Cosmos (Buck-Tick album)

1996 studio album by Buck-Tick

Cosmos

Studio album by

Buck-Tick

Released| 21 June 1996 (1996-06-21)
19 September 2002 (2002-09-19) (digital remaster)
5 September 2007 (2007-09-05) (remaster)
Recorded| March–April 1996 at Sound Sky Kawana in Tokyo; Victor Studio in Tokyo
Genre|

* Electropunk

Length| 49:50
Language| Japanese, English
Label| Victor
Producer| Koniyang and Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick chronology
| Six/Nine
(1995)  | Cosmos
(1996)  | Sexy Stream Liner
(1997)

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Singles from  Cosmos

1. "Candy"
Released: 22 May 1996

Cosmos is the ninth studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. The album was released on June 21, 1996, through Victor Entertainment.[1] It was the group's last album released through Victor and peaked at number six on the Oricon charts.[2] Cosmos has sold 130,000 copies within two weeks.[3] The album 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. The song "Tight Rope" was later re-recorded as the b-side to the group's "Alice in Wonder Underground" single in 2007,[4] and "Sane" was re-recorded in 2012 for their "Elise no Tame ni" single.[5] The album was heavily influenced by electronic music, as the band started gravitating towards cyberpunk music.[6][7]

## Track listing

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

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Maria"| 3:52
2.| "Candy" (キャンディ)| 4:23
3.| "Chocolate" (チョコレート; music written by Hidehiko Hoshino)| 4:05
4.| "Sane"| 4:34
5.| "Tight Rope"| 5:16
6.| "Idol"| 4:58
7.| "Living on the Net" (lyrics written by Imai)| 4:07
8.| "Foolish"| 3:59
9.| "In" (music written by Hoshino)| 4:31
10.| "Ash-ra"| 5:09
11.| "Cosmos"| 5:01
Total length:| 49:50

2002 digital remaster bonus tracksNo.| Title| Length

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12.| "Candy" (single version)| 4:23
13.| "Chocolate" (single version; music written by Hoshino)| 4:05

## Personnel

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* Atsushi Sakurai \- lead vocals
* Hisashi Imai \- lead guitar, backing vocals
* Hidehiko Hoshino \- rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
* Yutaka Higuchi \- bass
* Toll Yagami \- drums

Additional performers

* Kazutoshi Yokoyama - piano, backing vocals

Production

* Koniyang - producer, recording, mixing[A], mastering
* Buck-Tick - producers
* Takafumi Muraki; Naoki Toyoshima - executive producers
* Shinichi Ishizuka - mixing[A]
* Hitoshi Hiruma; Takahiro Uchida - engineers
* Kenichi Araki; Akinori Kaizaki; Hiroshi Tanigawa; Masanobu Murakami; Naoki Ibaraki; Mikiro Yamada - assistant engineers
* Ken Sakaguchi - cover art, graphic design
* Nicci Keller; Alan Solon - photography

## Notes

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1. ^ ^* The only song that Shinichi Ishizuka mixed and that Koniyang did not mix was "Chocolate".

## References

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1. ^ "Cosmos". jame-world.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
2. ^ "BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
3. ^ "1996.7.8付 アルバムTOP20" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
4. ^ "Alice in Wonder Underground (Limited Edition)". JAME. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
5. ^ "BUCK-TICK announces new single, "Elise no Tame ni"". tokyohive.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
6. ^ Words by Buck-Tick. Shinko Music Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002. ISBN 4-401-61726-6. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2022..
7. ^ "Buck-Tick". Allmusic. Retrieved November 8, 2017.

## External links

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* Music video for "Candy" on YouTube

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Buck-Tick

* Hisashi Imai
* Hidehiko Hoshino
* Yutaka Higuchi
* Toll Yagami

* Araki
* Atsushi Sakurai

Studio albums|

* Hurry Up Mode
* Sexual XXXXX!
* Seventh Heaven
* Taboo
* Aku no Hana
* Kurutta Taiyou
* Darker Than Darkness: Style 93
* Six/Nine
* Cosmos
* Sexy Stream Liner
* One Life, One Death
* Kyokutou I Love You
* Mona Lisa Overdrive
* Juusankai wa Gekkou
* Tenshi no Revolver
* Memento Mori
* Razzle Dazzle
* Yume Miru Uchuu
* Arui wa Anarchy
* Atom Miraiha No.9
* No.0
* Abracadabra
* Izora

Singles|

* "To-Search"
* "Just One More Kiss"
* "Aku no Hana"
* "Speed"
* "M・A・D"
* "Jupiter"
* "Dress"
* "Heroin"
* "Sasayaki"
* "Gessekai"
* "Zangai"
* "Gensou no Hana"
* "Romance"
* "Dress (Bloody Trinity Mix)"
* "Kagerou"
* "Rendezvous"
* "Alice in Wonder Underground"
* "Heaven"
* "Galaxy"
* "Dokudanjou Beauty"
* "Kuchizuke"
* "Miss Take: Boku wa Miss Take"
* "Kemonotachi no Yoru/Rondo"
* "Datenshi"

EPs|

* Romanesque
* LTD

Remix albums|

* Hurry Up Mode (1990 Mix)
* Symphonic Buck-Tick in Berlin
* Shapeless

Live albums|

* Sweet Strange Live Disc
* One Life, One Death Cut Up
* At the Night Side

Compilation albums|

* Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits
* Catalogue 1987–1995
* BT
* 97BT99
* Super Value Buck-Tick
* Catalogue 2005
* Catalogue Victor→Mercury 87–99
* Catalogue Ariola 00–10

Tribute albums|

* Parade: Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick
* Parade II: Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick

Videos|

* Akuma to Freud -Devil and Freud- Climax Together

Related articles|

* Discography
* Songs
* Schwein
* Schweinstein
* Son of Schweinstein
* Schaft
* Switchblade
* Switch

* Category

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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