Dahlia (album)

Dahlia
Studio album by X Japan
Released	November 4, 1996
Genre	Progressive metal, Symphonic metal
Length	57:37
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Atlantic
Producer	X Japan
X Japan chronology
Art of Life (1993) Dahlia (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Dahlia is an album released by X Japan on November 4, 1996. It is the band's fifth studio album and is composed largely of ballads, with only a few tracks (i.e. "Scars", the title track, and to some extent "Rusty Nail") retaining the band's heavier musical traits seen on previous releases. Several of the songs achieved the number one position on the Oricon singles chart (namely "Tears", "Longing ~Togireta Melody~", "Rusty Nail", "Dahlia" and "Forever Love").^[2] The last concert of the tour in support for the record was released on VHS and later on DVD, as Dahlia Tour Final 1996. The album peaked at number one and has sold over 412,000 copies to date. It is X Japan's last album to feature new work by guitarist hide due to his death two years after its release.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Dahlia"	Yoshiki	Yoshiki	7:55
2.	"Scars"	hide	hide	5:08
3.	"Longing ~Togireta Melody~" (Longing ～跡切れた Melody～)	Yoshiki	Yoshiki	7:42
4.	"Rusty Nail"	Yoshiki	Yoshiki	5:27
5.	"White Poem I"	Yoshiki	Yoshiki	3:16
6.	"Crucify My Love"	Yoshiki	Yoshiki	4:30
7.	"Tears"	Hitomi Shiratori, Yoshiki	Yoshiki	10:30
8.	"Wriggle"		Heath, Pata	1:24
9.	"Drain"	hide, Toshi	hide	3:22
10.	"Forever Love (Acoustic Version)"	Yoshiki	Yoshiki	7:54

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "X JAPANのシングル売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). oricon.co.jp. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/26180/ranking/cd_single/. Retrieved 2011-10-24.