Mother (Luna Sea album)

Mother is the fourth album by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on October 26, 1994.[1] It reached number two on the Oricon chart.[2] 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.[3][4] AllMusic called it one of the band's best, along with 1998's Shine.[5]

Mother
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

Overview

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 19, 2007, it came with a DVD of the promotional videos for "Rosier", "True Blue" and "Mother".

Mother and the band's other seven major label studio albums were released on vinyl record for the first time on May 29, 2019.[6]

Covers

"Rosier" was covered by High and Mighty Color for the 2007 Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.[7] 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.[8]

"True Blue" was covered by melodic death metal band Blood Stain Child on their 2005 album Idolator.[9]

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のアルバム売り上げランキング Retrieved April 24, 2011
  3. "Top 44 Albums from 1989 - 1998". jame-world.com. 2004-05-09. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  4. "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.
  5. Eremenko, Alexey. "Shine - Luna Sea" (Review). AllMusic. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  6. "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.
  7. "Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  8. "Crush! 3-90's V-Rock best hit cover LOVE songs-". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  9. "IDOLATOR Blood Stain Child". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
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