''EAS'' is the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band
Fanatic Crisis
was a Japanese rock band active from 1992 to 2005.
Six of their singles made the top 10 Oricon Singles Chart for sales, while two of their albums reached the top ten of the Oricon Albums Chart.
History Formation
The band was formed in 1992 b ...
and their first release with the label Stoic Stone on September 13, 2000. The original mixes of ''Purple & Psychic Honey'', ''Sonzai Riyuu to Sonzai Ishiki'', and ''Be You'' were featured on the
Side Adam and
Side Eve EPs.
The album features three singles, , "Behind", used as key music for television programs ''Rhythm Baby'' and respectively, and "Defect Lover Complex".
The band's tours in promotion of the album took place throughout 2000, named Eas Syndrome. The 2001 Eas Syndrome Files music video collection also features behind-the-scenes footage from the tour.
In 2019, vocalist Tsutomu Ishizuki and guitarist Kazuya and Shun reunited as a subunit of the band, called Fantastic Circus. Singles from the album were included on the greatest hits album ''Tenseism'' released by them in March 2023.
Musical style and themes
The album's name, which is an acronym for Envisage as Spiral, means "to envision a spiral scale in your mind."
Regarding the song "Behind", the website ''CD Journal'' states that it starts with heavy guitar and bass, but becomes pop when the vocals come in.
HMV
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The inaugural shop was opened on Lo ...
commented that the sound had changed significantly compared to the band's first major album, ''
One -one for all-''.
Commercial performance
''EAS'' peaked at number 11 on
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon A ...
, staying on chart for three weeks. It sold 23,180 copies while on the chart, making it the band's third best-selling album, behind their previous albums ''
The.Lost.Innocent'' and ''
One -one for all-''.
On
Billboard Japan
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, it debuted at 15th place.
, "Behind" and "Defect Lover Complex" reached 20th, 20th and 26th position on
Oricon Singles Chart
The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard Single (music), singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track down ...
, respectively.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Tsutomu Ishizuki − vocals
*Kazuya − lead guitar
*Shun − rhythm guitar
*Ryuji − bass
*Tohru − drums
References
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Fanatic Crisis albums
2000 albums
2000s Japanese-language albums