Buck-Tick Zone

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Ranked #1 on the Indies album chart.

Please note that I have credited the songs as printed in this release but I disagree with some of the songwriting credits as there has been confusion caused over the years with an inconsistency in the credits. In the liner notes for the original 1987 release, it credits Imai/Sakurai for "Prologue" and Imai/Imai for "Plastic Syndrome Type II". In the 1990 mix, it credits Imai/Sakurai for writing both "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 Sakurai for writing the music for "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 book Buck-Tick, Hisashi says that Atsushi wrote the music for "Plastic Syndrome Type II" and then Hisashi later wrote the lyrics. Hence, I have believe those to be the true songwriting credits until I am informed otherwise from the horse's mouth.

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" was supposedly just some guy walking on the street who they recorded.

This was the first indie release on CD. Buck-Tick agreed to release it on CD as a novelty since few people owned CD players at the time.

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. While the "Just One More Kiss" cassette single does contain instrumental versions of the songs, I am hesistant to note it as a true bonus track as it's not a remix or a new song entirely, merely an instrumental that may be used for karaoke, which is a common practice with Japanese pop music singles.

"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.

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