Seventh Heaven is the third studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on vinyl, cassette and CD on June 21, 1988, through Victor Entertainment, and has been certified gold by the RIAJ for sales over 100,000 copies. The album 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. The lyrics for "Physical Neurose" mention Gregor Samsa, the main character of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. "...In Heaven...", "Oriental Love Story" and "Victims of Love" were later re-recorded for the group's compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (1992). Seventh Heaven peaked at number three on the Oricon charts, and 1st on the LP chart; it has sold 110,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals Yutaka Higuchi - bass Toll Yagami - drums
Additional performers Ken Morioka - keyboards
Production Buck-Tick - producers Yasuaki "V" Shindoh - engineer, mixing Ken Sakaguchi - graphic design, cover art Hisashi Imai - booklet design Kazuhiro Kitaoka - photography
See also 1988 in Japanese music
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