Buck-Tick discography | |
---|---|
Studio albums | 23 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 10 |
Video albums | 43 |
EPs | 2 |
Singles | 43 |
Tribute albums | 3 |
Remix albums | 3 |
Various artists compilations | 6 |
The discography of Buck-Tick includes 23 studio albums, 4 live albums, 2 extended plays, 43 singles, and 43 video albums. Formed in 1983 in Fujioka, Gunma, the group consisted of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and drummer Toll Yagami from 1985 until Sakurai's death in 2023. In their four decade career, nearly all of their albums have reached the top ten on the charts and they have experimented with many different genres of music, including punk, dark wave, electronic, industrial, gothic and straight rock. Buck-Tick are commonly credited as one of the founders of the visual kei movement. [1]
Buck-Tick released both their debut independent and major label studio albums in 1987, and achieved breakthrough success the following year with the album Seventh Heaven (#3) and the single "Just One More Kiss". In 1989, Taboo became their first number-one album. It was followed by several successful albums almost all of which topped the charts, Aku no Hana (1990, which includes the song of the same name; the band's only number-one single), Kurutta Taiyou (1991), Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- (1993), Six/Nine (1995), as well as the remixed studio album Hurry Up Mode (1990 Mix) and the compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (1992).
The band's best-selling albums are Aku no Hana (435,000 copies), Koroshi no Shirabe (338,000), Kurutta Taiyou (327,000), Taboo (300,000), Six/Nine (241,000), and Hurry Up Mode (215,000); while their best-selling singles are "Aku no Hana" (221,000), "Uta" (200,000), "Speed" (180,000), "Dress" (171,000), and "Just One More Kiss" (147,000). [2]
Year | Title | Album details | Oricon [3] [4] | Billboard Japan Hot | Billboard Japan Top |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | Hurry Up Mode | - | - | - | |
Sexual XXXXX! | 33 | - | - | ||
1988 | Seventh Heaven |
| 3 | - | - |
1989 | Taboo |
| 1 | - | - |
1990 | Aku no Hana 悪の華 |
| 1 | - | - |
1991 | Kurutta Taiyou 狂った太陽 |
| 2 | - | - |
1993 | Darker Than Darkness: Style 93 |
| 2 | - | - |
1995 | Six/Nine |
| 1 | - | - |
1996 | Cosmos |
| 6 | - | - |
1997 | Sexy Stream Liner |
| 4 | - | - |
2000 | One Life, One Death |
| 11 | - | - |
2002 | Kyokutou I Love You 極東 I LOVE YOU |
| 12 | - | - |
2003 | Mona Lisa Overdrive |
| 7 | - | - |
2005 | Juusankai wa Gekkou 十三階は月光 |
| 4 | - | - |
2007 | Tenshi no Revolver 天使のリボルバー |
| 5 | - | - |
2009 | Memento Mori |
| 7 | - | 7 [5] |
2010 | Razzle Dazzle |
| 6 | - | 6 [6] |
2012 | Yume Miru Uchuu 夢見る宇宙 |
| 14 | - | 12 [7] |
2014 | Arui wa Anarchy 或いはアナーキー |
| 4 | - | 4 [8] |
2016 | Atom Miraiha No.9 アトム 未来派 No.9 |
| 5 | 6 [9] | 5 [10] |
2018 | No.0 |
| 2 | 5 [11] | 2 [12] |
2020 | Abracadabra |
| 3 | 5 [13] | 4 [14] |
2023 | Izora 異空 -IZORA- |
| 2 | 3 [15] | 2 [16] |
"—" denotes a recording released before the creation of the Billboard chart, or that did not chart. |
Year | Title | Album details | Oricon [3] [4] |
---|---|---|---|
1988 | Romanesque |
| 20 |
1998 | LTD |
| - |
Year | Title | Album details | Oricon [3] [4] |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | Hurry Up Mode (1990 Mix) |
| 1 |
Symphonic Buck-Tick in Berlin |
| - | |
1994 | Shapeless シェイプレス |
| 5 |
Year | Title | Album details | Oricon [3] [4] |
---|---|---|---|
1998 | Sweet Strange Live Disc |
| 17 |
2001 | One Life, One Death Cut Up |
| 32 |
2004 | At the Night Side |
| 34 |
2017 | Climax Together (1992 Compact Disc) |
| 33 |
Year | Title | Album details | Oricon [3] [4] | Billboard Japan Hot Albums |
---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits 殺シノ調ベ This is |
| 1 | - |
1995 | Catalogue 1987–1995 |
| 8 | - |
1999 | BT |
| 16 | - |
2000 | 97BT99 |
| 39 | - |
2001 | Super Value Buck-Tick |
| - | - |
2005 | Catalogue 2005 |
| 14 | - |
2012 | Catalogue Victor→Mercury 87–99 |
| 11 | - |
Catalogue Ariola 00–10 |
| 10 | - | |
2017 | Catalogue 1987–2016 |
| 6 | 11 [17] |
2022 | Catalogue The Best 35th Anniv. |
| 8 | 9 [18] |
Year | Title | Album details | Oricon | Billboard Japan Hot Albums |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Parade: Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick |
| 14 | - |
2012 | Parade II: Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick |
| 16 | - |
2020 | Parade III: Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick |
| 12 | 13 [19] |
Year | Title | Album details | Song | Oricon |
---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | Real Techno Intelligence Chapter 1 |
| "Killing (Whisper Mix)" | - |
1999 | Tribute Spirits |
| "Doubt '99" [20] | 1 |
2007 | xxxHolic Sound File |
| "Kagerou (TV Version)" [21] | - |
2008 | Sirius -Tribute to Ueda Gen- |
| "Hameln" [22] | - |
2010 | Romantist - The Stalin, Michiro Endo Tribute Album |
| "Omae no Inu ni Naru" [23] | - |
2011 | Shiki Original Soundtrack |
| "Kuchizuke (TV Size)", "Gekka Reijin (TV Size)" [24] | - |
Year | Title | Single details | Oricon [25] [26] | Album |
---|---|---|---|---|
1986 | "To-Search" |
| - | - |
1988 | "Just One More Kiss" |
| 6 | Taboo |
1990 | "Aku no Hana" 悪の華 |
| 1 | Aku no Hana |
1991 | "Speed" スピード |
| 3 | Kurutta Taiyou |
"M・A・D" |
| 4 | ||
"Jupiter" |
| 8 | ||
1993 | "Dress" ドレス |
| 5 | Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- |
"Die" |
| 10 | ||
1995 | "Uta" 唄 |
| 4 | Six/Nine |
"Kodou" 鼓動 |
| 6 | ||
"Mienai Mono o Miyo to Suru Gokai Subete Gokai da" 見えない物を見ようとする誤解 全て誤解だ |
| 15 | ||
1996 | "Candy" キャンディ |
| 11 | Cosmos |
1997 | "Heroine" ヒロイン |
| 11 | Sexy Stream Liner |
1998 | "Sasayaki" 囁き |
| 25 | |
"Gessekai" 月世界 |
| 18 | - | |
1999 | "Bran-New Lover" |
| 17 | |
"Miu" ミウ |
| 15 | ||
2000 | "Glamorous" |
| 17 | One Life, One Death |
2001 | "21st Cherry Boy" |
| 25 | Kyokutou I Love You |
2002 | "Kyokutou Yori Ai no Komete" 極東より愛を込めて |
| 24 | |
2003 | "Zangai" 残骸 |
| 5 | Mona Lisa Overdrive |
"Gensou no Hana" 幻想の花 |
| 11 | - | |
2005 | "Romance" |
| 14 | Juusankai wa Gekkou |
"Dress (Bloody Trinity Mix)" ドレス(bloody trinity mix) |
| 24 | - | |
2006 | "Kagerou" 蜉蝣 -かげろう- |
| 17 | |
2007 | "Rendezvous" RENDEZVOUS ~ランデヴー~ |
| 9 | Tenshi no Revolver |
"Alice in Wonder Underground" |
| 18 | ||
2008 | "Heaven" |
| 5 | Memento Mori |
2009 | "Galaxy" |
| 6 | |
2010 | "Dokudanjou Beauty" 独壇場 Beauty |
| 7 | Razzle Dazzle |
"Kuchizuke" くちづけ |
| 7 | ||
2012 | "Elise no Tame ni" エリーゼのために |
| 11 | Yume Miru Uchuu |
"Miss Take ~Boku wa Miss Take~" MISS TAKE 〜僕はミス・テイク〜 |
| 11 | ||
2014 | "Love Parade/Steppers -Parade-" |
| 9 | - |
"Keijijou Ryusei" 形而上 流星 |
| 10 | Arui wa Anarchy | |
2016 | "New World" |
| 10 | Atom Miraiha No.9 |
2017 | "Babel" |
| 11 | No.0 |
2018 | "Moon Sayonara wo Oshiete" Moon さよならを教えて |
| 14 | |
2019 | "Kemonotachi no Yoru/Rondo" 獣たちの夜/RONDO |
| 4 | Abracadabra |
2020 | "Datenshi" 堕天使 |
| 6 | |
"Moonlight Escape" |
| 13 | ||
2021 | "Go-Go B-T Train" |
| 5 | - |
2023 | "Taiyou to Ikaros" 太陽とイカロス |
| 10 | Izora |
"Mugen Loop" 無限 LOOP |
| 10 | ||
Title | VHS release date | Beta release date | LD release date | VHS-C release date | DVD release date | Blu-ray release date | Label | Oricon DVDs [27] [28] | Oricon Blu-rays [29] |
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Buck-Tick Phenomenon Live at the Live Inn バクチク現象 at THE LIVE INN | September 21, 1987 | September 21, 1987 | - | - | December 26, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | Victor | - | - |
More Sexual!!!!! | February 21, 1988 | February 21, 1988 | - | - | - | - | Victor | - | - |
Sabbat I | April 21, 1989 | - | - | - | - | - | Victor | - | - |
Sabbat II | April 21, 1989 | - | - | - | - | - | Victor | - | - |
Sabbat | March 19, 2003 | - | April 21, 1989 | - | March 19, 2003, December 26, 2012 | December 26, 2012 | Victor | 36 | - |
Aku no Hana 悪の華 | April 1, 1990 | - | April 1, 1990 | - | - | - | Victor | - | - |
M・A・D | June 5, 1991 | - | June 5, 1991 | June 5, 1991 | - | - | Victor | - | - |
Buck-Tick | November 21, 1991 | - | November 21, 1991 | - | - | - | Victor | - | - |
Climax Together | December 2, 1992 | - | - | - | September 10, 2003 | December 26, 2012 | Victor | 11 | - |
Catalogue 1987–1995 | December 1, 1995 | - | - | - | May 23, 2001 | - | Victor | - | - |
Sweet Strange Live Film | August 12, 1998 | - | - | - | December 14, 2005 | - | Mercury, Universal | 76 | - |
Dream Box | November 26, 1999 | - | - | - | - | - | Mercury | - | - |
One Life, One Death Cut Up | March 28, 2001 | - | - | - | March 28, 2001 | July 6, 2022 | BMG/Funhouse | 24 | - |
Picture Product | March 21, 2002 | - | - | - | March 21, 2002 | - | Victor | 12 | - |
Tour 2002 Warp Days 20020616 Bay NK Hall | December 4, 2002 | - | - | - | December 4, 2002 | July 6, 2022 | BMG/Funhouse | 18 | - |
Picture Product II | - | - | - | - | June 25, 2003 | - | BMG/Funhouse | 23 | - |
Mona Lisa Overdrive -Xanadu- | - | - | - | - | December 3, 2003 | July 6, 2022 | BMG/Funhouse | 21 | - |
At the Night Side | - | - | - | - | April 21, 2004 | July 6, 2022 | BMG/Funhouse | 16 | - |
Akuma to Freud -Devil and Freud- Climax Together 悪魔とフロイト -Devil and Freud- Climax Together | - | - | - | - | December 22, 2004 | July 6, 2022 | BMG/Funhouse | 37 | - |
13th Floor With Diana | - | - | - | - | December 14, 2005 | July 6, 2022 | BMG Japan | 20 | - |
Singles on Digital Video Disc | - | - | - | - | February 15, 2006 | - | Victor | 17 | - |
Buck-Tick Fest 2007 On Parade | - | - | - | - | April 2, 2008 | - | BMG Japan | 48 | - |
Tour 2007 Tenshi no Revolver TOUR 2007 天使のリボルバー | - | - | - | - | May 7, 2008 | July 6, 2022 | BMG Japan | 11 | - |
Memento Mori 090702 | - | - | - | - | December 23, 2009 | December 23, 2009 | Ariola Japan | 32 | - |
Tour 2010 Go on the "Razzle Dazzle" | - | - | - | - | April 6, 2011 | April 6, 2011 | Ariola Japan | 19 | - |
The Day in Question 2011 | - | - | - | - | May 23, 2012 | May 23, 2012 | Lingua Sounda | 5 | - |
B-T Live Product -1987/1989/1992 Victor Years- | - | - | - | - | - | December 26, 2012 | Victor | - | 26 |
Buck-Tick Fest 2012 On Parade | - | - | - | - | February 20, 2013 | February 20, 2013 | Lingua Sounda/Tokuma Japan Communications | 22 | - |
Tour Yume Miru Uchuu TOUR 夢見る宇宙 | - | - | - | - | May 15, 2013 | May 15, 2013 | Lingua Sounda/Tokuma Japan Communications | 9 | 4 |
Gekijō-ban Buck-Tick ~Buck-Tick Phenomenon~ 劇場版BUCK-TICK ~バクチク現象~ | - | - | - | - | January 22, 2014 | January 22, 2014 | Lingua Sounda/Tokuma Japan Communications | 5 | 7 |
Tour 2014 Arui wa Anarchy -Final- TOUR2014 或いはアナー キ -FINAL- | - | - | - | - | February 25, 2015 | February 25, 2015 | Lingua Sounda/Tokuma Japan Communications | 20 | 19 |
Tour Atom Miraiha No. 9 -Final- TOUR アトム 未来派 No.9 -FINAL- | - | - | - | - | April 26, 2017 | April 26, 2017 | Lingua Sounda/Victor | 17 | 15 |
Climax Together on Screen 1992-2016 / Climax Together 3rd | - | - | - | - | June 27, 2018 | June 27, 2018 | Lingua Sounda/Victor | 12 | 14 |
The Parade ~30th Anniversary~ | - | - | - | - | September 21, 2018 | September 21, 2018 | Lingua Sounda/Victor | 5 | 6 |
The Day in Question 2017 | - | - | - | - | December 26, 2018 | December 26, 2018 | Lingua Sounda/Victor | 18 | 15 |
Tour No. 0 | - | - | - | - | April 24, 2019 | April 24, 2019 | Lingua Sounda/Victor | 13 | 13 |
Locus Solus no Kemonotachi ロクス・ソルスの獣たち | - | - | - | - | November 20, 2019 | November 20, 2019 | Lingua Sounda/Victor | 7 | 5 |
B-T Live Product -Ariola Years- | - | - | - | - | - | March 18, 2020 | Ariola Japan | - | 18 |
Tour 2020 Abracadabra on Screen / Abracadabra Live on the Net | - | - | - | - | August 18, 2021 | August 18, 2021 | Lingua Sounda/Victor | 5 | 11 |
Abracadabra The Day in Question 2020 | - | - | - | - | December 29, 2021 | December 29, 2021 | Lingua Sounda/Victor | 4 | 10 |
Misemonogoya ga Kurete Kara ~Show After Dark~ 魅世物小屋が暮れてから〜SHOW AFTER DARK〜 | - | - | - | - | March 7, 2022 | March 7, 2022 | Lingua Sounda/Victor | 6 | 8 |
Misemonogoya ga Kurete Kara ~Show After Dark~ in Nippon Budokan 魅世物小屋が暮れてから〜SHOW AFTER DARK〜 in 日本武道館 | - | - | - | - | September 21, 2022 | September 21, 2022 | Victor | 7 | 12 |
The Parade -35th Anniversary- | - | - | - | - | September 13, 2023 | September 13, 2023 | Victor | 3 | 4 |
Tour the Best 35th Anniv. Finalo in Budokan | - | - | - | - | December 13, 2023 | December 13, 2023 | Victor | 3 | 2 |
Tour 2023 Izora 0723 Tokyo Garden Theater | - | - | - | - | March 7, 2024 | March 7, 2024 | Victor | 2 | 4 |
Buck-Tick Phenomenon -2023- バクチク現象-2023- | - | - | - | - | August 21, 2024 | August 21, 2024 | Victor | - | - |
Buck-Tick is a Japanese rock band formed in Fujioka, Gunma in 1983. The group consisted of lead vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, lead guitarist Hisashi Imai, rhythm guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino, bassist Yutaka Higuchi and drummer Toll Yagami from 1985 until Sakurai's death in 2023. The band has experimented with many different genres of music throughout their four decade career, including punk rock, gothic rock and industrial rock. Buck-Tick are commonly credited as one of the main founders of the visual kei movement.
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 on January 18, 1989, through Victor Entertainment. 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, selling 298,620 copies in the first year, and at least 300,000 in total.
Aku no Hana is the fifth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on cassette and CD on February 1, 1990, through Victor Entertainment. It peaked at number one on the Oricon charts and is the group's best-selling album to date. It was certified gold in the month of its release, and sold 435,080 copies in the first year of its release. The title comes from Charles Baudelaire's volume of poetry, Les Fleurs du mal.
Six/Nine is the eighth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released in a clear purple case on May 15, 1995, through Victor Entertainment.
Hurry Up Mode is a remix album by Buck-Tick, released on February 8, 1990. It is composed of different versions of every song on their 1987 debut album Hurry Up Mode, except the two CD-exclusive bonus tracks. It reached number one on the Oricon chart, selling 212,430 copies. The album was digitally remastered and re-released on February 19, 2002, with two different bonus tracks. It was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007. "Moon Light" was later re-recorded once again for their 1992 compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe This Is Not Greatest Hits.
BT is the third compilation album by Buck-Tick, released on March 20, 1999. It compiles every single and B-side they released while signed to Victor Entertainment, except the live B-sides of "Die". It also includes a demo version of "Romanesque". It reached number sixteen on the Oricon chart. The album was remastered and re-released on September 5, 2007.
Catalogue 2005 is the sixth compilation album by Buck-Tick, released on December 7, 2005. It is an updated, expanded edition of Catalogue 1987–1995 that was released in 1995. However, it does not contain "M・A・D", "Die" or "Mienai Mono o Miyou to Suru Gokai Subete Gokai da". It reached number fourteen on the Oricon chart.
Kurutta Taiyou 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).
Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits is the first compilation album released by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on cassette and CD on March 21, 1992, through Victor Entertainment. All of the tracks on the compilation were re-recorded and contain different musical arrangements, because of this some argue that it is a studio or remix album. The album was digitally remastered and re-released on September 19, 2002, with a bonus track. It was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007. Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits peaked at number one on the Oricon charts. It was certified gold in April 1992, and has sold 338,000 copies.
Catalogue 1987–1995 is the second compilation album by Buck-Tick, released on December 1, 1995. It compiles every single they released while signed to Victor Entertainment, except "Candy" which was released on May 22, 1996. It reached number eight on the Oricon chart. It was certified gold in the month of its release. The album was remastered and re-released on September 5, 2007, this time including "Candy" as a bonus track.
Razzle Dazzle is the seventeenth album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick, released on October 13, 2010. Graphic artist Aquirax Uno provided the illustrations for the album's cover. The limited edition came with a DVD of music videos and an interview. It reached number six on both the Oricon chart and Billboard Japan, selling 20,384 copies.
Hisashi Imai is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. He has also performed in side-projects such as the duo Schaft with Soft Ballet member Maki Fujii, the supergroup Schwein, and the rock trio Lucy. Imai is known for his visual aesthetics, and Buck-Tick are commonly credited as one of the founders of the visual kei movement.
The discography of the Japanese rock band Luna Sea consists of 10 studio albums, 3 live albums, 3 self cover albums, 10 compilations, 10 instrumental remix albums, 21 singles, and 34 home videos.
Catalogue Victor→Mercury 87–99 is the seventh compilation album by Buck-Tick, released on March 7, 2012. It compiles all of their singles released while signed to Victor Entertainment, from 1988's "Just One More Kiss" to 1999's "Miu". It and Catalogue Ariola 00–10 were released on the same day in celebration of Buck-Tick's 25th anniversary.
Catalogue Ariola 00–10 is the eighth compilation album by Buck-Tick, released on March 7, 2012. It compiles all of their singles released while signed to BMG/Funhouse and Ariola Japan, from 2000's "Glamorous" to 2010's "Kuchizuke". It and Catalogue Victor→Mercury 87–99 were released on the same day in celebration of Buck-Tick's 25th anniversary.
"Just One More Kiss" is the second single by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on October 26, 1988 by Victor Entertainment as the band's major label debut.
Aku no Hana (悪の華) is the third single released by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick, released on January 24, 1990, and labeled with Victor Entertainment.
"Speed" (スピード) is the fourth single released by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released as the first single from the group's sixth studio album, Kurutta Taiyou, on January 21, 1991, through Victor Entertainment. The single was released as an 8 cm CD in a cassette-like sleeve case that featured a re-worked version of the cover to Kurutta Taiyou. "Speed" peaked at number 3 on the Oricon music chart during the third week of 1991. It is band's 3rd best-selling single, with over 180,000 copies sold.
Atom Miraiha No.9 is the twentieth studio album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick released on September 28, 2016. It is the first album released after Lingua Sounda was made a sub-label of Victor, making it their first album since 1996's Cosmos to be released through Victor. Takeshi Ueda of AA= and The Mad Capsule Markets performs as a guest on the track "Pinoa Icchio -Odoru Atom-". The album was 5th on the Oricon weekly chart and 6th on Billboard Japan's album chart.
Face Yourself is the third Japanese and fifth overall studio album by South Korean boy band BTS released on April 4, 2018, through Big Hit, Virgin, Universal Music Japan and Def Jam Recordings. The album contains Japanese versions of songs previously released on the group's second Korean studio album Wings (2016), and the Love Yourself: Her (2017) extended play (EP), as well as three new, original Japanese-language tracks: "Don't Leave Me", "Let Go", and "Crystal Snow". Its debut at number 43 on the Billboard 200 made it the third-highest-charting Japanese album in the history of the chart.