Love Never Turns Against

1988 studio album by Mari Hamada

Studio album by

Mari Hamada

Released

June 21, 1988 (1988-06-21)

Recorded

1988

Studio

Rumbo Recorders
Master Control

Genre

J-pop
pop rock

Length

43:44

Language

Japanese
English

Label

Invitation

Producer

Greg Edward

Mari Hamada chronology

Anthology 1987
(1987)

Love Never Turns Against
(1988)

Heart and Soul: The Singles
(1988)

Singles from Love Never Turns Against

"Call My Luck"
Released: June 8, 1988 (1988-06-08)

Love Never Turns Against is the eighth studio album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada, released on June 21, 1988 by Invitation. Produced by Greg Edward, it is Hamada's second album to be recorded in the U.S. It began Hamada's transition from heavy metal to a more mainstream pop rock sound, featuring collaborations with Canadian producer/musician David Foster and Chicago bassist/vocalist Jason Scheff. The album was reissued alongside Hamada's past releases on January 15, 2014.^[1]^[2]

Love Never Turns Against peaked at No. 4 on Oricon's albums chart.^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mari Hamada

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Shadow of the Night"	Adryan Russ	4:53
2.	"In Your Eyes" (English)	Michael Landau Tom Keane	4:23
3.	"Cry No More"	Hiroyuki Ohtsuki	4:42
4.	"Call My Luck"	Ohtsuki	4:06
5.	"Rain"	Takanobu Masuda	4:21
6.	"One in a Million"	Ohtsuki	3:19
7.	"Love Never Turns Against"	Ohtsuki	4:19
8.	"We Can Change"	Howard Killy	4:19
9.	"Magical Land"	Ohtsuki	4:07
10.	"Sailing On"	Masuda	3:42
11.	"All Alone"	Yusuke Nakamura	5:15

Track 10 not included in LP release.

Personnel

Michael Landau – guitar
John Pierce – bass
Tom Keane – keyboards
David Foster – keyboards
Jeff Daniel – keyboards
Greg Edward – keyboards, percussion
John Keane – drums, percussion
Jason Scheff – backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]	4

References

^ "浜田麻里 / LOVE NEVER TURNS AGAINST [SHM-CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^ "LOVE NEVER TURNS AGAINST/浜田麻里". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^ ^a ^b "LOVE NEVER TURNS AGAINST/浜田麻里". Oricon. Retrieved 2020-04-19.