Juusankai wa Gekkou (十三階は月光, "13th Floor with Moonlight") is the fourteenth album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick, released on April 5, 2005.[2]
| Juusankai wa Gekkou | ||||
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| Released | April 5, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | Studio Sound Dali, Aobadai Studio, Prime Sound Studio Form, Victor Studio | |||
| Genre | Gothic rock | |||
| Length | 68:17 | |||
| Label | BMG Funhouse | |||
| Producer | Buck-Tick | |||
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| Singles from Juusankai wa Gekkou | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
The limited edition came with a DVD of the music video for the album's only single, "Romance". It reached number four on the Oricon chart[3] with 28,104 copies sold.[4]
Overview
editFor Juusankai wa Gekkou the band deliberately adopted a Gothic theme, which is presented throughout the album. As vocalist Atsushi Sakurai is fond of the theme, he found it easy to work with and wrote the lyrics for all the songs except one. Guitarist Hisashi Imai actually thought of the idea during the tour for their previous album, but was further resolved to do it after watching Sakurai's solo performances.[5]
The songs "Cabaret" and "Doll" have lines sung in female vocabulary and grammar, while "Doukeshi A" is from the perspective of a pierrot.[5]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Enter Clown" | Imai | ||
| 2. | "Kourin" (降臨) | Sakurai | Imai | |
| 3. | "Doukeshi A" (道化師A) | Sakurai | Imai | |
| 4. | "Cabaret" | Sakurai | Hoshino | |
| 5. | "Ijin no Yoru" (異人の夜) | Sakurai | Hoshino | |
| 6. | "Clown Loves Señorita" | Imai | ||
| 7. | "Goblin" | Sakurai | Imai | |
| 8. | "Alive" | Sakurai | Imai | |
| 9. | "Gesshoku" (月蝕) | Sakurai | Imai | |
| 10. | "Lullaby II" | Imai | ||
| 11. | "Doll" | Sakurai | Imai | |
| 12. | "Passion" | Sakurai | Hoshino | |
| 13. | "13byou" (13秒) | Imai | ||
| 14. | "Romance -Incubo-" | Sakurai | Imai | |
| 15. | "Seraphim" | Imai | Imai | |
| 16. | "Muma - The Nightmare" (夢魔-The Nightmare) | Sakurai | Imai | |
| 17. | "Diabolo -Lucifer-" | Sakurai | Imai | |
| 18. | "Who's Clown?" | Imai |
Personnel
edit- Buck-Tick
- Atsushi Sakurai – vocals
- Hisashi Imai – guitar, noise, electronics, chorus
- Hidehiko Hoshino – guitar, chorus
- Yutaka Higuchi – bass
- Toll Yagami – drums
- Additional performers
- Kazutoshi Yokoyama – manipulator, synthesizer, piano, organ, celesta and noises
References
edit- ^ Juusankai wa Gekkou at AllMusic
- ^ "Juusanka wa gekkou". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ^ "BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング". Oricon. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- ^ "2005.4.18.付 アルバムTOP20" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-11.
- ^ a b Fool’s Mate # 283, 「“ 夜” は邪悪にもなれるし、ピュアにもなれる」(“The night can become evil, or it can become pure”), Koh Imazu, May 2005.English translation available here
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