''Romanesque'' is the debut
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. released by the Japanese
rock band
Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick (stylized as BUCK-TICK) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The group has consisted of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and ...
. It was released on 12-inch
vinyl
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* Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a particular vinyl polymer
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,
cassette and 8 cm CD (which contains a bonus track)
[
] on March 21, 1988 through
Victor Entertainment
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.
[
] The extended play peaked at number twenty on the
Oricon
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charts
[
] and has sold 40,000 copies worldwide.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Atsushi Sakurai
is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He has been the vocalist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1985, previously being their drummer from 1983. He released the solo album '' Ai no Wakusei'' in 2004 and was also a member of Schwein alongs ...
– lead vocals,
se
*
Hisashi Imai
is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is known as lead guitarist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. He has also performed in musical side-projects such as Schaft (1991–1994, 2015), Schwein (2001),
and more recently Lucy (2004).
Ca ...
– lead guitar, backing vocals
*
Hidehiko Hoshino
, nicknamed "Hide", is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is known as the rhythm guitarist for the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983.
Life and career Buck-Tick
In 1985, when Hide and Yutaka Higuchi graduated from high school they moved to Toky ...
– rhythm guitar,
acoustic guitar
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, backing vocals
*
Yutaka Higuchi – bass
*
Toll Yagami – drums, percussion
Additional performers
* Julie Fowell – backing vocals on "Romanesque" (Sensual Pleasures Mix)
Production
* Buck-Tick –
producers
* Yasuaki "V" Shindoh –
engineer
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,
mixing
* Ken Sakaguchi – cover art, graphic design
* Masafumi Sakamoto – photography
References
1988 debut EPs
Buck-Tick albums
Victor Entertainment EPs
Japanese-language EPs
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