Image (album)

Image is the second album by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on May 21, 1992.^[1] It is their major label debut on MCA Victor and reached number nine on the Oricon chart.^[2]

Overview

The song "Search For Reason" is re-recorded from their 1989 demo "Shade"."Vampire's Talk" was originally titled "Feeling", and "In Mind" was titled "Sinful Song". This recording of "Moon" is a longer, reworked version of the song from their debut album Luna Sea. "Déjàvu" and "Wish" were both re-recorded by the band for the 2000 compilation album Period -the Best Selection-.^[3] Image was remastered and re-released by Universal Music Group on December 19, 2007, it came with a DVD of the promotional video for "Déjàvu".

Track listing

All lyrics written by Ryuichi, except "Wish" by Ryuichi and J.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Call For Love"	Sugizo	0:42
2.	"Déjàvu"	Sugizo	3:54
3.	"Mechanical Dance"	J	5:05
4.	"Wall"	Sugizo	4:55
5.	"Image"	Inoran	5:41
6.	"Search For Reason"	Sugizo	7:10
7.	"Imitation"	J	3:22
8.	"Vampire's Talk"	Inoran	6:16
9.	"Symptom"	Sugizo	2:15
10.	"In Mind"	J	3:54
11.	"Moon"	Sugizo	7:10
12.	"Wish"	J	4:18

Personnel

Luna Sea

Additional performers

Chorus: Yurie Kokubu, Kaoru Akimoto
Chorus arrangement: Hidekazu Tokumitsu

Production

Producer and arranger: Luna Sea
Executive producers: Masatoshi Sakanoue (Sweet Child), Seiichiro Ishihara, Takafumi Muraki (Victor Invitation)
Supervisor: Hiroyuki Iwata
Director: Yoshiyuki Maki, Akira Sekiguchi (Victor Invitation)
Recorder, mixer: Masayuki Nakahara (Victor Studio)
Additional engineers: Hirokazu Akashi (Victor Studio), Shigetoshi Saito (Victor Studio)
Mastering engineer: Hiroshi Kawasaki (Victor Studio)
Assistant engineers: Masayuki Oka (Victor Studio), Tomoaki Sato (Victor Vincent), Takashi Kondo (Victor Vincent), Terushi Maruyama (Magnet Studio), Osamu Konishi (Den Music Studio), Akihiro Sano (Studio EGM), Minoru Yasuda (Freedom Studio), Toshio Tanabe (RMC Studio), Shigeru Matsumura (MIT Studio), Satoru Arai (Echo House)
Sound effects: Keishi Urata, Tsuyoshi Kon, Kunihiko Tominaga, Manabu Ogasawara, Tsutomu Nakayama
Sound adviser: Kazutaka Minemori
Drum tuner: Yukihiro Sugimoto
Adviser: Toshihiro Nara

Art direction & graphic design: Sakaguchi Ken Factory
Design coordinator: Tatsuo Sato
Photography: Bruno Dayan
Hair & make-up: Tetsuya Kameyama
Stylist: Sayuri Chihara
Costumes: Mikako Ohhara
Cover model: Sakuraku K.
Shinya's model: Sayuri Ichiyo
Sugizo's doll: Katan Amano, Ryoichi Yoshida
A & R coordinator: Nobuhiro Sonoyama (Sweet Child)
Artist management: Yoshiki Okiyama (Sweet Child), Masato Takahashi (Sweet Child), Eriko Murata (Sweet Child)
Road crew: Yosuke Narita, Keisuke Takimoto, Jyunzi Sakuma
Official fan club Slave: Orie Murasaki, Naoe Tanimoto

Personnel per album's liner notes.^[4]

Covers

"Déjàvu" was also covered by Mucc for the 2007 Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.^[5]

This album's version of "Moon" was covered by Masami Tsuchiya for the 2007 Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.^[5]

"Wish" was covered by Sid for the 2007 Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.^[5]

References

↑ "Luna Sea - Image". discogs.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
↑ LUNA SEAのアルバム売り上げランキング Retrieved April 24, 2011
↑ "PERIOD: LUNA SEA". amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-03-18.
↑ Image liner notes, 1992-05-21. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.

v t e Luna Sea

Ryuichi Sugizo Inoran J Shinya

Studio albums	Luna Sea Image Eden Mother Style Shine Lunacy A Will

Compilation albums	Singles Period -the Best Selection- Guitar Solo Instruments 1 - 2 Piano Solo Instruments 1 - 4 Another Side of Singles II Slow Complete Best

Other albums	Never Sold Out Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth- Luna Sea (Self Cover) Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles

Singles	"Believe" "In My Dream (With Shiver)" "Rosier" "True Blue" "Mother" "Desire" "End of Sorrow" "In Silence" "Storm" "Shine" "I for You" "Gravity" "Tonight" "Love Song" "The One -Crash to Create-" "The End of the Dream/Rouge" "Thoughts" "Ran"

Videos	Image or Real Sin After Sin Eclipse I Lunatic Tokyo 1995.12.23 Tokyo Dome Rew 10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ Live! 10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ Document! The Final Act Tokyo Dome Eclipse II Eclipse I+II Mafuyu no Yagai Manatsu no Yagai God Bless You ~One Night Dejavu~ Tokyo Dome 2007.12.24 Mafuyu no Yagai & Manatsu no Yagai First Asian Tour 1999 in Hong Kong Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos Act II in Taipei A Documentary Film of 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- 24th December, 2010 at Tokyo Dome Lunacy Kurofuku Gentei Gig ~the Holy Night~ God Bless You Document Ichiya Kagiri no Fukkatsu Live Luna Sea Chinmoku no 7 Nen wo Koete Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles For Japan A Promise to the Brave Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos ~20000803 Osaka-jō Hall~ The End of the Dream -Prologue- The End of the Dream Zepp Tour 2012 "Kourin" Live Tour 2012-2013 The End of the Dream at Nippon Budokan

Tours and concerts	Under the New Moon Episode I-III Image or Real After the Image Search for My Eden The Garden of Sinners Mother of Love, Mother of Hate Lunatic Tokyo Un Ending Style Mafuyu no Yagai Manatsu no Yagai First Asian Tour 10th Anniversary Gig ∞ Brand New Chaos The Final Act God Bless You ~One Night Dejavu~ 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- A Promise to the Brave The End of the Dream

Related articles	Discography "Promise" Tourbillon Fake? X Japan S.K.I.N.

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