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Kurutta Taiyou

1991 studio album by Buck-Tick

Kurutta Taiyou (狂った太陽, "Lunatic Sun") 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.[1] 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).

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The album peaked at number two on the Oricon charts.[2] It was certified platinum (400,000 copies sold) within a month of its release,[3] and has sold 326,580 copies during its run in the Oricon album chart.[4][5]

The album earned the band a nomination for Best Album at the 33rd Japan Record Awards.[6] It was named number 40 on Bounce's 2009 list of 54 Standard Japanese Rock Albums.[7]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted; all music is composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted

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Personnel

Additional performers

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

References

  1. [1]
    "Kurutta Taiyou". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  2. [2]
    "1991.3.4 TOP 20" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-11-06.
  3. [3]
    "月次認定作品 認定年月：1991年 3月 (Dropdown menu: 1991年 3月)" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
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    "1991年 アルバム年間TOP100" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  5. [5]
    "Buck-Tickの主な記録 『悪の華』など5作でオリコン週間アルバムランキング1位獲得" [Buck-Tick's main records: Achieved 1st place in the Oricon weekly album rankings with 5 albums including "Aku no Hana"]. Oricon (in Japanese). 24 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
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    第33回日本レコード大賞 (in Japanese). Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  7. [7]
    "日本のロック・スタンダード・アルバム54(3)". Tower Records. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2018-02-20.


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