Cosmos is the ninth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. The album was released on June 21, 1996, through Victor Entertainment.[1] It was the group's last album released through Victor and peaked at number six on the Oricon charts.[2] Cosmos has sold 130,000 copies within two weeks.[3] 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. The song "Tight Rope" was later re-recorded as the b-side to the group's "Alice in Wonder Underground" single in 2007,[4] and "Sane" was re-recorded in 2012 for their "Elise no Tame ni" single.[5] The album was heavily influenced by electronic music, as the band started gravitating towards cyberpunk music.[6][7]
| Cosmos | ||||
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| Released | 21 June 1996 19 September 2002 (digital remaster) 5 September 2007 (remaster) | |||
| Recorded | March–April 1996 at Sound Sky Kawana in Tokyo; Victor Studio in Tokyo | |||
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| Length | 49:50 | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | Victor | |||
| Producer | Koniyang and Buck-Tick | |||
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| Singles from Cosmos | ||||
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Track listing
editAll lyrics are written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted; all music is composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Maria" | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Candy" (キャンディ) | 4:23 |
| 3. | "Chocolate" (チョコレート; music written by Hidehiko Hoshino) | 4:05 |
| 4. | "Sane" | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Tight Rope" | 5:16 |
| 6. | "Idol" | 4:58 |
| 7. | "Living on the Net" (lyrics written by Imai) | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Foolish" | 3:59 |
| 9. | "In" (music written by Hoshino) | 4:31 |
| 10. | "Ash-ra" | 5:09 |
| 11. | "Cosmos" | 5:01 |
| Total length: | 49:50 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Candy" (single version) | 4:23 |
| 13. | "Chocolate" (single version; music written by Hoshino) | 4:05 |
Personnel
edit- Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals
- Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Yutaka Higuchi - bass
- Toll Yagami - drums
Additional performers
- Kazutoshi Yokoyama - piano, backing vocals
Production
- Koniyang - producer, recording, mixing[A], mastering
- Buck-Tick - producers
- Takafumi Muraki; Naoki Toyoshima - executive producers
- Shinichi Ishizuka - mixing[A]
- Hitoshi Hiruma; Takahiro Uchida - engineers
- Kenichi Araki; Akinori Kaizaki; Hiroshi Tanigawa; Masanobu Murakami; Naoki Ibaraki; Mikiro Yamada - assistant engineers
- Ken Sakaguchi - cover art, graphic design
- Nicci Keller; Alan Solon - photography
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cosmos". jame-world.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ^ "BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
- ^ "1996.7.8付 アルバムTOP20" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
- ^ "Alice in Wonder Underground (Limited Edition)". JAME. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ^ "BUCK-TICK announces new single, "Elise no Tame ni"". tokyohive.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ Words by Buck-Tick. Shinko Music Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002. ISBN 4-401-61726-6. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2022..
- ^ "Buck-Tick". Allmusic. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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