Aku no Hana
| Aku no Hana | ||||
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| Studio album by Buck-Tick | ||||
| Released |
February 1, 1990 September 19, 2002 (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (remaster) | |||
| Recorded | October–December 1989 at Victor Aoyama Studio in Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, gothic rock | |||
| Length | 45:09 | |||
| Language | Japanese, English | |||
| Label | Victor | |||
| Producer | Tsutomu Nakayama and Buck-Tick | |||
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| Singles from Aku no Hana | ||||
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Aku no Hana (悪の華 "Flower of Evil") is the fifth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on cassette and CD on February 1, 1990 through Victor Entertainment.[1] It peaked at number one on the Oricon charts and is the group's best-selling album to date,[2] having been certified double platinum by the RIAJ for over 500,000 copies sold. The title comes from Charles Baudelaire's volume of poetry, Les Fleurs du mal ("The Flowers of Evil"). 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. "Aku no Hana" and "Love Me" were later re-recorded for the group's compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (1992).
On February 1, 2014, it was re-released again as "惡の華 2015 Re-mix"- in the following formats:
- a regular edition remastered album
- a video album of the PVs (music videos)
- a remastered limited edition collector's set format called 惡の華 -Completeworks-, which contained the album as a vinyl LP, photo cards, remasters of the PVs (music videos) from the album on DVD and Blu-ray, the 2015 Re-mix album as a Platinum SHM CD, and the 惡の華/Under The Moonlight 2015 Re-mix single also as a Platinum SHM CD.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted; all music composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "National Media Boys" (lyrics written by Imai) | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Maboroshi no Miyako" (幻の都) | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Love Me" | 3:15 |
| 4. | "Pleasure Land" (lyrics and music written by Hidehiko Hoshino) | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Misty Blue" | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Dizzy Moon" (lyrics written by Toll Yagami; music written by Hoshino) | 3:25 |
| 7. | "Sabbat" (music written by Hoshino) | 5:08 |
| 8. | "The World Is Yours" | 4:52 |
| 9. | "Aku no Hana" (悪の華) | 4:18 |
| 10. | "Kiss Me Good-Bye" | 6:17 |
Total length: |
45:09 | |
| 2002 digital remaster bonus tracks | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 11. | "Aku no Hana" (single version) | 4:10 |
| 12. | "Under the Moonlight" (lyrics written by Yutaka Higuchi) | 3:41 |
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
Production
- Tsutomu Nakayama; Buck-Tick - producers
- Will Gosling - engineer, mixing
- Jun Kanazawa - assistant engineer
- Ken Sakaguchi - cover art, graphic design
- Bruno Dayan - photography[3]
References
- ↑ "Aku no Hana". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ↑ "BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- ↑ "Aku no Hana". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Retrieved 2012-01-28.