Releases: Albums
Six/Nine
release date: May 15, 1995
re-release date (censored red case): September 21, 1995
company: Victor/Invitation
formats: CD (VICL-654); re-release CD (censored) (VICL-711)
initial price: ¥3000
goodies: promo flats may have been given with the first copies sold; some may have received this poster; the first pressing was in a clear purple case with a bonus sticker and also clear cases were available; then the re-release censored version was available in clear red cases
digital remaster info: September 19, 2002 (VICL-60989; cover image) for ¥2415 (first copies sold included a sticker)
remaster reissue info: September 5, 2007 (VICL-62549; cover image) for ¥2520
Tracklisting
- Loop (Sakurai/Imai/arranged by Buck-Tick, produced by Imai)
- Love Letter (Imai/Imai)
- Kimi No Vanilla (Sakurai/Imai)
- Kodo (Sakurai/Imai)
- Kagiri Naku Nezumi (Sakurai/Imai)
- Rakuen (Inori Negai) (Sakurai/Hoshino)
- Hosoi Sen (Sakurai/Hoshino)
- Somewhere Nowhere (Sakurai/Imai/arranged by Imai & Kazutoshi Yokoyama, produced by Imai)
- Aikawarazu No "Are" No Katamari Ga Nosabaru Hedo No Soko No Fuki Damari (Imai/Imai)
- Detarame Yarou (Sakurai/Imai & Sakurai)
- Misshitsu (Sakurai/Hoshino)
- Kick (Daichi Wo Keru Otoko) (Sakurai/Imai)
- Itoshi No Rock Star (Sakurai/Hoshino)
- Uta (Sakurai/Imai)
- Mienai Mono Wo Miyou To Suru Gokai Subete Gokai Da (Sakurai/Imai)
- Loop Mark II (Imai/arranged by Buck-Tick, produced by Imai)
2002 digital remaster first pressing extra tracks:
- Taiyo Ni Korosareta (live at Omiya Sonic City 1993)
Credits
Atsushi Sakurai: vocals, backing vocals, sax
Hisashi Imai: guitars, noise, vox, backing vocals
Hidehiko Hoshino: guitars, keyboards
Yutaka Higuchi: bass
Toll Yagami: drums, percussion
additional musicians:
Susanne Bramson: backing vocals & arrangement
recorded by Gary Stout at Master Rock Studios
U.K. coordination by Lynne Hobday (Sam U.K.)
Aska Strings: electric & acoustic violin, arrangement
Kazutoshi Yokoyama: keyboards, programming, manipulate
Issay (by the courtesy of BMG Victor): vocal
Ikuo Kakehashi: tabla
all songs arranged by Buck-Tick except where noted
produced by Buck-Tick except where noted
recorded & mixed by: Hitoshi Hiruma
additional engineers: Hirohito Fujishima; Shinichi Ishizuka
assistant engineers: Kenichi Arai; Hiroshi Tanigawa
recorded & mixed at: Sound Sky Studio; Sound Sky Kawana; Sound Atelier; Aobadai Studio; Avaco Studio; Cats Studio; Master Rock Studios; Crescente Studio
mastering edit: Kazushige Yamazaki
director: J. Tanaka
promotor: Naoki Toyoshima; Yoshinari Shimizu
artist management: Shaking Hands, Inc.; Hajime Shimokawa; Tsutomu Kizawa
guitar & bass technician: Kazutaka Minemori
drum technicians & tuner: Mitsuhiro Shiga; Shigeo Azami
executive producers: Takafumi Muraki; Osamu Takagi
art direction & design: Ken Sakaguchi
the origin of the cover visual JERK FACE: Robert Longo
artist photography: M-Hasui
CG operator: Ezima
design: Doi Hiroaki, Hiroaki Saito
styling: Tomoharu Yagi
hair & make-up: Takayuki Tanizaki
coordination: Masahiro Tomioka; Yuichiro Soshi
special thanks: Fernandes, Greco, Ludwig, Hook Up, Bow's Guitar Gallery, Trans World, Shozo Shimura, Kazuyuki Arai, Akio Matsuki (Ishibashi Gakki), Toshihiro Nara, Hurrys Toya, Theory Studio
origin of the cover photo: Study for Jerk Face One, 1984/©courtesy Metro Pictures / Robert Longo / Arranged by Uniphoto Press