Mr. Vocalist

Mr. Vocalist
Studio album by Eric Martin
Released	November 26, 2008 (2008-11-26) (Japan) March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09) (Hong Kong)
Recorded	2008
Genre	Pop rock standards
Length	60:24
Label	Sony Music Japan Sony Music Japan International (Korea)
Producer	Eric Martin
Eric Martin chronology
Destroy All Monsters (2004) Mr. Vocalist (2008) Mr. Vocalist 2 (2009)

Mr. Vocalist is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Eric Martin. Released on November 26, 2008 exclusively in Japan by Sony Music Japan, the album features Martin's English-language covers of popular female-oriented Japanese songs.[1][2][3]

The album peaked at No. 12 on Oricon's albums chart.[4]

Mr. Vocalist was released in Hong Kong as Mr. Vocalist (Asian Version) on March 9, 2009. This version features a different track listing with six tracks replaced with songs from Mr. Vocalist 2.[5]

Track listing

Mr. Vocalist

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Pride"	Tomoyasu Hotei	Miki Imai	5:42
2.	"Hanamizuki"	Yo Hitoto	Yo Hitoto	5:32
3.	"Anata no Kiss wo Kazoemashō (You Were Mine)" ((あなたのキスを数えましょう ~you were mine~, "Count Your Kisses (You Were Mine)"))	Ren Takayanagi Hideya Nakazaki	Yuki Koyanagi	5:44
4.	"Everything"	Misia Toshiaki Matsumoto	Misia	6:48
5.	"Precious"	Vincent Degiorgio Berny Cosgrove Kevin Clark	Yuna Ito	5:52
6.	"Time Goes By"	Mitsuru Igarashi	Every Little Thing	4:55
7.	"M"	Kyōko Tomita Kaori Okui	Princess Princess	5:09
8.	"I Believe"	Ayaka Iida Yoshihiko Nishio	Ayaka	4:54
9.	"Yuki no Hana" ((雪の華, "Snowflakes"))	Satomi Ryoki Matsumoto	Mika Nakashima	5:46
10.	"The Voice ("Jupiter" English Version)"	Andreas Carlsson Gustav Holst	Ayaka Hirahara	6:13
11.	"Love Love Love (English Version)"	Miwa Yoshida Masato Nakamura	Dreams Come True	3:50
Total length:				60:24

Mr. Vocalist (Asian Version)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Hero"	Mariah Carey Walter Afanasieff	Mariah Carey
2.	"No One"	Alicia Keys Kerry Brothers Jr. George M. Harry	Alicia Keys
3.	"Precious"	Degiorgio Cosgrove Clark	Yuna Ito
4.	"There You'll Be"	Diane Warren	Faith Hill
5.	"Yuki no Hana"	Satomi Matsumoto	Mika Nakashima
6.	"Time After Time"	Cyndi Lauper Rob Hyman	Cyndi Lauper
7.	"You've Got a Friend"	Carole King	Carole King
8.	"Hanamizuki"	Hitoto	Yo Hitoto
9.	"Everything"	Misia Matsumoto	Misia
10.	"Eternal Flame"	Susanna Hoffs Tom Kelly Billy Steinberg	The Bangles
11.	"Love Love Love (English Version)"	Yoshida Nakamura	Dreams Come True

Mr. Vocalist (Korean Version)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Hero"	Carey Afanasieff	Mariah Carey
2.	"No One"	Keys Brothers Jr. Harry	Alicia Keys
3.	"Time After Time"	Lauper Hyman	Cyndi Lauper
4.	"There You'll Be"	Warren	Faith Hill
5.	"Superstar"	Leon Russell Bonnie Bramlett	The Carpenters
6.	"Eternal Flame"	Hoffs Kelly Steinberg	The Bangles
7.	"You've Got a Friend"	King	Carole King
8.	"Yuki no Hana"	Satomi Matsumoto	Mika Nakashima
9.	"Everything"	Misia Matsumoto	Misia
10.	"Anata no Kiss wo Kazoemashō (You Were Mine)"	Takayanagi Nakazaki	Yuki Koyanagi
11.	"Love Love Love (English Version)"	Yoshida Nakamura	Dreams Come True

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4]	12

See also

• Ms. Vocalist - a 2010 cover album by Debbie Gibson, featuring male-oriented J-pop songs.

References

1. "エリック・マーティン、デビー・ギブソンと夢のデュエット". BARKS. September 7, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
2. "MR.BIGボーカル×80年代歌姫「世界中の誰よりきっと」カバー". Natalie.mu. September 7, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
3. "MR. VOCALIST | エリック・マーティン". Billboard Japan. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
4. "MR.ボーカリスト | エリック・マーティン". Oricon. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
5. Mr. Vocalist (Asian Version) at Discogs

External links

• Official website
• Mr. Vocalist at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Mr. Vocalist at Discogs (list of releases)