Lhasa (La'cryma Christi album)

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Lhasa
Studio album by
La'cryma Christi
ReleasedNovember 25, 1998
Genre Rock
Length50:05
Label Polydor
Producer Hajime Okano
La'cryma Christi chronology
Sculpture of Time
(1997)		Lhasa
(1998)		Magic Theatre
(2000)
Singles from Lhasa
  1. "With-you"
    Released: May 8, 1998
  2. "Mirai Kōro"
    Released: August 26, 1998

Lhasa is the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band La'cryma Christi, released on November 25, 1998 by Polydor.

Contents

The singles of the album are “With-you,” song for the television program Sunday Jungle, and “Mirai Kōro” (未来航路), ending theme for the anime Nightwalker , with a different mix. In addition, the title track "Lhasa" was included on the single “In Forest.” [1]

Commercial perfomance and reception

Lhasa was released during a national tour and was produced by Hajime Okano. The magazine CD Journal reviewed the album favorably, citing that the composition and arrangement "gives a deep sense of beauty" and that Lhasa's quality is different from their previous album, Sculpture of Time. [2]

The album peaked at 8th on the Oricon Albums Chart and remained on the chart for eight weeks. It sold 163,970 copies in it first week and was certified platinum by RIAJ for selling over 400,000 copies in total, becoming the best selling album of the band. [3] [4]

Meanwhile, “With-you” and “Mirai Kōro” reached 10th and 3rd place and sold approximately 191,000 and 169,000 copies, respectively, and are the band's best-selling singles. [5] [1] The band DaizyStripper covered “With-you” on the compilation album Crush! -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, released on January 26, 2011, featuring current visual kei bands covering bands that were important to the visual kei movement of the 1990s. [6] Following that, Blu-Billion covered “Mirai Kōro” for the album Crush! 2 -V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, released on November 23, 2011. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mirai Kōro" (未来航路)3:52
2."Tsuki no Mabuta" (月の瞼)4:08
3."With-you"5:15
4."Shy"4:11
5."Lhasa"5:37
6."Green"4:11
7."Pyscho Stalker"3:42
8."Frozen Spring"5:56
9."Tori ni Naruhi" (鳥になる日)5:22
10."Zambara"7:18
Total length:50:05

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "LA'CRYMA CHRISTIのシングル売上TOP17作品". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  2. ↑ "ラクリマ・クリスティー / ラサ [廃盤] - CDJournal". CD Journal (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-01-11.
  3. ↑ "ヴィジュアル系のオリコンまとめ。" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-12-23.{{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2010-12-25 suggested (help)
  4. ↑ "ゴールドディスク認定" (Busque por "Lhasa" no campo "作品名" e selecione "検索".). RIAJ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  5. ↑ "Lhasa | LA'CRYMA CHRISTI". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  6. ↑ "'90s Visual Kei Cover Album". Jame World. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  7. ↑ "Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album". Tokyo Hive. 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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