Tenshi no Revolver

Tenshi no Revolver (天使のリボルバー, "Angel's Revolver") is the fifteenth studio album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on September 19, 2007 through BMG Records.[1] The limited edition came with a DVD of the music videos for the singles "Rendezvous" and "Alice in Wonder Underground". Tenshi no Revolver peaked at number five on the Oricon chart[2] and has sold 30,000 copies worldwide.[3] For the album Buck-Tick went for a "band sound," the sound of an ordinary straight rock band.[4]

Tenshi no Revolver
Studio album by Buck-Tick
Released	September 19, 2007
Recorded	April–June 2007 at Victor Studio in Tokyo; Heartbeat Studios in Tokyo; Studio Sound Dali in Tokyo
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	55:41
Language	Japanese, English
Label	BMG Japan
Producer	Hitoshi Hiruma
Buck-Tick chronology
13kai wa Gekkou (2005) Tenshi no Revolver (2007) Memento Mori (2009)
Singles from Tenshi no Revolver
"Rendezvous" Released: June 6, 2007 "Alice in Wonder Underground" Released: August 8, 2007

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Mr. Darkness & Mrs. Moonlight"	Imai		4:29
2.	"Rendezvous" (RENDEZVOUS ～ランデヴー～)			4:45
3.	"Montage" (モンタージュ)	Imai		4:27
4.	"Lily" (リリィ)	Imai		3:41
5.	"La Vie en Rose" (La vie en Rose ～ラヴィアン・ローズ～)		Hidehiko Hoshino	3:59
6.	"Cream Soda"		Hoshino	3:38
7.	"Rain"			5:37
8.	"Beast"			4:12
9.	"Zekkai" (絶界)			3:56
10.	"Snow White"		Hoshino	4:31
11.	"Spider" (スパイダー)			3:35
12.	"Alice in Wonder Underground"	Imai		4:07
13.	"Revolver"			4:51
Total length:				55:41

Personnel

• Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals
• Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Yutaka Higuchi - bass
• Toll Yagami - drums

Additional performers

• Kazutoshi Yokoyama - keyboards
• Katsushige Okazaki - timpani
• Selia - counter tenor on "Mr. Darkness & Mrs. Moonlight" and "Revolver"
• Mio Okamura - violin on "Rain" and "Snow White"

Production

• Hitoshi Hiruma - producer, mixing, recording
• Shigenobu Karube - executive producer
• Kenichi Arai; Mikiro Yamada - engineers
• Yosuke Watanabe; Kiyoko Asai; Seiji Toda - assistant engineers
• Tim Young - mastering
• Ken Sakaguchi - art direction
• Kishin Shinoyama - cover art, photography
• Mitsuaki Koshizuka; Hiroshi Harada - additional photography

References

1. "Tenshi no Revolver". 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. "Tenshi no Revolver review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
4. "Interviews #71 - BUCK-TICK". Space Shower TV. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2018-02-17.