Cosmos (Buck-Tick album)

Cosmos
Studio album by Buck-Tick
Released	June 21, 1996 (1996-06-21) September 19, 2002 (2002-09-19) (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (2007-09-05) (remaster)
Recorded	March-April 1996 at Sound Sky Kawana in Tokyo; Victor Studio in Tokyo
Genre	Electronic rock, industrial rock
Length	49:50
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Victor
Producer	Koniyang and Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick chronology
Six/Nine (1995) Cosmos (1996) Sexy Stream Liner (1997)
Singles from Cosmos
"Candy" Released: May 22, 1996 (1996-05-22)

Cosmos is the ninth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. The album was released on June 21, 1996 through Victor Entertainment. It was the group's last album released through Victor and peaked at number six on the Oricon charts. Cosmos has sold 170,000 copies worldwide as of 2011. 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. The song "Tight Rope" was later re-recorded as the b-side to the group's "Alice in Wonder Underground" single in 2007, and "Sane" was re-recorded in 2012 for their "Elise no Tame ni" single.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted, all music composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Maria"	3:52
2.	"Candy" (キャンディ)	4:23
3.	"Chocolate" (チョコレート; music written by Hidehiko Hoshino)	4:05
4.	"Sane"	4:34
5.	"Tight Rope"	5:16
6.	"Idol"	4:58
7.	"Living on the Net" (lyrics written by Imai)	4:07
8.	"Foolish"	3:59
9.	"In" (music written by Hoshino)	4:31
10.	"Ash-ra"	5:09
11.	"Cosmos"	5:01
Total length:		49:50

2002 digital remaster bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Candy" (single version)	4:23
13.	"Chocolate" (single version; music written by Hoshino)	4:05

Personnel

• Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals
• Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Yutaka Higuchi - bass
• Toll Yagami - drums

Additional performers

• Kazutoshi Yokoyama - keyboards, piano, backing vocals

Production

• Koniyang - producer, recording, mixing, mastering
• Buck-Tick - producers
• Takafumi Muraki; Naoki Toyoshima - executive producers
• Shinichi Ishizuka - mixing
• Hitoshi Hiruma; Takahiro Uchida - engineers
• Kenichi Araki; Akinori Kaizaki; Hiroshi Tanigawa; Masanobu Murakami; Naoki Ibaraki; Mikiro Yamada - assistant engineers
• Ken Sakaguchi - cover art, graphic design
• Nicci Keller; Alan Solon - photography