''On the Verge of Destruction 1992.1.7 Tokyo Dome Live'' is a
live album
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released by
X Japan
is a Japanese Rock music, rock band from Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki (musician), Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi (musician), Toshi. Starting as a predominantly power metal, power/speed metal band with ...
on January 1, 1995. It contains the band's performance at the
Tokyo Dome
is an indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often us ...
on January 7, 1992, which was the last with
Taiji Sawada
, also known mononymously as Taiji, was a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former bassist of the rock band X Japan. X Japan rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, credited as founders of the Japanese vis ...
on bass.
It is their only live album to feature Sawada. The album reached number 3 on the
Oricon
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chart.
[
] There is also a
VHS
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Ma ...
version (later re-released on
DVD
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) with
the same name.
Track listing
Disc one
# "Prologue ~ World Anthem" (S.E)
# "Silent Jealousy"
# "Sadistic Desire"
# "Desperate Angel"
# "Standing Sex"
# "Week End"
# "Drum Solo"
# "Hide no Heya" (HIDEの部屋)
# "Voiceless Screaming"
Disc two
# "Piano Solo ~ Swan Lake"
# "Es Dur no Piano Sen" (Es Durのピアノ線)
# "Unfinished"
# "Celebration"
# "Orgasm" (オルガスム)
# "Kurenai" (紅)
# "Joker"
# "X"
# "Endless Rain"
References
X Japan live albums
Albums recorded at the Tokyo Dome
1995 live albums
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