Taboo (Buck-Tick album)

Taboo is the fourth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on cassette, CD and as a two-record vinyl set (one is a blank picture disc) on January 18, 1989 through Victor Entertainment.[1] Taboo 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. "Angelic Conversation" was re-recorded as the b-side to the group's single "M・A・D" in 1991. "Just One More Kiss", "Iconoclasm" and "Taboo" were later re-recorded for the compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (1992). "Iconoclasm" was covered by J for the Buck-Tick tribute album, Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick- (2005). Taboo peaked at number one on the Oricon charts,[2] selling 298,620 copies in the first year,[3] and at least 300,000 in total.[4]

Taboo
Studio album by
Buck-Tick
ReleasedJanuary 18, 1989 (1989-01-18)
September 19, 2002 (2002-09-19) (digital remaster)
September 5, 2007 (2007-09-05) (remaster)
RecordedAugust–September 1988 at Master Rock Studios in London, England
Genre
Length42:41
LanguageJapanese, English
LabelVictor
ProducerOwen Paul and Buck-Tick[A]
Buck-Tick chronology
Seventh Heaven
(1988)		 Taboo
(1989)		 Aku no Hana
(1990)
Singles from Taboo
  1. "Just One More Kiss"
    Released: October 26, 1988

Production

The band recorded the album in London in the fall of 1988, the producer was Owen Paul. They also had a gig at the Greyhound Club, which the members of Der Zibet also attended.[5] London made a lasting impression on Buck-Tick, especially Sakurai Atsushi, who felt that the local music scene was more accepting of darker, more serious music than the Japanese one.[5] The album marks a turn in the band's career towards a darker style.[6]

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."Iconoclasm" (lyrics written by Imai)3:01
2."Tokyo"4:23
3."Sex for You"4:14
4."Embryo"3:59
5."J" (lyrics written by Imai)4:25
6."Feast of Demoralization" (lyrics written by Toll Yagami; music written by Hidehiko Hoshino)4:18
7."Angelic Conversation" (lyrics written by Imai)5:41
8."Silent Night"3:26
9."Taboo"3:59
10."Just One More Kiss"5:03
Total length:42:41
2002 digital remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Just One More Kiss" (live from Climax Together on September 11, 1992)5:12
12."To-Search[B]" (lyrics written by Imai)5:01

Personnel

Additional performers

Production

  • Owen Paul - producer
  • Buck-Tick - producers[A]
  • Will Gosling; Roland Herrington; Mark Dearnley; Junko Yamazaki; Shuuji Yamaguchi - engineers, mixing
  • Kenshi Kajiwara - assistant engineer
  • Ken Sakaguchi - graphic design, cover art
  • Kazuhiro Kitaoka - photography

Notes
  1. ^^* The only song that Buck-Tick produced is "Just One More Kiss".
  2. ^* Released as the b-side to the "Just One More Kiss" single. Originally released as its own single in 1986.

References
  1. "Taboo". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  2. "1989.1.30 アルバムTOP20" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-11.
  3. "1989年 アルバム年間TOP100" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  4. "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.
  5. Words by Buck-Tick. Shinko Music Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002. ISBN 4401617266. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  6. "Taboo in Taboo". B=Pass (in Japanese and English) (February). 1989. Retrieved 2022-05-16.


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