Arui wa Anarchy (或いはアナーキー, "Or Anarchy") is the nineteenth studio album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on June 4, 2014.[1] It finished 4th on the Oricon weekly chart, and also Billboard Japan, with 18,376 copies sold.[2][3] The album was created with a concept of surrealism and features many references to Dada, Avant-garde, the Cabaret Voltaire and others.[4][5][6] According to Hisashi Imai, the title of the album is actually a subtitle only, the main title is a long blank space, indicating that "it is something that cannot be seen, heard, read, or written. Impossible to pronounce. A thing that is not metaphysical."[7]

Arui wa Anarchy
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 4, 2014
Genre
Length64:17
LabelLingua Sounda/Tokuma Japan
Buck-Tick chronology
Yume Miru Uchuu
(2012)
Arui wa Anarchy
(2014)
Atom Miraiha No.9
(2016)
Singles from Arui wa Anarchy
  1. "Keijijo Ryusei"
    Released: May 14, 2014

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Dada Disco -G J T H B K H T D-"ImaiImai4:36
2."Uchuu Circus" (宇宙サーカス)SakuraiHoshino3:39
3."masQue"SakuraiImai4:09
4."Devil'N Angel"ImaiImai3:49
5."Baudelaire de Nemurenai" (ボードレールで眠れない)ImaiImai4:43
6."Melancholia" (メランコリア)SakuraiImai4:56
7."Phantom Voltaire"SakuraiImai4:19
8."Survival Dance"SakuraiHoshino3:33
9."Satan" (サタン)SakuraiHoshino4:25
10."Not Found"ImaiImai4:34
11."Sekai wa Yami de Michite Iru" (世界は闇で満ちている)ImaiImai5:11
12."Once Upon a Time"ImaiImai4:50
13."Mudai" (無題)SakuraiImai5:35
14."Keijijou Ryuusei -Metaform-" (形而上 流星-metaform-)SakuraiImai5:58
Total length:64:17

Personnel

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Buck-Tick

References

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  1. ^ "Buck-Tick New Album and Tour". barks.jp. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. ^ "2014.6.16付 アルバムTOP20" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-11-06.
  3. ^ "Top Albums Sales 2014/06/11" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  4. ^ "BUCK-TICK Releases Tracklist and Cover Art for New Album". jpopasia.com. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  5. ^ "DISCOGRAPHY – 或いはアナーキー". Buck-Tick website. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  6. ^ "BUCK-TICK / 或いはアナーキー". CDJournal. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  7. ^ "NEW ALBUM             – 或いはアナーキー –" (in Japanese). Hisashi Imai's Official Blog. 2014-05-15.