Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-
| Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- | ||||
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| Studio album by Buck-Tick | ||||
| Released |
June 23, 1993 September 19, 2002 (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (remaster) | |||
| Recorded | February 20-April 30, 1993 at Sound Sky Studio in Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Electronic rock, industrial rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 61:56 | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | Victor | |||
| Producer | Hitoshi Hiruma and Buck-Tick | |||
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| Singles from Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- | ||||
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Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- is the seventh studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on June 23, 1993 through Victor Entertainment.[1] The album peaked at number two on the Oricon chart[2] and has sold 210,000 copies worldwide.[3] Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- 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. "Dress" was remixed and used as the opening theme for the anime Trinity Blood (2005), this version was also released as a single. The album was named one of the top albums from 1989-1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze.[4]
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. | "Kirameki no Naka de..." (キラメキの中で...) | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Deep Slow" | 4:32 |
| 3. | "Yuuwaku" (誘惑; music written by Hidehiko Hoshino) | 5:58 |
| 4. | "Ao no Sekai" (青の世界) | 4:57 |
| 5. | "Kamikaze" (神風; lyrics written by Imai) | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Zero" | 4:05 |
| 7. | "Dress" (ドレス; music written by Hoshino) | 6:22 |
| 8. | "Lion" | 4:31 |
| 9. | "Madman Blues -Minashigo no Yuuutsu-" (Madman Blues -ミナシ児ノ憂鬱-; lyrics written by Imai) | 5:12 |
| 10. | "Die" | 4:34 |
| 93. | "D.T.D" (Hidden Track) | 6:42 |
Total length: |
61:56 | |
| 2002 digital remaster | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 11. | "D.T.D" | 6:42 |
| 12. | "Dress" ("Aux Send Mix") | 7:41 |
| 13. | "Die" (live) | 5:25 |
Personnel
- Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals
- Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals, piano
- Yutaka Higuchi - bass
- Toll Yagami - drums, percussion
Additional performers
- Rie Hamada - backing vocals on "Dress"
- Kazutoshi Yokoyama - backing vocals on "Dress" and "Kirameki No Naka De"
Production
- Hitoshi Hiruma - producer, recording, mixing
- Buck-Tick - producers
- Osamu Takagi; Takafumi Muraki - executive producers
- Shigetoshi Naitoh; Takahiro Uchida - engineer
- Hirohito Fujishima; Katsumi Moriya - assistant engineers
- Ken Sakaguchi - cover art, graphic design
- M. Hasui - photography
Notes
- On the originally released 1993 CD, after track ten it skips to track #75, titled "Not T Dise", after that the CD skips to track #84, titled "Kirameki no Naka de" and finally after that, it skips to track #93, titled "D-T-D". The names of these hidden bonus tracks were only given in a magazine published at the time. The digital remaster release includes "D-T-D" (credited; lyrics: Sakurai, music: Imai), but not "Not T Dise" or "Kirameki no Naka de".[3]
References
- ↑ "Darker Than Darkness -style93-". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ↑ "BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- 1 2 "Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ↑ "Top 44 Albums from 1989 - 1998". jame-world.com. 2004-05-09. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
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