Kurutta Taiyou | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 21, 1991 September 19, 2002 (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (remaster) | |||
Recorded | September 13 | -November 20, 1990|||
Studio | Victor ( Tokyo) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 54:06 | |||
Language | Japanese, English | |||
Label | Victor | |||
Producer | Buck-Tick | |||
Buck-Tick chronology | ||||
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Singles from Kurutta Taiyou | ||||
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]
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 |
Additional performers
Production
Kurutta Taiyou | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 21, 1991 September 19, 2002 (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (remaster) | |||
Recorded | September 13 | -November 20, 1990|||
Studio | Victor ( Tokyo) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 54:06 | |||
Language | Japanese, English | |||
Label | Victor | |||
Producer | Buck-Tick | |||
Buck-Tick chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from Kurutta Taiyou | ||||
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]
All lyrics are written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted; all music is composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|
12. | "Narcissus" (music written by Hoshino) | 4:12 |
13. | "Angelic Conversation" (re-recorded version) | 5:35 |
Additional performers
Production