Sexual XXXXX!
Sexual XXXXX! is the second studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was the group's major label debut and was released on vinyl, cassette and CD on November 21, 1987[1][2] through on Victor Entertainment.[3] The album was digitally remastered and re-released on September 19, 2002, with a different cover.[4] Sexual XXXXX! was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007. The songs "Do the I Love You" and "Hyper Love" were later re-recorded for the band's compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (1992). "My Eyes & Your Eyes" was also re-recorded for the b-side to their "Rendezvous" single in 2007. At the time of its release, the album peaked at number 33 on the Oricon charts[5] and as of 2011, has sold 40,000 copies.[6]
Sexual XXXXX! | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 21, 1987 September 19, 2002 (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (remaster) | |||
Recorded | June–October 1987 at Avaco Creative Studio in Tokyo; Star Ship Studio in Osaka; Victor Aoyama Studio in Tokyo | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 42:56 | |||
Language | Japanese, English | |||
Label | Victor | |||
Producer | Buck-Tick | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Hisashi Imai, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Empty Girl" | 3:36 |
2. | "Future for Future" | 3:52 |
3. | "Dream or Truth" | 4:23 |
4. | "Do the I Love You" | 2:56 |
5. | "Illusion" (lyrics written by Atsushi Sakurai) | 6:19 |
6. | "Sexual XXXXX!" (lyrics written by Sakurai) | 3:33 |
7. | "Sissy Boy" | 4:26 |
8. | "Mis-Cast" | 3:35 |
9. | "Hyper Love" | 5:03 |
10. | "My Eyes & Your Eyes" | 4:54 |
Total length: | 42:56 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Romanesque[lower-alpha 1]" (Demo version) | 4:04 |
12. | "Sexual XXXXX!" (live from Climax Together on September 11, 1992; lyrics written by Sakurai) | 3:49 |
Personnel
- Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals
- Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Yutaka Higuchi - bass
- Toll Yagami - drums
Additional performers
- Tsutomu Nakayama - keyboards, backing vocals
- Jun-ichi Tanaka - backing vocals
Production
- Buck-Tick - producers
- Kazumitsu Higuchi; Kazuo Sawaki - executive producers
- Shuuji Yamaguchi - engineer, mixing
- Hideaki Ikeda; Kouki Fukui - assistant engineers
- Katsunori Miyake - graphic design, cover art
- Masanori Kato - photography
Notes
- Originally released on the compilation album BT in 1999.
References
- "Sexual XXXXX! by BUCK-TICK MTV". MTV. 2012-09-05. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- "Discography at JaME". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- "Buck-Tick – Sexual XXXXX! (1987, CD)". Discogs.
- "SEXUAL xxxxx ! (digital remaster)". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- "BUCK-TICKのアルバム売上ランキング ORICON STYLE". 2014-11-15. Archived from the original on 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- "Sexual XXXXX! review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2012-01-29.