No.0

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No.0
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 14, 2018
Genre Industrial rock
Length57:28
LanguageJapanese
Label Lingua Sounda/Victor Entertainment
Producer Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick chronology
Atom Miraiha No.9
(2016)
No.0
(2018)
Abracadabra
(2020)
Singles from No.0
  1. "Babel"
    Released: November 15, 2017
  2. "Moon Sayonara wo Oshiete"
    Released: February 21, 2018

No.0 is the twenty-first studio album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick, released on March 14, 2018 by the label Lingua Sounda, subdivision of the label Victor Entertainment. It peaked 2nd on the Oricon chart, [1] and 5th on Billboard Japan. [2]

Contents

Imai said that this would be a "clean break" from what the band has already done, and its keywords are "minimalism" and "electronic". [3] The album was released in three editions: the regular edition, with 13 tracks, the limited edition A and B, with three bonus video clips, and the limited edition C, an exclusive edition that makes the music video clips available in VR format. [4]

Tracklist

All lyrics are written by Atsushi Sakurai, except tracks 8, 9 and 10 that were written by Hisashi Imai; all music is composed by Hisashi Imai, except track 5, 6 and 7 which were composed by Hidehiko Hoshino [5]

No.TitleLength
1."Reishiki 13-gata "Ai"" (零式13型「愛」)5:40
2."Bishuu LOVE" (美醜LOVE)4:44
3."GUSTAVE"4:53
4."Moon Sayonara wo Oshiete" (Moon さよならを教えて)4:58
5."Barairo Juujidan - Rosen Kreuzer -" (薔薇色十字団 - Rosen Kreuzer -)3:01
6."Salome - femme fatale -" (サロメ - femme fatale -)3:39
7."Ophelia"4:42
8."Hikari no Teikoku" (光の帝国)3:58
9."Nostalgia - Vita Mechanicalis -" (ノスタルジア - ヰタ メカニカリス -)3:01
10."IGNITER"2:37
11."BABEL"5:26
12."Guernica no Yoru" (ゲルニカの夜)5:41
13."Tainai Kaiki" (胎内回帰)5:02
Total length:57:28
Bonus tracks from the limited edition A and B
No.TitleLength
1."Bishuu LOVE (美醜LOVE)" (Music video)4:44
2."IGNITER" (Music video)2:37
3."Ophelia" (Music video)4:32
Bonus tracks from the limited edition C
No.TitleLength
1."Bishuu LOVE (美醜LOVE)" (VR Music video)4:44
2."IGNITER" (VR Music video)2:37
3."Ophelia" (VR Music video)4:32
4."Special VR viewer" 

Personnel

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