''Style'' is the fifth studio album by Japanese rock band

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, released on April 22, 1996. It was the band's last on the record label MCA Victor, became their first number one on the

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, and charted for 21 weeks. In 1996, it was certified Platinum by the

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for sales over 400,000.

Overview

''Style'' was supported with Luna Sea embarking on the sold out Un Ending Style tour, which opened with two consecutive concerts at

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and continued for 16 concerts in nine locations, and mobilized an audience of over one hundred thousand people. It was continued in October with the Un Ending Style ~To Rise~ tour, 28 concerts in smaller venues, and ended with a Christmas concert on December 23, titled , at the outdoor Yokohama Stadium. During the concert it was announced that the band would have a temporary year break in 1997 for each member to pursue solo careers The single versions of "End of Sorrow" and "Luv U" (b-side of "Desire") are slightly different from the album's. "G." was used as the theme song of the 1999

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. "End of Sorrow" was covered by Yu-Ki & DJ Koo of TRF for the 2007 '' Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-''. "In Silence" features singer Akino Arai during the chorus. It was used as the theme song for season one of the Japanese dub of the American television drama ''

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''. The album was remastered and re-released by

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on December 5, 2007, it came with a DVD of the promotional videos for "End of Sorrow", "Desire" and "In Silence". This version reached number 218 on the Oricon chart. ''Style'' and the band's other seven major label studio albums, up to '' Luv'', were released on vinyl record for the first time on May 29, 2019.

Track listing

Personnel

;Luna Sea * Ryuichi – vocals *

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– guitar, violin * Inoran – guitar * J – bass * Shinya – drums ;Other * Akino Arai – chorus *Yukiko Sakanoue – female voice *Shinozaki Group – strings *Daisuke Kikuchi – programming, synthesizer, strings arrangement

References

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