Taboo (Buck-Tick album)

Taboo
Studio album by Buck-Tick
Released	January 18, 1989 (1989-01-18) September 19, 2002 (2002-09-19) (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (2007-09-05) (remaster)
Recorded	August–September 1988 at Master Rock Studios in London, England
Genre	Gothic rock post-punk
Length	42:41
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Victor
Producer	Owen Paul and Buck-Tick[A]
Buck-Tick chronology
Seventh Heaven (1988) Taboo (1989) Aku no Hana (1990)
Singles from Taboo
"Just One More Kiss" Released: October 26, 1988

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 (one is a blank picture disc) on January 18, 1989, through Victor Entertainment.[1] 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,[2] selling 298,620 copies in the first year,[3] and at least 300,000 in total.[4]

Production

The band recorded the album in London in the fall of 1988, the producer was Owen Paul. They also had a gig at the Greyhound Club, which the members of Der Zibet also attended.[5] London made a lasting impression on Buck-Tick, especially Sakurai Atsushi, who felt that the local music scene was more accepting of darker, more serious music than the Japanese one.[5] The album marks a turn in the band's career towards a darker style.[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted; all music is composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Iconoclasm" (lyrics written by Imai)	3:01
2.	"Tokyo"	4:23
3.	"Sex for You"	4:14
4.	"Embryo"	3:59
5.	"J" (lyrics written by Imai)	4:25
6.	"Feast of Demoralization" (lyrics written by Toll Yagami; music written by Hidehiko Hoshino)	4:18
7.	"Angelic Conversation" (lyrics written by Imai)	5:41
8.	"Silent Night"	3:26
9.	"Taboo"	3:59
10.	"Just One More Kiss"	5:03
Total length:		42:41

2002 digital remaster bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Just One More Kiss" (live from Climax Together on September 11, 1992)	5:12
12.	"To-Search[B]" (lyrics written by Imai)	5:01

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, percussion

Additional performers

• Philip Hoeger - keyboards

Production

• Owen Paul - producer
• Buck-Tick - producers[A]
• Will Gosling; Roland Herrington; Mark Dearnley; Junko Yamazaki; Shuuji Yamaguchi - engineers, mixing
• Kenshi Kajiwara - assistant engineer
• Ken Sakaguchi - graphic design, cover art
• Kazuhiro Kitaoka - photography

Notes

1. ^^* The only song that Buck-Tick produced is "Just One More Kiss".
2. ^* Released as the b-side to the "Just One More Kiss" single. Originally released as its own single in 1986.

References

1. "Taboo". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
2. "1989.1.30 アルバムTOP20" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-11.
3. "1989年 アルバム年間TOP100" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
4. "Buck-Tickの主な記録 『悪の華』など5作でオリコン週間アルバムランキング1位獲得" [Buck-Tick's main records: Achieved 1st place in the Oricon weekly album rankings with 5 albums including "Aku no Hana"]. Oricon (in Japanese). 24 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
5. Words by Buck-Tick. Shinko Music Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002. ISBN 4401617266. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
6. "Taboo in Taboo". B=Pass (in Japanese and English) (February). 1989. Retrieved 2022-05-16.