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Releases: Singles

Aku No Hana

release date: January 24, 1990
company: Victor/Invitation
formats: cassette ?, 5cm CD (VIDL-1)
initial price: ¥930
goodies: first copies of the CD came with a poster; some may have received a sticker

Tracklisting

Aku No Hana (Sakurai/Imai)
Under the Moon Light (Higuchi/Imai)

Credits

Atsushi Sakurai: vocal
Hisashi Imai: guitar
Hidehiko Hoshino: guitar
Yutaka Higuchi: bass
Toll Yagami: drums

all songs arranged by Buck-Tick
produced by Buck-Tick

[this page was last updated on Monday, 24-Mar-2008 18:05:48 PDT]

Notes

Ranked #1 on the singles chart. 220,000 copies sold. This is Buck-Tick's most successful single to date.

A highly anticipated single by the fans; a writer at the time called it the epitome of Buck-Tick songs.

The cover artwork for "Aku No Hana" single and album were essentially the same. It could be because they are of the same title and it is the only album where the song of the same name was made a single. The cover artwork's intention was to resemble Japan in the 1920s.

The title "Aku No Hana" comes from the book of poetry by Frenchman Charles Baudelaire (of whom Atsushi is a great admirer) of the same name ("Les Fleurs du Mal" or in English, "The Flowers of Evil").

A promotional 7" of the single was circulated by the record label.