Mother (Luna Sea album)

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Mother
Mother album.jpg
Studio album by
Luna Sea
ReleasedOctober 26, 1994
RecordedSound Sky Kawana, Sound Sky Studio, Heart Beat
Genre
Length48:40
LabelMCA Victor
ProducerLuna Sea
Luna Sea chronology
Eden
(1993) 		Mother
(1994) 		Style
(1996)
Singles from Mother
  1. "Rosier"
    Released: July 21, 1994
  2. "True Blue"
    Released: September 21, 1994
  3. "Mother"
    Released: February 22, 1995

Mother is the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on October 26, 1994.[1] It reached number two on the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified Platinum by the RIAJ for sales over 400,000.

Overview[]

Guitarist Sugizo cited "Rosier" as one of the songs wherein he tried to replicate the "psychedelic feel of shoegaze bands" by using effects, "like playing fast with a wah-wah pedal, or using tape-echo and harmonizers. I couldn’t figure out how they did it, so I just made it into my own thing."[2]

The single versions of "Rosier" and "Mother" are slightly different from the album's. The album was remastered and re-released by Universal Music Group on December 5, 2007, it came with a DVD of the promotional videos for "Rosier", "True Blue" and "Mother". This version reached number 195 on the Oricon chart.[3]

Mother and the band's other seven major label studio albums, up to Luv, were released on vinyl record for the first time on May 29, 2019.[4]

Reception[]

Mother reached number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, and charted for 30 weeks.[5] In 1994, it was certified Platinum by the RIAJ for sales over 400,000.[6] The album was named one of the top albums from 1989-1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze and number 49 on Bounce's 2009 list of 54 Standard Japanese Rock Albums.[7][8] AllMusic called it one of the band's best, along with 1998's Shine.[9]

Covers[]

"Rosier" was covered by High and Mighty Color for the 2007 Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.[10] It was later included on their 2008 album Rock Pit. It was also covered by defspiral for Crush! 3 - 90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Love Songs-, which was released on June 27, 2012 and features current visual kei bands covering love songs by visual kei bands of the 90's.[11] Fantôme Iris, a fictional visual kei band from multimedia franchise Argonavis from BanG Dream! covered the song on their first solo live Fantôme Iris 1st LIVE -C'est la vie!-.[12]

"True Blue" was covered by melodic death metal band Blood Stain Child on their 2005 album Idolator.[13]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Luna Sea.

No.TitleLength
1."Loveless" (Originally composed by Sugizo.)5:36
2."Rosier" (Originally composed by J.)5:25
3."Face to Face" (Originally composed by Inoran.)4:45
4."Civilize" (Originally composed by Sugizo.)3:25
5."Genesis of Mind ~Yume no Kanata e~ (GENESIS OF MIND ～夢の彼方へ～, Genesis of Mind ~Beyond the Dream~)" (Originally composed by Sugizo.)8:12
6."Aurora" (Originally composed by Sugizo.)4:44
7."In Future" (Originally composed by J.)4:16
8."Fake" (Originally composed by Inoran.)3:12
9."True Blue" (Originally composed by J.)3:47
10."Mother" (Originally composed by Inoran.)5:18

Personnel[]

Luna Sea
Other
  • Gloria – chorus
  • Nadia Gifford – chorus
  • Daisuke Kikuchi – programming

References[]

  1. ^ "Luna Sea - Mother". discogs.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  2. ^ "Luna Sea rockers Sugizo and Inoran talk life at 25". The Japan Times. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  3. ^ "MOTHER". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  4. ^ "LUNA SEA、結成30周年記念に『IMAGE』から『LUV』までの8作品をアナログレコード化". barks.jp (in Japanese). 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
  5. ^ "ＬＵＮＡ　ＳＥＡのアルバム売り上げランキング". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  6. ^ "Japanese album certifications" (Enter Luna Sea into the アーティスト then select 検索) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  7. ^ "Top 44 Albums from 1989 - 1998". jame-world.com. 2004-05-09. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  8. ^ "日本のロック・スタンダード・アルバム54(2)". Tower Records. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  9. ^ Eremenko, Alexey. "Shine - Luna Sea" (Review). AllMusic. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  10. ^ "Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  11. ^ "Crush! 3-90's V-Rock best hit cover LOVE songs-". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  12. ^ "それは幻想の一夜ーー「Fantôme Iris 1st LIVE -C'est la vie!-」ライブレポート。眷属たちの目に映る，銀の百合咲き乱れし王国". 4gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  13. ^ "IDOLATOR Blood Stain Child". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.

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