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Buck-Tick Discography
The discography of Buck-Tick includes 24 studio albums, 5 live albums, 2 extended plays, 44 singles, and 43 video albums. Formed in 1983 in Fujioka, Gunma, the classic lineup of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and drummer Toll Yagami lasted from 1985 until 2023. Following Sakurai's death that year, Imai and Hoshino began sharing lead vocal duties. In their four decade career, nearly all of their albums have reached the top ten on the charts and they have experimented with many different genres of music, including punk, dark wave, electronic, industrial, gothic and straight rock. Buck-Tick are commonly credited as one of the founders of the visual kei movement. Buck-Tick released both their debut independent and major label studio albums in 1987, and achieved breakthrough success the following year with the album '' Seventh Heaven'' (#3) and the single " Just One More Kiss". In 1989, ''Taboo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The classic lineup of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and drummer Toll Yagami lasted from 1985 until 2023. Following Sakurai's death that year, Imai and Hoshino began sharing lead vocal duties. The band has experimented with many different genres of music throughout their four decade career, including punk rock, gothic rock and industrial rock. Buck-Tick are commonly credited as one of the main founders of the visual kei movement. The band has released twenty-four studio albums and forty-four singles as of 2024, nearly all reaching the top ten and twenty positions on the Japanese Oricon charts. Buck-Tick released both their debut independent and major studio albums in 1987, and achieved breakthrough success the following year with the album '' Seventh Heaven'' (#3) and the single " Just One More K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Kei
, abbreviated , is a category of Japanese musicians that have a strong focus on extravagant stage costumes that originated in Japan during the early 1980s. Koji Dejima of '' Bounce'' wrote that visual kei is not a specific sound, but rather it "revolves around the creation of a band's unique worldview and/or stylistic beauty through visual expressions in the form of makeup and fashion". While visual kei acts can be of any music genre, it originated with bands influenced by glam rock, heavy metal, punk rock and gothic rock. Visual kei was pioneered by groups such as X Japan, Dead End, Buck-Tick, D'erlanger, and Color, and gained further notoriety in the 1990s through the success of groups like Luna Sea, Glay, L'Arc-en-Ciel, and Malice Mizer. The movement's success continued through the 2000s with Gackt and more musically broad bands such as Dir En Grey, the Gazette, Alice Nine, Girugamesh, and Versailles, a period which some critics term . Many acts tone-down their appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ... and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets () and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dress (Buck-Tick Song)
is the seventh single by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick, released on May 21, 1993. The song was written by vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, composed by guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, and produced by the band themselves. It was the first single released off of their seventh studio album '' Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-'', which was released a month later. It reached number 5 on the Oricon Singles Chart. It is band's fourth best-selling single, with over 171,000 copies sold. In 2005, the song was remixed and used as the opening theme of the ''Trinity Blood'' anime adaptation. This version was released as the band's twenty-third single on April 20, 2005, under the title , and peaked at number 24 on the Oricon chart. Track listing 1993 release All tracks arranged by Buck-Tick. 2005 release Personnel ;Buck-Tick *Atsushi Sakurai – vocals *Hisashi Imai – guitar * Hidehiko Hoshino – guitar, piano, synthesizer * Yutaka Higuchi – bass *Toll Yagami – drums, percussion ;Other perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed (Buck-Tick Song)
"Speed" (スピード) is the fourth single released by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released as the first single from the group's sixth studio album, ''Kurutta Taiyou'', on January 21, 1991, through Victor Entertainment. The single was released as an 8 cm CD in a cassette-like sleeve case that featured a re-worked version of the cover to ''Kurutta Taiyou''. "Speed" peaked at number 3 on the Oricon music chart during the third week of 1991. It is band's 3rd best-selling single, with over 180,000 copies sold. Background, recording and release The song was written by vocalist Atsushi Sakurai and lead guitarist Hisashi Imai in 1990 shortly after the release of Buck-Tick's fifth studio album ''Aku no Hana'' for their then-upcoming sixth studio album ''Kurutta Taiyou''. Initially, the song was titled "Acid"; however, the title was changed to "Speed" as the band deemed that titling "Acid" was "too risky", as Imai had been arrested for LSD possession after a concert durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is Not Greatest Hits
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Hurry Up Mode (1990 Mix)
Hurry Up Mode is a remix album by Buck-Tick, released on February 8, 1990. It is composed of different versions of every song on their 1987 debut album '' Hurry Up Mode'', except the two CD-exclusive bonus tracks. It reached number one on the Oricon chart, selling 212,430 copies. The album was digitally remastered and re-released on February 19, 2002, with two different bonus tracks. It was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007. "Moon Light" was later re-recorded once again for their 1992 compilation album '' Koroshi no Shirabe This Is Not Greatest Hits''. Track listing All songs written & composed by Hisashi Imai, except track 2 music & track 9 lyrics by Atsushi Sakurai was a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Buck-Tick from 1985 until his death in 2023. Initially joining as their drummer in 1983, Sakurai fronted the band for 38 years and 2 .... # "Prologue" # "Plastic Syndrome Type II" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six/Nine
''Six/Nine'' is the eighth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released in a clear purple case on May 15, 1995, through Victor Entertainment. It peaked at number one on the Oricon chart. It was certified gold in the same month and sold over 240,760 copies in the first year. The album was digitally remastered and re-released on September 19, 2002, with a bonus track. The album remastered once again and released on September 5, 2007, in a clear red case. The single "Uta" is band's 2nd best-selling single, with over 200,000 copies sold. Issay ( Der Zibet) provides vocals for "Itoshi no Rock Star". Controversy The hard-industrial rock song "Rakuen (Inori Koinegai)" (4:48) was released as a B-side of single "Kodou". It also has a music video, but the accompanied version was from the studio album (4:37) which oriental composition and arrangement is in instrumental-acoustic style. During the tours the band usually performed the original rock version. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-
''Darker Than Darkness: Style 93'' is the seventh studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on June 23, 1993, through Victor Entertainment. The album peaked at number two on the Oricon chart, became a certified gold seller by July 1993, and subsequently sold 213,260 copies. ''Darker Than Darkness: Style 93'' 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. "Dress" was remixed and used as the opening theme for the anime ''Trinity Blood'' (2005), this version was also released as a single. The album was named one of the top albums from 1989 to 1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine ''Band Yarouze''. Track listing Personnel * Atsushi Sakurai – lead vocals * Hisashi Imai – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Madman Blues" * Hidehiko Hoshino – rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals, piano * Yutaka Higuchi – bass guitar * To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurutta Taiyou
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. 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. It was certified platinum (400,000 copies sold) within a month of its release, and has sold 326,580 copies during its run in the Oricon album chart. The album earned the band a nomination for Best Album at the 33rd Japan Record Awards. It was named number 40 on '' Bounce''s 2009 list of 54 Standard Japanese Rock Albums. Track listing Personnel * Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals * Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals * Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, backing voca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aku No Hana (song)
Aku no Hana (悪の華) (Literal translation: "Evil's flowers") is the third single released by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick, released on January 24, 1990, and labeled with Victor Entertainment. The song ranked first in the Oricon Chart selling 104,470 copies during the first week of February 1990. It is band's best-selling single, with over 221,000 copies sold. Track listing Musicians * Atsushi Sakurai – Voice * Hisashi Imai – Guitar * Hidehiko Hoshino – Guitar * Yutaka Higuchi – Bass * Toll Yagami , known exclusively by his stage name , is a Japanese musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1985. He is the older brother of Yutaka Higuchi, Buck-Tick's bassist. Life and career Toll Yagami dropped out of high ... – Drums References External links * 1990 singles Buck-Tick songs Songs with music by Hisashi Imai 1990 songs Victor Entertainment singles Songs with lyrics by Atsushi Sakurai Oricon Weekly number-one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aku No Hana
is the fifth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on cassette and CD on February 1, 1990, through Victor Entertainment. It peaked at number one on the Oricon charts and is the group's best-selling album to date. It was certified gold in the month of its release, and sold 435,080 copies in the first year of its release. The title comes from Charles Baudelaire's volume of poetry, ''Les Fleurs du mal''. Releases 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. "Aku no Hana" and "Love Me" were later re-recorded for the group's compilation album '' Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits'' (1992). On February 1, 2014, ''Aku no Hana'' was re-released again as a digital remaster to celebrate 25 years since its release, giving the songs the sound they imagined and would like them to originally have but couldn't due to limits of the equipmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
