Macabre (album)

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Macabre
Macabre cover
Studio album by Dir en grey
Released September 20, 2000
Recorded Warner Studio, Studio Greenbird, WestSide Studio
Genre Rock/metal
Length 72:57
Language Japanese, English, Russian
Label Firewall Div./SMEJ
Producer Dir en grey
Tatsuya Sakamoto (Track 2)
Hoppy Kamiyama (Track 7)
Dir en grey chronology
Gauze
(1999)
Macabre
(2000)
Kai
(2001)
Singles from Macabre
  1. "Myaku"
    Released: February 16, 2000
  2. "KR Cube"
    Released: June 7, 2000
  3. "Taiyou no Ao"
    Released: July 26, 2000

Macabre is an album released by Dir en grey on September 20, 2000. It is the band's first record to be released in collaboration of Free-Will's Firewall sub-division and Sony Music Entertainment Japan.

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics written by Kyo

# Title Music Length
1. "Deity"   Dir en grey 4:15
2. "Myaku" () Dir en grey 4:05
3. "Wake" (理由) Die 5:12
4. "egniryS cimredopyH +) An Injection"   Toshiya 5:16
5. "Hydra"   Kaoru 5:41
6. "Hotarubi" (蛍火) Shinya 6:06
7. "[KR] Cube"   Dir en grey 4:09
8. "Berry"   Kaoru 4:20
9. "Macabre -Ageha no Hane no Yume wa Sanagi-" (Macabre -揚羽ノ羽ノ夢ハ蛹-) Kaoru 10:49
10. "Audrey"   Die 4:33
11. "Rasetsukoku" (羅刹国) Dir en grey 3:35
12. "Zakuro" (ザクロ) Kaoru 8:37
13. "Taiyou no Ao" (太陽の碧) Kaoru 6:19

[edit] Notes

  • The album's tracklist numbers and the lyrics of the first track are in Russian.
  • The melody for "Deity" appears to be derived from a portion of Johannes Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5.
  • In deviation with its official romanization, the kanji title of track three transliterates as "riyû", yet both "riyû" (理由) and "wake" (訳) can mean "reason".
  • "Egnirys Cimredopyh" is hypodermic syringe spelled backwards.
  • There are alternate romanizations for the title of track six, "Hotarubi" and "Keika". Both translate as "light of the firefly".
  • The first pressings of the album had 5 wooden beads in the jewel case.
  • A rearrangement of the track "Hydra" appears on the single "Dozing Green" as a B-side.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Dozing Green" release information. cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.