Reflection: Axiom of the Two Wings
{{Infobox album
| name = Reflection: Axiom of the Two Wings
| type = compilation
| artist = Mari Hamada
| cover = Mari Hamada - Reflection.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| released = {{Start date|2008|07|23}}
| recorded =
| genre = {{hlist|J-pop|heavy metal|hard rock}}
| length = 1:53:04
| language = {{hlist|Japanese|English}}
| label = Meldac/Tokuma Japan
| producer = Mari Hamada
| prev_title = Sur lie
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Aestetica
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Reflection: Axiom of the Two Wings
| type = compilation
| single1 = Eagle
| single1date = {{Start date|2008|04|30}}
}}
}}
Reflection: Axiom of the Two Wings is a compilation album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on July 23, 2008 by Meldac/Tokuma Japan to commemorate the 25th anniversary of her music career. The album consists of two discs dubbed "Wings". Wing I features the new songs "Fantasia", "Revolution in Reverse", "Spiral Galaxy", and "Eagle -Hard Rock Mix-", along with a collection of Hamada's heaviest songs. Wing II features a cappella versions of select songs.{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/reflection---axiom-of-the-two-wings--/4108050715 |title=MARI HAMADA / Reflection-axiom of the two wings- [2CD] |website=CDJournal |accessdate=2020-04-21}}{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/273155 |title=Reflection -axiom of the two wings-/浜田麻里 |publisher=Billboard Japan |accessdate=2020-04-21}}
The album peaked at No. 58 on Oricon's albums chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/246627/products/767188/1/ |title=Reflection-axiom of the two wings-/浜田麻里 |publisher=Oricon |accessdate=2020-04-21}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Wing I
| all_lyrics = Mari Hamada, except where indicated
| title1 = Fantasia
| music1 = Masaru Kishii
| length1 = 4:57
| title2 = Revolution in Reverse
| music2 = Takanobu Masuda
| length2 = 4:44
| title3 = Spiral Galaxy
| music3 = {{hlist|Hiroyuki Ohtsuki|Hamada}}
| length3 = 4:43
| title4 = Eagle -Hard Rock Mix-
| music4 = {{hlist|Ohtsuki|Hamada}}
| length4 = 6:24
| title5 = Don't Change Your Mind
| lyrics5 = Munetaka Higuchi Project Team
| music5 = Munetaka Higuchi Project Team
| length5 = 4:05
| title6 = Back to Cypher
| music6 = Ohtsuki
| length6 = 4:35
| title7 = Noah
| lyrics7 = Munetaka Higuchi Project Team
| music7 = Munetaka Higuchi Project Team
| length7 = 3:52
| title8 = Fearless Night
| music8 = Keiji Katayama
| length8 = 5:32
| title9 = Time Again
| music9 = Masuda
| length9 = 4:27
| title10 = Free Way
| music10 = Hamada
| length10 = 4:53
| title11 = Love Trial
| music11 = Hiroaki Matsuzawa
| length11 = 4:31
| title12 = Starting Over
| music12 = Ohtsuki
| length12 = 5:41
| title13 = In Your Eyes
| note13 = English
| music13 = {{hlist|Michael Landau|Tom Keane}}
| length13 = 4:22
| title14 = Only in My Dreams
| music14 = Ohtsuki
| length14 = 3:54
| title15 = Come and Go
| music15 = Nobuo Yamada
| length15 = 3:26
| title16 = Stone-Cold
| music16 = Hamada
| length16 = 5:15
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Wing II
| title1 = Prologue -World Soul-
| music1 = Hamada
| length1 = 1:24
| title2 = Mayoi-Boshi
| music2 = Hamada
| length2 = 5:29
| title3 = Parallel Life -Prelude to "Ever After"-
| music3 = Hamada
| length3 = 1:50
| title4 = Ever After
| music4 = Hamada
| length4 = 5:04
| title5 = Interlude 1 -Reflections-
| music5 = Hamada
| length5 = 1:26
| title6 = In the Precious Age
| lyrics6 = {{hlist|Pat DeRemer|Robin Lerner|Tom Harriman|Hamada}}
| music6 = {{hlist|DeRemer|Lerner|Harriman}}
| length6 = 3:24
| title7 = Promised Land
| music7 = {{hlist|Hamada|Yōichi Fujii}}
| length7 = 3:31
| title8 = Soleil
| music8 = Ohtsuki
| length8 = 3:36
| title9 = Interlude 2 -Watercolor-
| music9 = Hamada
| length9 = 1:33
| title10 = Return to Myself
| music10 = Ohtsuki
| length10 = 2:22
| title11 = Rainbow Dream
| music11 = Hamada
| length11 = 1:19
| title12 = Amaranth
| music12 = Hamada
| length12 = 4:08
| title13 = Epilogue -In Four Elements-
| music13 = Hamada
| length13 = 2:28
}}
Personnel
- Michael Landau – guitar
- Tak Matsumoto – guitar
- Takashi Masuzaki – guitar
- Hiroyuki Ohtsuki – guitar
- Kenji Kitajima – guitar
- Takayuki Hijikata – guitar
- Matt Bissonette – bass
- John Pierce – bass
- Kōichi Terasawa – bass
- Yoshihiro Naruse – bass
- Naoki Watanabe – bass
- Masahiko Rokukawa – bass
- Hiro Nagasawa – bass
- Tom Keane – keyboards
- Randy Kerber – keyboards
- Takanobu Masuda – keyboards
- Yōgo Kōno – keyboards
- Yoshinobu Kojima – keyboards
- Yūki Nakajima – keyboards
- Jeff Babko – piano
- Greg Bissonette – drums
- John Keane – drums
- Roger Kazuhisa Takahashi – drums
- Munetaka Higuchi – drums
- Atsuo Okamoto – drums
- Tohru Hasebe – drums
- Jason Scheff – backing vocals
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2008) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| 58 |
|---|
| scope="row"| Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard){{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2008&month=08&day=04 |title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales |publisher=Billboard Japan |date=2008-07-30 |access-date=2021-05-07}}
| 84 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.mari-hamada.com/discography/pages/al/al_reflection.html}} (Mari Hamada)
- [https://www.tkma.co.jp/jpop_release_detail/hamada.html?rid=703 Official website] (Tokuma Japan)
- {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=4a946d06-1b0e-4a3f-8f0b-795c254337ec|name=Reflection: Axiom of the Two Wings}}
{{Mari Hamada}}
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Category:2008 compilation albums
Category:Japanese-language compilation albums