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{{Infobox album
| name       = Cats and Dogs: The Very Best of Mari Hamada
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [[Mari Hamada]]
| cover      = Mari Hamada - Cats and Dogs.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    =
| released   = {{Start date|1998|10|07}}
| recorded   = 1983–1994
| genre      = {{hlist|[[J-pop]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|[[pop rock]]}}
| length     = 2:31:00
| language   = Japanese
| label      = [[Universal Music Group|Universal Victor]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Persona (Mari Hamada album)|Persona]]
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = [[Philosophia (album)|Philosophia]]
| next_year  = 1998
}}
'''''Cats and Dogs: The Very Best of Mari Hamada''''' is a [[compilation album]] by Japanese singer/songwriter [[Mari Hamada]], released on October 7, 1998, by [[Universal Music Group|Universal Victor]]. The album coincided with Hamada's label transfer from MCA Victor to [[Polydor Records]], as well as the 15th anniversary of her music career. Hamada herself was not involved in the album's track selection.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/cats-and-dogs-the-very-best-of-mari-hamada/3198080533 |title=浜田麻里 / CATS AND DOGS～THE VERY BEST OF MARI HAMADA [2CD] |website=CDJournal |accessdate=2020-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/333995 |title=CATS AND DOGS/浜田麻里 |publisher=[[Billboard Japan]] |accessdate=2020-04-22}}</ref>
''Cats and Dogs'' peaked at No. 24 on [[Oricon]]'s albums chart.<ref name="Oricon">{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/246627/products/160897/1/ |title=CATS AND DOGS/浜田麻里 |publisher=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=2020-04-21}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline      = Disc 1 (Cats Side)
| all_lyrics    = [[Mari Hamada]], except where indicated
| title1        = Tokio Makin' Love
| lyrics1       = [[Munetaka Higuchi]] Project Team
| music1        = Munetaka Higuchi Project Team
| length1       = 3:48
| title2        = Romantic Night
| lyrics2       = Munetaka Higuchi Project Team
| music2        = Munetaka Higuchi Project Team
| length2       = 3:57
| title3        = Paradise
| music3        = Hiroyuki Ohtsuki
| length3       = 5:01
| title4        = Crime of Love
| music4        = Howard Killy
| length4       = 5:29
| title5        = Love and Free
| music5        = Keiji Katayama
| length5       = 4:13
| title6        = Cry No More
| music6        = Ohtsuki
| length6       = 4:38
| title7        = Forever
| music7        = Ohtsuki
| length7       = 4:02
| title8        = [[Heart and Soul (Mari Hamada song)|Heart and Soul]]
| music8        = Ohtsuki
| length8       = 4:52
| title9        = Nostalgia
| music9        = Takanobu Masuda
| length9       = 4:18
| title10       = Precious Summer
| music10       = Tetsuro Oda
| length10      = 3:50
| title11       = Tele-Control
| music11       = Ohtsuki
| length11      = 4:38
| title12       = [[Cry for the Moon (song)|Cry for the Moon]]
| note12        = Single Version
| music12       = Ohtsuki
| length12      = 5:18
| title13       = Antique
| note13        = Album Version
| music13       = {{hlist|Hamada|[[Takashi Masuzaki]]}}
| length13      = 6:47
| title14       = Someone Like You
| lyrics14      = {{hlist|[[Nelson (band)|Gunnar Nelson]]|[[Nelson (band)|Matthew Nelson]]|[[Marc Tanner Band|Marc Tanner]]}}
| music14       = {{hlist|G. Nelson|M. Nelson|Tanner}}
| length14      = 4:06
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = Disc 2 (Dogs Side)
| title1        = Misty Lady
| music1        = Hamada
| length1       = 4:51
| title2        = Runaway from Yesterday
| lyrics2       = Munetaka Higuchi Project Team
| music2        = Munetaka Higuchi Project Team
| length2       = 5:48
| title3        = [[Blue Revolution (song)|Blue Revolution]]
| music3        = {{hlist|Hiroaki Matsuzawa|Yōgo Kōno}}
| length3       = 4:48
| title4        = Free Way
| music4        = Hamada
| length4       = 4:53
| title5        = Call My Luck
| music5        = Ohtsuki
| length5       = 4:03
| title6        = Magic -Adventurous Heart-
| music6        = Kaoru Ohori
| length6       = 4:11
| title7        = 999 ~One More Reason~
| lyrics7       = {{hlist|Pat DeRemer|Damon Danielson|Hamada}}
| music7        = {{hlist|DeRemer|Danielson}}
| length7       = 3:28
| title8        = My Tears
| music8        = Masuda
| length8       = 6:22
| title9        = [[Return to Myself (song)|Return to Myself ~Shinai, Shinai, Natsu.]]
| note9         = {{nihongo4||Return to Myself ~しない、しない、ナツ。||"Return to Myself ~Not, Not, Summer."}}
| music9        = Ohtsuki
| length9       = 4:31
| title10       = Heaven Knows
| music10       = {{hlist|Greg Edward|Tom Keane|Ohtsuki}}
| length10      = 4:21
| title11       = [[Paradox (Mari Hamada song)|Paradox]]
| music11       = Masuzaki
| length11      = 5:13
| title12       = Anti-Heroine
| music12       = Ichiro Hada
| length12      = 4:50
| title13       = Hey Mr. Broken Heart
| music13       = {{hlist|Hamada|Yōichi Fujii}}
| length13      = 5:52
| title14       = [[Fixing a Broken Heart]]
| note14        = feat. [[Indecent Obsession]]
| lyrics14      = {{hlist|Richard Hennassey|Michael Jay|Mark Duffy|Neil McDiamind|Don Kilpatrick}}
| music14       = {{hlist|Hennassey|Jay|Duffy|McDiamind|Kilpatrick}}
| length14      = 3:33
}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
! scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="Oricon"/>
| 24
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=38ca5c3c-2527-47ac-ab7c-e984e3dfd6aa|name=Cats and Dogs: The Very Best of Mari Hamada}}
* {{Discogs release|id=8822871|name=Cats and Dogs: The Very Best of Mari Hamada|type=album}}
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