Rebirth (Gackt album)

Rebirth
Studio album by Gackt
Released	April 25, 2001
Recorded	2001 (Recording Studio) Crescent Studio West Side Studio Gajaya Studio (Mastering Studio) Rolling Sound Mastering Studio
Genre	Art rock, neo-prog, alternative rock
Length	49:02
Label	Nippon Crown
Producer	Gackt
Gackt chronology
Mars (2000) Rebirth (2001) Moon (2002)
Singles from Rebirth
"Sekirei ~seki-ray~" Released: March 8, 2000 "Secret Garden" Released: November 16, 2000 "Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto" Released: March 14, 2001

Rebirth is the second full-length studio album released by Japanese solo artist Gackt on April 25, 2001.

Release

The album was released on April 25, 2001, by Nippon Crown. In the initial counting week of May it reached number three on the Oricon charts, with sales of 108,390 copies. In the upcoming week, it was at the number fifteen, with sales of 25,910 copies. It charted for 21 weeks.^[1] In 2001, with sales of 214,220 copies, it was the 100th best selling album of the year, certified Gold by the RIAJ.

Preceding the album release, were released three singles, "Seki-Ray", "Secret Garden" and "Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto". The first single "Seki-Ray" reached number seven on the third counting week of March 2000, with sales of 70,820 copies. In the upcoming two week, it was at number ten, with sales of 16,120. It charted for 6 weeks,^[2] and sold over 108,000 copies. The second single "Secret Garden" reached number ten on the fourth counting week of November 2000, with sales of 50,110 copies. It charted for 5 weeks,^[2] and sold over 83,000 copies. The third single "Kimi ni Tamei Dekiru Koto" reached number six on the fourth counting week of March 2001, with sales of 50,720 copies. In the upcoming three weeks, it was at number thirteen, sixteen and eighteen respectively, with sales of 18,490, and 14,550, and 9,590 copies. It charted for 18 weeks,^[2] and sold over 146,770 copies.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gackt. C. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"4th…"	3:22
2.	"Secret Garden"	4:39
3.	"Maria"	4:20
4.	"Uncontrol"	4:14
5.	"Sekirei ~seki-ray~ (ЯR ver.)" (鶺鴒 ~seki-ray~; "Wagtail ~seki-ray~" (ЯR Ver.))	4:10
6.	"Kalmia"	4:54
7.	"Sayonara" ("Goodbye")	5:20
8.	"Marmalade"	4:08
9.	"Papa lapped a pap lopped"	3:46
10.	"Seven"	4:06
11.	"Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto (ЯR Ver.)" (君のためにできること; "What I can do for you" (ЯR Ver.))	5:10

Notes

• Like "Ares", the intro of Mars, "4th..." is not sung in any actual language. Again, the booklet provides the lyrics.
• "Pappa lapped a pap lopped" was used in the 'Mitsubishi DVD & Navi V7000' cm.

Album credits

Personnel Vocals, Piano: Gackt Guitar, Violin: You Guitar: Masa Effects, Guitar: Nao Kimura Guitar: Yukihiro “chachamaru” Fujimura Bass/Cello: Ren Drums: Toshiyuki Sugino Keyboards programming: Shusei Tsukamoto ”M-5” Strings arrangement, programming: Yohei Shimada Drums: Ryuichi Nishida Drums: Kota Igarashi Violin: Gen Ittetsu Cello: Masami Horisawa ”M-9” Sexy voice: Mai&Akira

Production Producer: Gackt Executive Producer: Masami Kudo (Nippon Crown), You Harada (Museum Museum) Sound Technical Producer: Yukihiro “chachamaru” Fujimura Engineer: Motonari Matsumoto, Kentaro Kikuchi Mastering Engineer: Yoichi Aikawa (Rolling Sound Mastering Stuio) Design Art direction & Design: Jun Misaki Photographer: Kenji Tsukagoshi

References

1. "Gackt albums on Oricon" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
2. "Gackt singles on Oricon" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved November 28, 2012.