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1991 studio album by Buck-Tick
Kurutta Taiyou
Studio album by Buck-Tick
ReleasedFebruary 21, 1991 (1991-02-21)
September 19, 2002 (2002-09-19) (digital remaster)
September 5, 2007 (2007-09-05) (remaster)
RecordedSeptember 13 (13-09)-November 20, 1990 (1990-11-20)
StudioVictor (Tokyo)
Genre
Length54:06
LanguageJapanese, English
LabelVictor
ProducerBuck-Tick
Buck-Tick chronology
Aku no Hana
(1990) 		Kurutta Taiyou
(1991) 		Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-
(1993)
Singles from Kurutta Taiyou
  1. "Speed"
    Released: January 21, 1991
  2. "M・A・D"
    Released: June 5, 1991
  3. "Jupiter"
    Released: October 30, 1991

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. 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 Bounce's 2009 list of 54 Standard Japanese Rock Albums.

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."Speed" (スピード)4:47
2."Machine"4:14
3."My Funny Valentine"4:37
4."Henshin (Reborn)" (変身 (REBORN); music written by Hidehiko Hoshino)4:18
5."Angelfish" (エンジェル フィッシュ; music written by Hoshino)4:26
6."Jupiter" (music written by Hoshino)4:39
7."Sakura" (さくら)6:17
8."Brain, Whisper, Head, Hate Is Noise" (lyrics written by Imai)5:53
9."M・A・D"4:34
10."Chikashitsu no Melody" (地下室のメロディー)4:05
11."Taiyou ni Korosareta" (太陽ニ殺サレタ)6:06
Total length:54:06
2002 digital remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Narcissus" (music written by Hoshino)4:12
13."Angelic Conversation" (re-recorded version)5:35

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. "Kurutta Taiyou". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  2. "1991.3.4 TOP 20" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-11-06.
  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.
  4. "1991年 アルバム年間TOP100" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  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.
  6. 第33回日本レコード大賞 (in Japanese). Japan Composer's Association. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  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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