| Kisō | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Dir En Grey |
| Cover: | Kisou.jpg |
| Released: | January 30, 2002 |
| Recorded: | 2001 |
| Length: | 69:57 |
| Language: | Japanese, English |
| Label: | Firewall Div./SMEJ |
| Producer: | Dir En Grey |
| Prev Title: | Macabre |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | Vulgar |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
is the third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Dir En Grey. The album was released on January 30, 2002. It has helped them gain popularity across Asia. The first press edition came with an extra booklet of lyrics and the cover booklet came in color, as opposed to the normal release. Unlike their previous two albums, Kisō did not feature extra poems and images per song in the liner notes; rather, the standard booklet came with the band's own English translation of the lyrics, while the extra booklet in the first pressing contained the original Japanese lyrics.
| Peak position | ||
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] | 3 |
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| Year | Single | Chart | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Filth" | Oricon | 4 | |
| 2001 | "Jessica" | Oricon | 9 | |
| 2001 | "Embryo" | Oricon | 6 |