Buck-Tick Zone

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Ranked #1 on the Indies album chart.

Please note that I have credited the songs as printed but I disagree with some of the credits. In the liner notes for the 1990 mix, it credits Imai/Sakurai for writing "Prologue" and "Plastic Syndrome Type II". In the official tab book for the 1990 mix, it credits Imai for writing the music for "Prologue" and Imai/Sakurai for writing "Plastic Syndrome Type II". In the discography section of Buck-Tick's official website, it lists both songs as being composed by Sakurai/Imai, causing confusion as to who are the actual songwriters for each. In the "Chaos" disc from Picture Product, the discography credits the song as Imai/Sakurai. In the book Buck-Tick, Hisashi says that Atsushi wrote the music for "Plastic Syndrome Type II" and then Hisashi later wrote the lyrics. All things considered, I believe that "Prologue" was composed as an instrumental by Imai and that "Plastic Syndrome Type II" was lyrics by Imai and music by Sakurai. I will continue to believe the credits as such until a member of Buck-Tick tells me I am wrong (or a high staff member).

Regardless of the songwriting credit debate, this is the only album with a song in which Atsushi wrote all the music (either "Prologue" or "Plastic Syndrome Type II").

The person providing vocals for "Prologue" is an uncredited foreigner. Supposedly they just recorded some guy walking on the street.

The CD contained 2 extra tracks that the LP did not. This is the only Buck-Tick release, besides Romanesque, to have bonus tracks on one format versus another format.

"No-No-Boy" was the second Buck-Tick song Hisashi wrote.

This release is extremely rare and collectable.

This is probably not related but it is worth noting for that around this time in Japan, there was a jewelry campaign whose catch phrase was "stay gold".

It is said that the album was almost named "Koroshi No Shirabe", which is why it is printed on the back of the album. They ended up using that title later for a collection of songs much better suited to the name in my opinion.

Buck-Tick re-recorded the track "Moon Light" for the album Koroshi No Shirabe ~ This is NOT Greatest Hits.