Inclination (インクリネーション, Inkurinēshon) is a compilation album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on March 24, 1994, by MCA Victor to commemorate the 10th anniversary of her music career. The album compiles her singles and most popular songs from 1983 to 1994, with four songs re-recorded in acoustic versions for this release. It started Hamada's tradition of releasing an Inclination compilation on every 10th anniversary.[1][2]

Inclination
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 1994 (1994-03-24)
Recorded1983–1994
Genre
Length2:31:00
LanguageJapanese
LabelMCA Victor
Mari Hamada chronology
Introducing... Mari Hamada
(1993)
Inclination
(1994)
All My Heart
(1994)

Inclination was Hamada's third and final No. 1 album on Oricon's albums chart. It was also certified Platinum by the RIAJ.[3][4]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada, except where indicated

Disc 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."~Love Maker~"Munetaka Higuchi Project TeamMunetaka Higuchi Project Team1:15
2."Don't Change Your Mind"Munetaka Higuchi Project TeamMunetaka Higuchi Project Team4:02
3."Tokio Makin' Love"Munetaka Higuchi Project TeamMunetaka Higuchi Project Team3:45
4."All Night Party"Munetaka Higuchi Project TeamMunetaka Higuchi Project Team5:48
5."Runaway from Yesterday"Munetaka Higuchi Project TeamMunetaka Higuchi Project Team5:11
6."Heart Line" Yōgo Kōno4:03
7."Misty Lady" Hamada4:48
8."Paradise" Hiroyuki Ohtsuki4:42
9."Last Scene" Hiroaki Matsuzawa3:58
10."Hard Dancin'" Masatoshi Nishimura5:03
11."Another Way" Matsuzawa4:00
12."Memory in Vain" Matsuzawa4:30
13."Forever" Ohtsuki4:02
14."Blue Revolution" 
  • Hiroaki Matsuzawa
  • Kōno
4:48
15."My Tears" Takanobu Masuda6:22
16."Heart and Soul" Ohtsuki4:50
17."~Hearty My Song~" Hamada1:27
Disc 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Company" (Re-recording) Kazuhiro Hara6:28
2."Cry for the Moon" (Re-recording) Ohtsuki7:35
3."Nostalgia" Takashi Masuzaki4:19
4."Tele-Control" Ohtsuki4:35
5."Voice of Minds"
  • T. J. Seals
  • Christopher Bogan
  • Hamada
  • Seals
  • Bogan
4:17
6."Call My Luck" Ohtsuki3:50
7."Nostalgia" Masuzaki4:12
8."Tomorrow" (Re-recording) Ohtsuki5:19
9."Anti-Heroine" Ichiro Hada4:48
10."Heaven Knows" 
  • Greg Edward
  • Tom Keane
  • Ohtsuki
4:18
11."Paradox" Masuzaki5:13
12."Border" Tetsuro Oda6:08
13."Precious Summer" Oda3:51
14."Open Your Heart" Ohtsuki5:21
15."Over the Rainbow" (Re-recording) Ohtsuki3:04
16."Return to Myself ~Shinai, Shinai, Natsu." ((Return to Myself ~しない、しない、ナツ。, "Return to Myself ~Not, Not, Summer.")) Ohtsuki4:31

Charts

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Chart (1994) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 1

Certification

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[4] Platinum 400,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "浜田麻里 / インクリネーション [2CD] [廃盤]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  2. ^ "INCLINATION/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. ^ a b "INCLINATION/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  4. ^ a b "Japanese certifications – 浜田 麻里 – INCLINATION" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved March 28, 2021. Select 1994年10月 on the drop-down menu
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