Taboo (Buck-Tick album)
Taboo | ||||
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Studio album by Buck-Tick | ||||
Released |
January 18, 1989 September 19, 2002 (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (remaster) | |||
Recorded | August–September 1988 at Master Rock Studios in London, England | |||
Genre | Punk rock, dark wave | |||
Length | 42:41 | |||
Language | Japanese, English | |||
Label | Victor | |||
Producer | Owen Paul and Buck-Tick[A] | |||
Buck-Tick chronology | ||||
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Singles from Taboo | ||||
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Taboo is the fourth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on cassette, CD and as a two-record vinyl set (one is a blank picture disc) on January 18, 1989 through Victor Entertainment.[1] Taboo 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. "Angelic Conversation" was re-recorded as the b-side to the group's single "M・A・D" in 1991. "Just One More Kiss", "Iconoclasm" and "Taboo" were later re-recorded for the compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (1992). "Iconoclasm" was covered by J for the Buck-Tick tribute album, Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick- (2005). Taboo peaked at number one on the Oricon charts and has sold 320,000 copies worldwide.[2]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted, all music composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted.No. | Title | Length | |
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1. | "Iconoclasm" (lyrics written by Imai) | 3:01 | |
2. | "Tokyo" | 4:23 | |
3. | "Sex for You" | 4:14 | |
4. | "Embryo" | 3:59 | |
5. | "J" (lyrics written by Imai) | 4:25 | |
6. | "Feast of Demoralization" (lyrics written by Toll Yagami; music written by Hidehiko Hoshino) | 4:18 | |
7. | "Angelic Conversation" (lyrics written by Imai) | 5:41 | |
8. | "Silent Night" | 3:26 | |
9. | "Taboo" | 3:59 | |
10. | "Just One More Kiss" | 5:03 | |
Total length: |
42:41 |
2002 digital remaster bonus tracks | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
11. | "Just One More Kiss" (live from Climax Together on September 11, 1992) | 5:12 | ||||||||
12. | "To-Search[B]" (lyrics written by Imai) | 5:01 |
Personnel
- Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals
- Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Yutaka Higuchi - bass
- Toll Yagami - drums, percussion
Additional performers
- Philip Hoeger - keyboards
Production
- Owen Paul - producer
- Buck-Tick - producers[A]
- Will Gosling; Roland Herrington; Mark Dearnley; Junko Yamazaki; Shuuji Yamaguchi - engineers, mixing
- Kenshi Kajiwara - assistant engineer
- Ken Sakaguchi - graphic design, cover art
- Kazuhiro Kitaoka - photography
Notes
- ^^* The only song that Buck-Tick produced is "Just One More Kiss".
- ^* Released as the b-side to the "Just One More Kiss" single. Originally released as its own single in 1986.
References
- ↑ "Taboo". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ↑ "Taboo review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
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