Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-

Darker Than Darkness -Style 93-
Studio album by Buck-Tick
Released	June 23, 1993 September 19, 2002 (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (remaster)
Recorded	February 20-April 30, 1993 at Sound Sky Studio in Tokyo
Genre	Electronic rock, industrial rock, alternative rock
Length	61:56
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Victor
Producer	Hitoshi 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-
"Dress" Released: May 21, 1993 "Die" Released: October 21, 1993 "Dress (Bloody Trinity Mix)" Released: April 2, 2005

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] and has sold 210,000 copies worldwide.^[3] 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.^[4]

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
11.	"D.T.D"	6:42
12.	"Dress" ("Aux Send Mix")	7:41
13.	"Die" (live)	5:25

Personnel

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

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".^[3]

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. "Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
4. "Top 44 Albums from 1989 - 1998". jame-world.com. 2004-05-09. Retrieved 2013-03-08.