Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-

Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- is the seventh studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on June 23, 1993 through Victor Entertainment.[1] The album peaked at number two on the Oricon chart,[2] became a certified gold seller by July 1993,[3] and subsequently sold 210,000 copies.[4] Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- was digitally remastered and re-released on September 19, 2002, with two bonus tracks. It was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007. "Dress" was remixed and used as the opening theme for the anime Trinity Blood (2005), this version was also released as a single. The album was named one of the top albums from 1989-1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze.[5]

Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-
Studio album by
Buck-Tick
ReleasedJune 23, 1993 (1993-06-23)
September 19, 2002 (2002-09-19) (digital remaster)
September 5, 2007 (2007-09-05) (remaster)
RecordedFebruary 20 (20-02)-April 30, 1993 (1993-04-30) at Sound Sky Studio in Tokyo
Genre
Length61:56
LanguageJapanese, English
LabelVictor
ProducerHitoshi Hiruma and Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick chronology
Kurutta Taiyou
(1991)		 Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-
(1993)		 Six/Nine
(1995)
Singles from Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-
  1. "Dress"
    Released: May 21, 1993
  2. "Die"
    Released: October 21, 1993
  3. "Dress (Bloody Trinity Mix)"
    Released: April 2, 2005

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."Kirameki no Naka de..." (キラメキの中で...)4:41
2."Deep Slow"4:32
3."Yuuwaku" (誘惑; music written by Hidehiko Hoshino)5:58
4."Ao no Sekai" (青の世界)4:57
5."Kamikaze" (神風; lyrics written by Imai)4:45
6."Zero"4:05
7."Dress" (ドレス; music written by Hoshino)6:22
8."Lion"4:31
9."Madman Blues -Minashigo no Yuuutsu-" (Madman Blues -ミナシ児ノ憂鬱-; lyrics written by Imai)5:12
10."Die"4:34
93."D.T.D" (Hidden Track)6:42
Total length:61:56
2002 digital remaster
No.TitleLength
11."D.T.D"6:42
12."Dress" ("Aux Send Mix")7:41
13."Die" (live)5:25

Personnel

Additional performers

  • Rie Hamada - backing vocals on "Dress"
  • Kazutoshi Yokoyama - backing vocals on "Dress" and "Kirameki No Naka De"

Production

  • Hitoshi Hiruma - producer, recording, mixing
  • Buck-Tick - producers
  • Osamu Takagi; Takafumi Muraki - executive producers
  • Shigetoshi Naitoh; Takahiro Uchida - engineer
  • Hirohito Fujishima; Katsumi Moriya - assistant engineers
  • Ken Sakaguchi - cover art, graphic design
  • M. Hasui - photography

Notes
  • On the originally released 1993 CD, after track ten it skips to track #75, titled "Not T Dise", after that the CD skips to track #84, titled "Kirameki no Naka de" and finally after that, it skips to track #93, titled "D-T-D". The names of these hidden bonus tracks were only given in a magazine published at the time. The digital remaster release includes "D-T-D" (credited; lyrics: Sakurai, music: Imai), but not "Not T Dise" or "Kirameki no Naka de".[4]
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References
  1. "Darker Than Darkness -style93-". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  2. "BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング". oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  3. "月次認定作品　認定年月：1993年 7月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  4. "Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  5. "Top 44 Albums from 1989 - 1998". jame-world.com. 2004-05-09. Retrieved 2013-03-08.


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