Romanesque (EP) explained

Romanesque
Type:	EP
Artist:	Buck-Tick
Cover:	Buck-Tick - Romanesque.jpg
Caption:	Cover of the CD version
Recorded:	December 1987 – January 1988 at Victor Aoyama Studio in Tokyo; Magnet Studio in Tokyo
Length:	16:49 21:49 (CD version)
Language:	Japanese, English
Label:	Victor
Producer:	Buck-Tick
Prev Title:	Sexual XXXXX!
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Seventh Heaven
Next Year:	1988

Romanesque is the debut extended play released by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on 12-inch vinyl, cassette and 8 cm CD (which contains a bonus track)^[1] on March 21, 1988, through Victor Entertainment.^[2] The extended play peaked at number twenty on the Oricon charts^[3] and has sold 40,000 copies worldwide.^[4]

Personnel

• Atsushi Sakurai – lead vocals, SE
• Hisashi Imai – electric guitar
• Hidehiko Hoshino – electric guitar, gut guitar
• Yutaka Higuchi – bass
• Toll Yagami – drums, sampled percussion

Additional performers

• Julie Fowell – backing vocals on "Romanesque (Sensual Pleasures Mix)"
• Yoko Ueno – sampling operator

Production

• Buck-Tick – producers
• Yasuaki "V" Shindoh – engineer, mixing
• Ken Sakaguchi – cover art, graphic design
• Masafumi Sakamoto – photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Romanesque. jame-world.com. 2011-04-12.
2. Web site: Discography at JaME. jame-world.com. 2011-04-12.
3. Web site: BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング. oricon.co.jp. 2011-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120225221728/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/3189/ranking/cd_album/. 2012-02-25. dead. ja.
4. Web site: Romanesque review. Buck-Tick Zone.com. 2012-01-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110619085309/http://calavera.com/btzone/releases/single_romanesque.shtml. June 19, 2011. mdy-all.