Kurutta Taiyou
Kurutta Taiyou | ||||
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Studio album by Buck-Tick | ||||
Released | February 21, 1991 (1991-02-21) September 19, 2002 (2002-09-19) (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (2007-09-05) (remaster) | |||
Recorded | September 13 (13-09)-November 20, 1990 (1990-11-20) | |||
Studio | Victor (Tokyo) | |||
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Length | 54:06 | |||
Language | Japanese, English | |||
Label | Victor | |||
Producer | Buck-Tick | |||
Buck-Tick chronology | ||||
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Singles from Kurutta Taiyou | ||||
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Kurutta Taiyou (狂った太陽, "Lunatic Sun") is the sixth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on cassette and CD on February 21, 1991, through Victor Entertainment.[1] The album was digitally remastered and re-released on September 19, 2002, with two bonus tracks. It was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007. "Speed", "M・A・D" and "Jupiter" were later re-recorded for the group's compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (1992).
The album peaked at number two on the Oricon charts.[2] It was certified platinum (400,000 copies sold) within a month of its release,[3] and has sold 326,580 copies during its run in the Oricon album chart.[4][5]
The album earned the band a nomination for Best Album at the 33rd Japan Record Awards.[6] It was named number 40 on Bounce's 2009 list of 54 Standard Japanese Rock Albums.[7]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted; all music is composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Speed" (スピード) | 4:47 |
2. | "Machine" | 4:14 |
3. | "My Funny Valentine" | 4:37 |
4. | "Henshin (Reborn)" (変身 (REBORN); music written by Hidehiko Hoshino) | 4:18 |
5. | "Angelfish" (エンジェル フィッシュ; music written by Hoshino) | 4:26 |
6. | "Jupiter" (music written by Hoshino) | 4:39 |
7. | "Sakura" (さくら) | 6:17 |
8. | "Brain, Whisper, Head, Hate Is Noise" (lyrics written by Imai) | 5:53 |
9. | "M・A・D" | 4:34 |
10. | "Chikashitsu no Melody" (地下室のメロディー) | 4:05 |
11. | "Taiyou ni Korosareta" (太陽ニ殺サレタ) | 6:06 |
Total length: | 54:06 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Narcissus" (music written by Hoshino) | 4:12 |
13. | "Angelic Conversation" (re-recorded version) | 5:35 |
Personnel
- Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals
- Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Yutaka Higuchi - bass
- Toll Yagami - drums
Additional performers
- Tsutomu Nakayama - keyboards
- Takeharu Hayakawa - electric cello
- Hidekazu Tokumitsu - string arrangement
Production
- Buck-Tick - producers
- Osamu Takagi - executive producer
- Hitoshi Hiruma - engineer, mixing
- Yasuaki Shindoh; Makoto Kondoh; Shigetoshi Naitoh; Takashi Aonuma; Fumio Hasegawa; Hirohito Fujishima - assistant engineers
- Higashi Ishida - art coordination
- Ken Sakaguchi - cover art, graphic design
- Atsushi Ueda - photography
References
- ^ "Kurutta Taiyou". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "1991.3.4 TOP 20" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-11-06.
- ^ "月次認定作品 認定年月:1991年 3月 (Dropdown menu: 1991年 3月)" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "1991年 アルバム年間TOP100" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
- ^ "Buck-Tickの主な記録 『悪の華』など5作でオリコン週間アルバムランキング1位獲得" [Buck-Tick's main records: Achieved 1st place in the Oricon weekly album rankings with 5 albums including "Aku no Hana"]. Oricon (in Japanese). 24 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ 第33回日本レコード大賞 (in Japanese). Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ "日本のロック・スタンダード・アルバム54(3)". Tower Records. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
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