Razzle Dazzle (album) explained

Razzle Dazzle
Type:studio
Artist:Buck-Tick
Cover:Razzle Dazzle (album).jpg
Released:October 13, 2010
Recorded:2010 at Victor Studio, Prim Sound Studio Form, Galva Studio, Hitokuchi-zaka Studios, Sound Studio Dali
Genre:Dance-rock
Length:63:14
Label:Ariola Japan
Producer:Buck-Tick
Prev Title:Memento Mori
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:Catalogue Victor→Mercury 87–99
Next Year:2012

Razzle Dazzle is the seventeenth album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick, released on October 13, 2010.[1] Graphic artist Aquirax Uno provided the illustrations for the album's cover.[2] The limited edition came with a DVD of music videos and an interview. It reached number six on both the Oricon chart and Billboard Japan,[3] [4] selling 20,384 copies.[5]

With Razzle Dazzle, Buck-Tick wanted to go beyond the straight rock "band sound" from their previous two albums.[6] Incorporating elements of dance music,[7] its title was taken from a song in the 2002 American musical film Chicago.[8]

"Dokudanjō Beauty" was used as the second ending theme song for the Japanese airing of Battlestar Galactica.[9] This album version features Lucy, vocalist of the all-female rock band LAZYgunsBRISKY, singing the chorus.[10] The single version of "Kuchizuke" was used as the opening theme for the Shiki anime.[11] The anime also used "Gekka Reijin", as its second ending song.[12]

Personnel

Buck-Tick
Additional performers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Razzle Dazzle. jame-world.com. 2011-04-13.
  2. Web site: Discography information . Buck-tick.com . 2010-10-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110516012653/http://buck-tick.com/info/info.html . 2011-05-16.
  3. Web site: BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング. Oricon. Japanese. 2011-04-27.
  4. Web site: Billboard Japan Top Albums│Charts│Billboard JAPAN. Billboard. Japanese. 2014-04-22.
  5. Web site: 2010.10.25付 アルバムTOP20. https://web.archive.org/web/20181106014827/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/101025a.html. 2018-11-06. ja.
  6. Web site: BUCK-TICK、「JAPAN」に14年ぶりのインタビューで登場!櫻井と今井が語る. Rockin'On. Japanese. 2018-02-17.
  7. Web site: BUCK-TICK @ 渋谷C.C.Lemonホール. Rockin'On. Japanese. 2018-02-17.
  8. Web site: DISCOGRAPHIC BUCK-TICK. Tower Records. Japanese. 2018-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090345/http://tower.jp/article/feature/2012/09/19/b597/b597_03. 2018-02-18.
  9. Web site: BUCK-TICK新曲が人気海外ドラマのエンディングテーマに. Natalie. ja. 2022-06-27.
  10. Web site: LAZYgunsBRISKY interview. jame-world.com. 2011-04-02.
  11. Web site: 死神に与えられし神曲. Rockin'On. 2018-02-17.
  12. Web site: BUCK-TICKが引き続きアニメ「屍鬼」テーマ曲書き下ろし. Natalie. 2010-09-07. ja. 2022-06-27.