Crescent (Gackt album)

Crescent
Studio album by Gackt
Released December 3, 2003
Recorded 2003
(Recording Studio)
Burnish Stone Recording Studios
Prime Sound Studio Form
Pradise Studio
DLT Studio
Gajaya Studio
Genre Rock, Art rock, Folk rock, Progressive rock, Concept album
Length 57:47
Label Nippon Crown
Producer Gackt
Gackt chronology
Moon
(2002)		 Crescent
(2003)		 The Sixth Day
(2004)
Singles from Crescent
  1. "Kimi ga Oikaketa Yume"
    Released: March 19, 2003
  2. "Tsuki no Uta"
    Released: June 11, 2003
  3. "Last Song"
    Released: November 12, 2003

Crescent is an album released by Gackt on December 3, 2003. It is conceptually linked to its predecessor Moon and comes with booklets for both records (Moon did not originally contain one). Crescent also features a duet with L'Arc-en-Ciel vocalist Hyde for "Orenji no Taiyou" with whom Gackt co-starred in the 2003 movie Moon Child.[1]

Crescent is seen as a turning point in Gackt's career. An lyrically emotional and musically varied record, it is often seen as Gackt's strongest release and also seen as Gackt finally mastering his style of poeticly romantic lyrics set against an artsy rock music background.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gackt. C (except for track 12 with Hyde). 

No. Title Length
1. "Dybbuk"   3:28
2. "Mind Forest"   4:25
3. "Tsuki no Uta" (月の詩; "Moonsong") 4:47
4. "Kimi Ga Matteiru Kara" (君が待っているから; "Because You Are Waiting") 4:17
5. "Solitary"   3:22
6. "Hoshi no Suna" (星の砂; "Stardust") 4:23
7. "Lust for Blood"   5:11
8. "White Eyes"   3:45
9. "Kimi ga Oikaketa Yume" (君が追いかけた夢 "A Dream You Chased") 4:21
10. "Last Song"   5:19
11. "Birdcage"   5:17
12. "Orenji no Taiyou" (オレンジの太陽; "Orange Sun") 9:10

Notes

Reception

Commercial performance

The album managed to break into the Oricon, official chart in the Japan. It peaked at number five and charted for a total of 11 weeks[2], since its release, the album has sold more than 250,000 copies, achieving a platinum status in Japan.[3] The single "Kimi ga Oikaketa Yume" peaked at number two and charted for ten weeks[4], "Tsuki no Uta" peaked at number three and charted for seven weeks[5], and "Last Song" peaked at number five and charted for thirtheen weeks.[6] All singles sold more than 100,000 copies, achieving a gold status in Japan.[7] [3]

Album credits

Personnel

  • Bass: Toshimi Nagai
  • Bass: Ju-ken
  • Bass: Kolchi Terasawa
  • Bass: Jun
  • Violin, Viola: Gen Ittetsu
  • Cello: Masami Horisawa
  • Contrabass: Jun Salto
  • Keyboards & Orchestra arrangement: Shusei Tsukamoto

Production

  • Producer: Gackt
  • Associate Produced: Yukihiro “chachamaru” Fujimura
  • Executive Producer: Shigenori Nishino (Nippon Crown), You Harada (Museum Museum)
  • Recorded & Mixed & Pro Tools Edited: Motonari Matsumoto
  • Assistant Engineer: Michinori Sato (Burnish), Yoshitaka Ishigaki (Burnish), Chie Miyasaka (Burnish), Mitsuru Shibamoto (Prime Sound Studio Form), Satoshi Sasamoto (Prime Sound Studio Form), Katsuyuki Abe (Pradise Studio), Akinori Kaizaki (Pradise Studio), Taro Kuroda (DLT Studio)
  • Recording Coordinator: Maki Iida (Burnish)
  • Mastering Engineer: Yoichi Aikawa (Rolling Sound Mastering Stuio)
  • Management: Museum Museum

Design

  • Art direction, Design: Jun Misaki
  • Photographer: Kenji Tsukagoshi

References

  1. ^ "Soundtracks for Moon Child (2003)". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365514/soundtrack. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Crescent" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/9259/products/music/523681/1/. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "RIAJ December 2003 Certificates" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200312.html. Retrieved June 30, 2010. 
  4. ^ "君が追いかけた夢" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/9259/products/music/501216/1/. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
  5. ^ "月の詩" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/9259/products/music/511204/1/. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Last Song" (in Japanese). Oricon. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/9259/products/music/528644/1/. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
  7. ^ "RIAJ January-July 2003 Certificates" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200307.html. Retrieved August 29, 2011. 
Gackt
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