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 and has sold 320,000 copies.[2] It was named number 40 on Bounce's 2009 list of 54 Standard Japanese Rock Albums.[3]
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.
- ^ "Kurutta Taiyou review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ "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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