Aestetica
{{Infobox album
| name = Aestetica
| type = studio
| artist = Mari Hamada
| cover = Mari Hamada - Aestetica.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| released = {{Start date|2010|02|17}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|heavy metal}}
| length = 56:17
| language = Japanese
| label = Meldac/Tokuma Japan
| producer = Mari Hamada
| prev_title = Reflection: Axiom of the Two Wings
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Golden Best: Mari Hamada ~Victor Years~
| next_year = 2010
}}
{{nihongo4|Aestetica|エステティカ|Esutetika}} is the 20th studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on February 17, 2010 by Meldac/Tokuma Japan. It was Hamada's first studio release in nearly two years, and it marked her return to her heavy metal roots, with Loudness guitarist Akira Takasaki as a guest musician.{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/aestetica/4109111327 |title=Mari Hamada / Aestetica |website=CDJournal |accessdate=2020-04-20}}{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/268863 |title=Aestetica/浜田麻里 |publisher=Billboard Japan |accessdate=2020-04-20}}
Aestetica peaked at No. 35 on Oricon's albums chart, marking a resurgence in her popularity.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/246627/products/853009/1/ |title=Aestetica/浜田麻里 |publisher=Oricon |accessdate=2020-04-20}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Arrangement
| all_lyrics = Mari Hamada
| title1 = Stay Gold
| music1 = Masaru Kishii
| extra1 = {{hlist|Takanobu Masuda|Kishii}}
| length1 = 5:12
| title2 = Somebody's Calling
| music2 = Masuda
| extra2 = Masuda
| length2 = 5:00
| title3 = Unconscious Beauty
| music3 = Masuda
| extra3 = Masuda
| length3 = 5:38
| title4 = Stella
| music4 = Hamada
| extra4 = Hiroyuki Ohtsuki
| length4 = 5:20
| title5 = Crescendo
| music5 = {{hlist|Yōichi Fujii|Hamada}}
| extra5 = Fujii
| length5 = 5:20
| title6 = Steps in the Sand
| music6 = Ohtsuki
| extra6 = Ohtsuki
| length6 = 5:27
| title7 = Times
| music7 = Hamada
| extra7 = Ohtsuki
| length7 = 6:11
| title8 = Universe After Rain
| music8 = Hamada
| extra8 = Ohtsuki
| length8 = 4:40
| title9 = St. Radiance
| music9 = Ohtsuki
| extra9 = Ohtsuki
| length9 = 4:50
| title10 = Stand Out
| music10 = Hamada
| extra10 = Ohtsuki
| length10 = 3:56
| title11 = Once Again
| music11 = Ohtsuki
| extra11 = Ohtsuki
| length11 = 4:39
}}
Personnel
- Akira Takasaki – guitar
- Michael Landau – guitar
- Michael Thompson – guitar
- Hiroyuki Ohtsuki – guitar, bass
- Takashi Masuzaki – guitar
- Leland Sklar – bass
- Kōichi Terasawa – bass
- Shōtarō Mitsuzono – bass
- Takanobu Masuda – keyboards
- Gregg Bissonette – drums
- Hirotsugu Homma – drums
- Satoshi "Joe" Miyawaki – drums
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2010) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| 35 |
|---|
| scope="row"| Japanese Top Albums (Billboard){{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2010&month=03&day=01 |title=Billboard Japan Top Albums |publisher=Billboard Japan |date=2010-02-24 |access-date=2021-05-07}}
| 59 |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.mari-hamada.com/discography/pages/al/al_aestetica.html}} (Mari Hamada)
- [https://www.tkma.co.jp/jpop_release_detail/hamada.html?rid=701 Official website] (Tokuma Japan)
- {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=8d642a25-cd8d-41fc-abe9-84878c8830d3|name=Aestetica}}
- {{Discogs release|id=10998131|name=Aestetica|type=album}}
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