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| Released | July 28, 2021 | |||
| Studio | Studio WIRESELF | |||
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| Length | 46:07 | |||
| Label | Chaos Union, TESLAKITE CHTE-0085 | |||
| Producer | Susumu Hirasawa | |||
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Beacon is the fourteenth solo album by Susumu Hirasawa.
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| Released | July 28, 2021 | |||
| Studio | Studio WIRESELF | |||
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| Length | 46:07 | |||
| Label | Chaos Union, TESLAKITE CHTE-0085 | |||
| Producer | Susumu Hirasawa | |||
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Beacon is the fourteenth solo album by Susumu Hirasawa.
Beacon is Hirasawa's first mainline solo album since The Man Climbing the Hologram in 2015. The six-year gap broke a pattern existent since 2000 of one mainline album every three years; this excludes Kaku P-Model releases which did not follow the pattern.
Two of the album's songs, "COLD SONG" and "The End of TIMELINE", were made public ahead of the album's release; first performed at the 24 Mandala shows in April 2021, and later studio renditions were published on Hirasawa's official YouTube channel on July 21. [1] [2]
Due to the "deteriorating international postal situation" as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the album was not available for international shipping through the album's label, TESLAKITE. [3] In response, both Beacon and Kai=Kai were made available as digital downloads through Bandcamp. [4]
Members of Hirasawa's official fan club, Green Nerve, could additionally download karaoke versions of the album's songs and a second version of "The Man Who Falls Down" for free, even if they had not bought the album. [5]
"COLD SONG" is the first cover to be included in a mainline Hirasawa solo album. The song is an adapted rendition with new lyrics of the song of the same name by Klaus Nomi from his 1981 album Klaus Nomi , itself an adaptation of the aria "What Power art thou, who from below..." from Henry Purcell's 1691 semi-opera King Arthur .
All lyrics are written by Susumu Hirasawa; all music is composed by Hirasawa, except "COLD SONG", by Henry Purcell.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "BEACON" | 3:46 |
| 2. | "The Cognitive Another World of the Logical Coterie" (論理的同人の認知的別世界Ronri-teki Dōjin no Ninchi-teki Bessekai) | 4:24 |
| 3. | "Disappearing TOPIA" (消えるTOPIAKieru TOPIA) | 5:54 |
| 4. | "The Man Who Falls Down" (転倒する男Tentō Suru Otoko) | 3:43 |
| 5. | "Ranks of Burning Flowers" (燃える花の隊列Moeru Hana no Tairetsu) | 6:18 |
| 6. | "LANDING" | 4:00 |
| 7. | "COLD SONG" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Ghost Train" (幽霊列車Yūrei Ressha) | 3:44 |
| 9. | "The End of TIMELINE" (TIMELINEの終わりTIMELINE no Owari) | 5:02 |
| 10. | "ZCONITE" | 1:15 |
| 11. | "BEACON of Memory" (記憶のBEACONKioku no BEACON) | 4:24 |
| Total length: | 46:07 | |
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Oricon Albums Chart [6] | 12 |
| Oricon Indie Albums Chart [7] | 2 |
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