is the sixth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on cassette and CD on February 21, 1991, through Victor Entertainment. The album 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. "Speed", "M・A・D" and "Jupiter" were later re-recorded for the group's compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (1992).
The album peaked at number two on the Oricon charts. It was certified platinum (400,000 copies sold) within a month of its release, and has sold 326,580 copies during its run in the Oricon album chart.
The album earned the band a nomination for Best Album at the 33rd Japan Record Awards. It was named number 40 on Bounces 2009 list of 54 Standard Japanese Rock Albums.
Track listing
Personnel Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, backing vocals Yutaka Higuchi - bass Toll Yagami - drums
Additional performers Tsutomu Nakayama - keyboards Takeharu Hayakawa - electric cello Hidekazu Tokumitsu - string arrangement
Production Buck-Tick - producers Osamu Takagi - executive producer Hitoshi Hiruma - engineer, mixing Yasuaki Shindoh; Makoto Kondoh; Shigetoshi Naitoh; Takashi Aonuma; Fumio Hasegawa; Hirohito Fujishima - assistant engineers Higashi Ishida - art coordination Ken Sakaguchi - cover art, graphic design Atsushi Ueda - photography
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