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Tenshi no Revolver
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2007 (2007-09-19)
RecordedApril–June 2007 at Victor Studio in Tokyo; Heartbeat Studios in Tokyo; Studio Sound Dali in Tokyo
GenreAlternative rock
Length55:41
LanguageJapanese, English
LabelBMG Japan
ProducerHitoshi Hiruma
Buck-Tick chronology
13kai wa Gekkou
(2005)
Tenshi no Revolver
(2007)
Memento Mori
(2009)
Singles from Tenshi no Revolver
  1. "Rendezvous"
    Released: June 6, 2007
  2. "Alice in Wonder Underground"
    Released: August 8, 2007

Tenshi no Revolver (天使のリボルバー, "Angel's Revolver") is the fifteenth studio album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on September 19, 2007 through BMG Records.[1] The limited edition came with a DVD of the music videos for the singles "Rendezvous" and "Alice in Wonder Underground". Tenshi no Revolver peaked at number five on the Oricon chart[2] and has sold 30,000 copies worldwide.[3] For the album Buck-Tick went for a "band sound," the sound of an ordinary straight rock band.[4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted; all music is composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Mr. Darkness & Mrs. Moonlight"Imai 4:29
2."Rendezvous" (RENDEZVOUS ~ランデヴー~)  4:45
3."Montage" (モンタージュ)Imai 4:27
4."Lily" (リリィ)Imai 3:41
5."La Vie en Rose" (La vie en Rose ~ラヴィアン・ローズ~) Hidehiko Hoshino3:59
6."Cream Soda" Hoshino3:38
7."Rain"  5:37
8."Beast"  4:12
9."Zekkai" (絶界)  3:56
10."Snow White" Hoshino4:31
11."Spider" (スパイダー)  3:35
12."Alice in Wonder Underground"Imai 4:07
13."Revolver"  4:51
Total length:55:41

Personnel

Additional performers

  • Kazutoshi Yokoyama - keyboards
  • Katsushige Okazaki - timpani
  • Selia - counter tenor on "Mr. Darkness & Mrs. Moonlight" and "Revolver"
  • Mio Okamura - violin on "Rain" and "Snow White"

Production

  • Hitoshi Hiruma - producer, mixing, recording
  • Shigenobu Karube - executive producer
  • Kenichi Arai; Mikiro Yamada - engineers
  • Yosuke Watanabe; Kiyoko Asai; Seiji Toda - assistant engineers
  • Tim Young - mastering
  • Ken Sakaguchi - art direction
  • Kishin Shinoyama - cover art, photography
  • Mitsuaki Koshizuka; Hiroshi Harada - additional photography

References

  1. ^ "Tenshi no Revolver". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  2. ^ "BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  3. ^ "Tenshi no Revolver review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
  4. ^ "Interviews #71 - BUCK-TICK". Space Shower TV. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2018-02-17.