Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits

Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (殺シノ調ベ This is NOT Greatest Hits, "Songs of Murder: This Is Not Greatest Hits") is the first compilation album released by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on cassette and CD on March 21, 1992, through Victor Entertainment.[1] All of the tracks on the compilation were re-recorded and contain different musical arrangements, because of this some argue that it is a studio or remix album. The album was digitally remastered and re-released on September 19, 2002, with a bonus track. It was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007. Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits peaked at number one on the Oricon charts. It was certified gold in April 1992,[2] and has sold 338,000 copies.[3]

Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 21, 1992 (1992-03-21)
September 19, 2002 (2002-09-19) (digital remaster)
September 5, 2007 (2007-09-05) (remaster)
RecordedDecember 1991 – January 1992 at Victor Aoyama Studio in Tokyo
Genre
Length71:11
LanguageJapanese, English
LabelVictor
ProducerHitoshi Hiruma and Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick chronology
Kurutta Taiyou
(1991)
Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits
(1992)
Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-
(1993)

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted; all music is composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Iconoclasm" (lyrics written by Imai)3:52
2."Aku no Hana" (悪の華; Evil Flower)4:34
3."Do the I Love You" (lyrics written by Imai)4:18
4."Victims of Love"7:19
5."M・A・D"4:05
6."Oriental Love Story"5:49
7."Speed" (スピード)4:54
8."Love Me"5:13
9."Jupiter" (music written by Hidehiko Hoshino)6:01
10."...In Heaven..."4:12
11."Moonlight"4:23
12."Just One More Kiss"4:25
13."Taboo"5:53
14."Hyper Love" (lyrics written by Imai)5:12
Total length:71:11
2002 digital remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."M・A・D" (live from Climax Together on September 11, 1992)4:54

Personnel edit

Additional performers

  • Kazutoshi Yokoyama – keyboards
  • Tadashi Nanba – backing vocals

Production

  • Hitoshi Hiruma – producer, recording, mixing
  • Buck-Tick – producers
  • Takafumi Muraki; Osamu Takagi – executive producers
  • Takahiro Uchida; Shigetoshi Naitoh; Yasuaki "V" Shindoh – engineers
  • Takashi Aonuma; Shinichi Ishizuka; Yoko Ohta; Fumio Hasegawa; Hisashi Ikeda – assistant engineers
  • Ken Sakaguchi – cover art, graphic design
  • Kazuhiro Kitaoka – photography

References edit

  1. ^ "Koroshi no Shirabe This Is Not Greatest Hits". jame-world.com. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  2. ^ "月次認定作品 認定年月:1992年 4月 (Dropdown menu: 1992年 月)" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "Buck-Tickの主な記録 『悪の華』など5作でオリコン週間アルバムランキング1位獲得" [Buck-Tick's main records: Achieved 1st place in the Oricon weekly album rankings with 5 albums including "Aku no Hana"]. Oricon (in Japanese). October 24, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.