Still a Sigure Virgin?

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Still a Sigure Virgin?
Ling StillSigure.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2010 (2010-09-22)
Recorded2010
Genre
Length37:10
Label Sony
Ling Tosite Sigure chronology
Just a Moment
(2009)
Still a Sigure Virgin?
(2010)
I'mperfect
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Still a Sigure Virgin? (stylised as still a Sigure virgin?) is Japanese rock band Ling Tosite Sigure's fourth studio album, released on September 22, 2010. [3] [4]

Contents

Promotion

In late January 2010, the band began a tour, titled after the first track on the album, "I Was Music." The tour spanned 26 dates, lasting until April 17, [5] however did not feature any new songs, other than "I Was Music." [6] The band also held a four date tour in England in May, featuring two performances at The Great Escape festival in Brighton, and two solo dates in London. [7] After the album's release, the band toured with a 13 date tour in Japan, Virgin Killer, from later October until early December. [8]

Several videos were released to music video channels in promotion of the album. In late March, a special studio live session, Superfinal Sadistic Tornado Vibes, was broadcast on Japanese music channel Space Shower, featuring several new songs from the album. [9] Two music videos were produced for the album, "I Was Music" and "Illusion Is Mine." [10] Daisuke Shimada directed "I Was Music," [11] which was shot in a single take. [10] "Illusion Is Mine" was directed by Yasunori Kakegawa. [12]

Band member Pierre Nakano featured on the October 2010 cover of Rhythm & Drums Magazine, while 345 featured simultaneously on the October copy of Bass Magazine. [13]

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Toru "TK" Kitajima. [14]

No.TitleLength
1."I was music"3:09
2."Secret G" (シークレットGShīkuretto Jī)4:10
3."Shandy" (シャンディShandi)4:30
4."this is is this?"4:22
5."a symmetry"4:51
6."eF"4:48
7."Can you kill a secret?"3:08
8."replica"4:09
9."illusion is mine"4:03
Total length:37:10

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Oricon daily albums [15] 1
Oricon weekly albums [16] 1

Reported sales

ChartSales
Oricon physical sales [17] 45,000

Release history

RegionDateFormat
JapanSeptember 22, 2010 [4] CD
October 9, 2010 [18] Rental CD

References

  1. "Still a Sigure Virgin? - Ling Tosite Sigure Reviews". AllMusic .
  2. Eremenko, Alexey. "Still a Sigure Virgin? - Ling Tosite Sigure Reviews". AllMusic .
  3. "Ling tosite sigure - still a Sigure virgin?". Ling tosite sigure official website.
  4. 1 2 "JBOOK: still a Sigure virgin?: 凛として時雨: CD" (in Japanese). JBook. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  5. "凛として時雨、2010年ツアー<I was music>いよいよスタート" (in Japanese). Barks. January 20, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  6. 凛として時雨、さいたまスーパーアリーナで全国ツアーを打ち上げ (in Japanese). Barks. April 19, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  7. "凛として時雨、2010 UKライヴ・レポート" (in Japanese). Barks. May 25, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  8. "凛として時雨、ニューアルバム「still a Sigure virgin?」" (in Japanese). Natalie. July 30, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  9. 凛として時雨×スペシャ企画で新録ライブ映像を満喫 (in Japanese). Natalie. March 19, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  10. 1 2 "凛として時雨、2曲のMUSIC VIDEOをサイトジャック期間限定フルコーラス視聴実施" (in Japanese). Barks. September 19, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  11. "凛として時雨 楽曲名 I was music" (in Japanese). Space Shower. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  12. "凛として時雨 楽曲名 illusion is mine" (in Japanese). Space Shower. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  13. 凛として時雨・ピエール中野&345雑誌表紙に単独登場 (in Japanese). Natalie. September 9, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  14. "凛として時雨 - still a Sigure virgin?". Discogs (in Japanese). 22 September 2010.
  15. "アルバム デイリーランキング-ORICON STYLE ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. September 22, 2010. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  16. 凛として時雨、デビュー5年目でアルバム初首位 (in Japanese). Oricon. September 28, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
  17. "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon . Retrieved 2010-09-28. (subscription only)
  18. "still a Sigure virgin? /凛として時雨". Tsutaya. Retrieved September 24, 2010.