- Moon (Gackt album)
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Moon Studio album by Gackt Released June 19, 2002 Recorded 2002
(Recording Studio)
One Voice Komazawa R. Studio
Studio Jive
Wonder Station
Sound Atelier
Gajaya StudioGenre Rock, Art rock, Pop rock, Neo-progressive rock, Concept album Length 53:34 Label Nippon Crown Producer Gackt Gackt chronology Rebirth
(2001)Moon
(2002)Crescent
(2003)Singles from Moon - "Another World"
Released: September 5, 2001 - "Wasurenai Kara"
Released: April 24, 2002
Moon is an album released by Gackt on June 19, 2002. Instead of a booklet, the album comes with a printed note by the artist, asking readers to "sense" the record's story, rather than analyzing the lyrics. The booklet was eventually included in the packaging of Moon's 2003 follow-up Crescent. Both albums are conceptually linked, as well as his more recent album Diabolos from the "Moon Saga".
Contents
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Gackt C.
No. Title Length 1. "Noah" 2:14 2. "Lu:na" 3:24 3. "Wasurenai Kara" ("Because I won’t forget") 5:11 4. "Soleil" 3:42 5. "Speed Master" 3:41 6. "Fragrance" 4:36 7. "Death Wish" 5:53 8. "Doomsday" 4:34 9. "Missing" 4:30 10. "Rain" 5:58 11. "Another World" 3:07 12. "Memories" 6:42 Notes
- The song "Lu:na" was used as an opening theme in the anime New Fist of the North Star, for which Gackt provided the voice of the main antagonist Seiji.
- The song "Another World" was used in the Neue Men's commercial.
- The song "Doomsday" was used in a Takano Yuri commercial.
Reception
Moon was met with generally positive reviews. Allmusic gave the album a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, observing that "as far as artificial (read: professional) Japanese music goes, Moon is definitely one monster of a record."[1]
Album credits
Personnel
- Vocals, Piano: Gackt
- Guitar, Violin: You
- Guitar: Yukihiro “chachamaru” Fujimura
- Guitar: Masa
- Effects, Guitar: Nao Kimura
- Bass: Ren
- Drums: Toshiyuki Sugino
- Drums: Ryuichi Nishida
- Bass: Crazy Cool Joe
- Bass: Koichi Terasawa
- Bass: Yoshihito Onda
- Drums: Kota Igarashi
- Violin: Gen Ittetsu
- Keyboards & Orchestra arrangement: Shusei Tsukamoto
Production
- Producer: Gackt
- Associate Produced: Yukihiro “chachamaru” Fujimura
- Executive Producer: Masami Kudo (Nippon Crown), You Harada (Museum Museum)
- Recorded & Mixed & Pro Tools Edited: Motonari Matsumoto
- Assistant Engineer: Yoshitaka Ishigaki (Burnish), Michinori Sato (Burnish), Takanobu Suhiyama (Burnish), Chie Miyasaka (Burnish), Tadashi Yamaguchi (Studio Jive), Shinichi Tokumo (Sound Atelier), Teruaki Ise (Wonder station)
- Recording Coordinator: Maki Iida, Yoshihito Umeki (Burnish)
- Mastering Engineer: Yoichi Aikawa (Rolling Sound Mastering Stuio)
- Management: Musem Museum
Design
- Art direction, Design, Gun Coordinator: Jun Misaki
- Photographer: Kenji Tsukagoshi
References
- ^ Eremenko, Alexey. "Review: Moon". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1384359. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
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