Atomic Heart
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Atomic Heart is the fourth original album by Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

 Mr. Children
Mr. Children
, commonly called , is a Japanese rock band formed in 1988 by Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki. As a group, they are one of the most successful Japanese rock artists, having sold over 50 million records and creating the in the mid 1990s in Japan...

 released on September 1, 1994. The album debuted on the Japanese Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 music charts at #1 and sold 3,429,650 copies during its run on the chart. The album contained two songs released. The first, Innocent World
Innocent World
-Overview:"Innocent World" was Mr. Children's first No. 1 single on the Oricon Japanese charts, managing to sell 1,935,830 copies during its run on the chart and was the No. 1 selling single for Oricon's 1994 yearly chart. The title track was used as the promotional song for the soft drink and...

, was released on June 1, 1994 and the second single Cross Road
Cross Road (song)
"Cross Road" is the fourth single released by Mr. Children on November 10, 1993.-Overview:The single reached #6 on the Oricon Japanese charts selling 1,255,940 copies during its run on the chart. The title track, "Cross Road", was used to promote the Japanese drama and also included in Mr....

, was released on November 10, 1993. The track "" was later included in Mr. Children's sixth single Tomorrow Never Knows
Tomorrow Never Knows (Mr. Children song)
"Tomorrow Never Knows" is the sixth single released by Mr. Children on November 10, 1994. The single sold 2.766 million copies and is the seventh highest-selling single in Japan in the Oricon history.-Overview:...

, which was released on November 10, 1994. Atomic Heart also marked the first time a Mr. Children album won an award, with the group winning 'Best Album' at the 36th Annual Japan Record Awards.

Track listing

Personnel

  • Kazutoshi Sakurai
    Kazutoshi Sakurai
    is a Japanese musician and entrepreneur. He composes and writes almost all of the songs for his band Mr. Children, in addition to writing lyrics and singing for his solo project group Bank Band. In 2006, Sakurai ranked #8 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singers of All Time" and in 2007 was voted #4...

     – vocals, guitar
    Guitar
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  • Kenichi Tahara – guitar
  • Keisuke Nakagawa – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Hideya Suzuki – drums
    Drum kit
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  • Takuo Yamamoto - alto
    Alto
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    , soprano
    Soprano
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    , tenor sax
  • Toshio Araki - trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

    , flugelhorn
    Flugelhorn
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  • Hirokazu Ogura - bousouki, electric guitar
    Electric guitar
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  • Tomoko - chorus
    Refrain
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Production

Production credits for album:
  • Producer - Takeshi Kobyashi
  • Arrangement - Mr. Children and Takeshi Kobyashi
  • Executive producer - Takamitsu Ide, Akira Yasukawa
  • Co-producer - Hiroshi Hiranuma
  • Recording - Hiroshi Hiranuma
  • Mixing - Hiroshi Hiranuma
  • A&R - Koichi Inaba
  • Director - Katsumi Shinohara
  • Computer programming - Rentaro Takayasu, Yoshinori Kadoya, and Ken Matsumoto
  • Assistant engineering - Yoshiki Fukushima, Shigeki Kashii, Kezo Awano, Naoaki Nemoto, and Takeshi Okano
  • Recorded at - Tokyufun, Tokyo Hilton Hotel, Oorong-soh, Sound Village Studio, Victor Yamanakako Studio, Free Studio Tsukiji, and Baybridge Studio
  • Mixed at - Tokyufun, Free Stuio Tsukiji
  • Mastering - Sterling Studio NY
  • Mastered by - George Marino
  • U.S production supervision - Ami Matsumura
  • Public Relations - Masayuki Nakagawa
  • Promotion staff - Tomohiro Okada, Tetsuya Yamamura, Michiharu Sato, Junichi Ashikawa
  • Art Direction - Mitsuo Shindo
  • Designer - Ryoji Ohya
  • Photographer - Itaru Hirama
  • Stylist - Hiroko Umeyama
  • Hair and make-up - Miyuki Watanabe
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