August 26, 1998 (1998-08-26)

Philosophia (フィロソフィア, Filosofia) is the 14th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on October 21, 1998. Produced by Hamada and Jody Gray, it was Hamada's first release by Polydor Records. The album was reissued alongside Hamada's past releases on January 15, 2014.[1][2]

Philosophia peaked at No. 18 on Oricon's albums chart.[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Eclipse"Hiroyuki Ohtsuki5:32
2."The Year 2000"Takashi Masuzaki5:59
3."Until the Dawn"Ohtsuki4:57
4."Summer Days"
  • Hamada
  • Yōichi Fujii
6:18
5."Butterflies -Identity Crisis-"
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
5:27
6."Promised Land"
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
5:47
7."Philosophia"
  • Hamada
  • Ohtsuki
5:36
8."Paradise Lost"
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
6:08
9."Foolish Pride"
  • Hamada
  • Shinichi Nakagawa
5:26
10."As If..."
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
4:48
11."Since Those Days"
  • Hamada
  • Fujii
5:37

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 18

Personnel

  • Michael Landau – guitar
  • Dean Parks – guitar
  • Takashi Masuzaki – guitar
  • Hiroyuki Ohtsuki – guitar
  • Leland Sklar – bass
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
  • Kevin Savigor – keyboards
  • John Robinson – drums
  • Mike Baird – drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Grant Geissan – mandolin
  • Sid Page – violin

References

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