One -one for all- (Fanatic Crisis album) explained

One -one for all-
Type:studio
Artist:Fanatic Crisis
Cover:One -one for all- (Fanatic Crisis album).jpg
Released:March 4, 1998
Length:48:34
Label:For Life
Language:Japanese
Prev Title:Marble
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:The.Lost.Innocent
Next Year:1999

One -one for all- is the second studio album and first major release by Japanese rock band Fanatic Crisis. It was released by the label For Life on March 4, 1998. The first edition was housed in a plastic sleeve, and came with a 52-card deck (featuring the band members) inside of a box.

It was considered one of the best albums from 1989 to 1998 in an edition of the magazine Band Yarouze.[1] The album's singles are "Super Soul", "Sleeper", ending theme of Sunday Jungle television show, and "One -You are the One-", which was theme song for Unbeliveable. In 2019, Tsutomu Ishizuki, Kazuya and Shun reunited as a sub-unit of the band, called Fantastic Circus. All singles from One -one for all- were included on the re-recording and greatest hits album Tenseism released by the trio in March 2023. Additionally, a new music video for "One -You are the One-" was released in February 2023.[2]

Background and release

Fanatic Crisis's popularity began to grow in 1996, when the single "Tsuki no Hana" was distributed by a major label. After another single, this time distributed by Mercury, they got a definitive contract with For Life Records in 1997. "Super Soul" was released in August as their first work produced by a major label. It was followed by "Sleeper" in October and "One -you are the one-" in January. After One -one for all- was released in March, the band started the 1998 Naked Tour.[3]

Critical reception

CD Journal praised the uplifting atmosphere of the album and stated that "hard and flashy songs are conspicuous throughout".[4]

Commercial performance

One -one for all- peaked at 5th position on Oricon Albums Chart, staying on chart for seven weeks and selling an estimated 119,360 copies.[5] It is Fanatic Crisis's highest-charting album, despite being the second best-selling album, behind The.Lost.Innocent.[6] [7]

Both "Super Soul" and "Sleeper" reached 23th position on Oricon Singles Chart and "One -you are the one-" reached 14th position, becoming the band's third best-selling single.[8]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004-05-09 . Top 44 Albums from 1989 - 1998 . 2022-09-30 . JaME . en.
  2. Web site: FANATIC◇CRISIS、FANTASTIC◇CIRCUSによる結成30周年記念リテイクベスト発売決定 全曲トレーラー映像公開 . 2023-02-16 . SPICE . ja.
  3. Web site: 2008-09-12 . FANATIC◇CRISIS . 2023-02-16 . JaME . en.
  4. Web site: ファナティック・クライシス / ワン~ワン・フォー・オール - CDJournal . 2023-08-23 . CD Journal . ja.
  5. Web site: ヴィジュアル系のオリコンまとめ。 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227094334/http://oriconv.seesaa.net/article/158665005.html . 2010-12-27 . ja.
  6. Web site: Fanatic Crisis reviews, music, news . 2023-02-16 . www.sputnikmusic.com . en.
  7. Web site: FANATIC◇CRISISの作品 . 2022-10-04 . Oricon.
  8. Web site: FANATIC◇CRISISのシングル売上TOP20作品 . 2023-02-18 . . ja.