Arui wa Anarchy
{{Infobox album
| name = Arui wa Anarchy
| type = studio
| artist = Buck-Tick
| cover = Buck_Tick_–_Arui_wa_Anarchy.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 4, 2014
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Neo-psychedelia|dance-rock}}
| length = 64:17
| label = Lingua Sounda/Tokuma Japan
| producer =
| prev_title = Yume Miru Uchuu
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Atom Miraiha No.9
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Arui wa Anarchy
| type = studio
| single1 = Keijijo Ryusei
| single1date = May 14, 2014
}}
}}
{{nihongo|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.{{cite web| title = Buck-Tick New Album and Tour| work = barks.jp| url = http://www.en.barks.jp/news/?id=1000004489| access-date = 2014-04-01| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075436/http://www.en.barks.jp/news/?id=1000004489| archive-date = 2014-04-07| url-status = dead}} It finished 4th on the Oricon weekly chart, and also Billboard Japan, with 18,376 copies sold.{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/140616a.html|title=2014.6.16付 アルバムTOP20|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106014706/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/140616a.html|archivedate=2018-11-06|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2014&month=06&day=16|title=Top Albums Sales 2014/06/11|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|accessdate=2022-06-29}} The album was created with a concept of surrealism and features many references to Dada, Avant-garde, the Cabaret Voltaire and others.{{cite web|title=BUCK-TICK Releases Tracklist and Cover Art for New Album|url=http://www.jpopasia.com/news/buck-tick-releases-tracklist-and-cover-art-for-new-album::16131.html|publisher=jpopasia.com|accessdate=14 May 2014}}{{cite web|title=DISCOGRAPHY – 或いはアナーキー|url=http://buck-tick.com/disco/article/253|publisher=Buck-Tick website|accessdate=14 May 2014}}{{cite web|title=BUCK-TICK / 或いはアナーキー|url=http://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/4114031795|website=CDJournal|accessdate=15 March 2016}} 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."{{cite web|url=http://blog.buck-tick.com/?m=201405|title=NEW ALBUM – 或いはアナーキー –|publisher=Hisashi Imai's Official Blog|date=2014-05-15|language=ja}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Dada Disco -G J T H B K H T D-
| note1 =
| length1 = 4:36
| lyrics1 = Imai
| music1 = Imai
| title2 = Uchuu Circus
| note2 = 宇宙サーカス
| length2 = 3:39
| lyrics2 = Sakurai
| music2 = Hoshino
| title3 = masQue
| note3 =
| length3 = 4:09
| lyrics3 = Sakurai
| music3 = Imai
| title4 = Devil'N Angel
| note4 =
| length4 = 3:49
| lyrics4 = Imai
| music4 = Imai
| title5 = Baudelaire de Nemurenai
| note5 = ボードレールで眠れない
| length5 = 4:43
| lyrics5 = Imai
| music5 = Imai
| title6 = Melancholia
| note6 = メランコリア
| length6 = 4:56
| lyrics6 = Sakurai
| music6 = Imai
| title7 = Phantom Voltaire
| note7 =
| length7 = 4:19
| lyrics7 = Sakurai
| music7 = Imai
| title8 = Survival Dance
| note8 =
| length8 = 3:33
| lyrics8 = Sakurai
| music8 = Hoshino
| title9 = Satan
| note9 = サタン
| length9 = 4:25
| lyrics9 = Sakurai
| music9 = Hoshino
| title10 = Not Found
| note10 =
| length10 = 4:34
| lyrics10 = Imai
| music10 = Imai
| title11 = Sekai wa Yami de Michite Iru
| note11 = 世界は闇で満ちている
| length11 = 5:11
| lyrics11 = Imai
| music11 = Imai
| title12 = Once Upon a Time
| note12 =
| length12 = 4:50
| lyrics12 = Imai
| music12 = Imai
| title13 = Mudai
| note13 = 無題
| length13 = 5:35
| lyrics13 = Sakurai
| music13 = Imai
| title14 = Keijijou Ryuusei -Metaform-
| note14 = 形而上 流星-metaform-
| length14 = 5:58
| lyrics14 = Sakurai
| music14 = Imai
|total_length = 64:17
}}
Personnel
;Buck-Tick
- Atsushi Sakurai – vocals
- Hisashi Imai – guitar
- Hidehiko Hoshino – guitar, keyboards
- Yutaka Higuchi – bass
- Toll Yagami – drums
References
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Category:2010s Japanese-language albums
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