97BT99

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97BT99
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Compilation album by Buck-Tick
Released March 29, 2000 (2000-03-29)
Genre Industrial rock, electronic rock
Label Mercury
Buck-Tick chronology
BT
(1999)
97BT99
(2000)
One Life, One Death
(2000)

97BT99 is the fourth compilation album by Buck-Tick, released on March 29, 2000. [1] It contains various material the band released while signed to Mercury Music Entertainment. It reached number thirty-nine on the Oricon chart. [2]

Buck-Tick is a Japanese rock band, formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The group has consisted of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and drummer Toll Yagami since 1985. The band has experimented with many different genres of music throughout their three decade career, including punk rock, electronic rock, industrial rock, gothic rock and straight rock. Buck-Tick are commonly credited as one of the founders of the visual kei movement. They have released 21 studio albums, nearly all reaching the top ten on the charts, of which three in the late eighties and early nineties topped them.

Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.

Contents

Track listing

Disc One

  1. "Heroine" (ヒロイン)
  2. "Rasenchu -Tapeworm Mix-" (螺旋 虫 -Tapeworm Mix-; Spiral Worm -Tapeworm Mix-)
  3. "Thantos" (タナトス)
  4. "Sexy Stream Liner"
  5. "Heroine -Angel Dust Mix-" (ヒロイン -Angel Dust Mix-)
  6. "Muchi no Namida" (無知の涙; Tear for Ignorance)
  7. "Lizard Skin no Shoujo" (リザードスキンの少女; Lizard-Skinned Girl)
  8. "Rasenchu" (螺旋 虫; Spiral Worm)
  9. "Chouchou" (蝶蝶; Butterfly)
  10. "Sasayaki" (囁き; Whisper)
  11. "Kalavinka" (迦陵頻伽 Kalavinka)
  12. "My Fuckin' Valentine"
  13. "Schiz・o Gensou" (Schiz・o幻想; Schiz・o Illusions)
  14. "Kimi ga Shin... Dara" (キミガシン・・・ダラ; When...You Die)

Disc Two

  1. "Sasayaki -Single Mix-" (囁き -Single Mix-; Whisper -Single Mix-)
  2. "Thanatos -Japanic Pig Mix-" (タナトス -Japanic Pig Mix-)
  3. "My Fuckin' Valentine -Enemy Mix (Full)-"
  4. "Schiz・o Gensou -The Spiderman Mix-" (Schiz・o幻想 -The Spiderman Mix-; Schiz・o Illusions -The Spiderman Mix-)
  5. "Gessekai" (月世界; Lunar World)
  6. "My Baby Japanese"
  7. "Muchi no Namida Hot remix #001 for B-T" (無知の涙 HOT remix #001 for B-T; Tear for Ignorance HOT remix #001 for B-T)
  8. "Bran-New Lover"
  9. "Down"
  10. "Asylum Garden"
  11. "Miu" (ミウ)
  12. "Paradise" (パラダイス)
  13. "Bran-New Lover -Custom-"

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References

  1. "97BT99". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  2. "BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-04-27.