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Blue Blood

LP by X Japan

Released

1989 April 21

Recorded

(CBS/SONY Shinanomachi Studio)
(Sound City Studio)
(CBS/SONY Roppongi Studio)

Genre

J-Rock

Length

65:18

Label

CBS Sony

X Japan chronology

Vanishing Vision
(1988)

Blue Blood
(1989)

Jealousy
(1991)

Blue Blood was the second album, and major label debut of the Japanese music band X Japan. It was released April 21st, 1989 in Japan. It is considered by many to be the best album of the band, including the rock song Week End, speed metal songs Orgasm and Kurenai, symphonic rock song Rose Of Pain (which includes portions from Bach's Fugue in E Minor) and the power ballads Endless Rain and Unfinished. Image File history File linksMetadata 00034421. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... X Japan, or X which was their initial name, was a Japanese Visual kei band, the brainchild of Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Japanese rock is the Japanese form of rock and roll music, often abbreviated to J-Rock or jrock, as J-Pop and jpop are used as an abbreviation of Japanese Pop. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In 1988, CBS Records Group was acquired by Sony Corporation. ... X Japan, or X which was their initial name, was a Japanese Visual kei band, the brainchild of Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). ... Vanishing Vision was the first indie album of the Japanese music band X Japan. ... Jealousy was the third album released by the Japanese band X Japan. ... X Japan, or X which was their initial name, was a Japanese Visual kei band, the brainchild of Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). ...

Credits

Yoshiki (drums and piano)

Toshi (vocals)

hide (guitar)

Pata (gutar)

Taiji (bass)

X Japan

Yoshiki (drums and piano) - Toshi (vocals) - hide (guitar) - Pata (guitar) - Heath (bass) - Taiji (bass)

Albums

Vanishing Vision - Blue Blood - Jealousy - Art of Life - Dahlia

Singles

Scars (1996) | Forever Love (Last Mix) (1997) | The Last Song (1998) | Forever Love (hide Tribute) (1998) | Scars (hide Tribute) (1998) | Forever Love (All Versions) (2001) | Yoshiki is a Japanese musician-superstar. ... Toshi was the lead singer of X Japan from a young age. ... hide with his trademark pink hair Hideto Matsumoto (æ¾æœ¬ ç§€äºº Matsumoto Hideto, December 13, 1964â€“May 2, 1998 in Yokosuka, Japan), or hide (pronounced /ËˆhidÉ›/), was a Visual Kei J-Rock musician. ... Tomoaki Ishizuka, better known as Pata was a guitarist for the legendary japanese rock band X Japan. ... Taiji Sawada (?-) was the bass guitar player of the phenomenal Japanese Visual Band X Japan. ... X Japan, or X which was their initial name, was a Japanese Visual kei band, the brainchild of Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). ... Yoshiki is a Japanese musician-superstar. ... Toshi was the lead singer of X Japan from a young age. ... hide with his trademark pink hair Hideto Matsumoto (æ¾æœ¬ ç§€äºº Matsumoto Hideto, December 13, 1964â€“May 2, 1998 in Yokosuka, Japan), or hide (pronounced /ËˆhidÉ›/), was a Visual Kei J-Rock musician. ... Tomoaki Ishizuka, better known as Pata was a guitarist for the legendary japanese rock band X Japan. ... nickname: heath real name: hiroshi morie date of birth: 22th januari 1968. ... Taiji Sawada (?-) was the bass guitar player of the phenomenal Japanese Visual Band X Japan. ... Vanishing Vision was the first indie album of the Japanese music band X Japan. ... Jealousy was the third album released by the Japanese band X Japan. ... Art of Life was the third album of X Japan which contained only one song of 29 minutes called Art of Life. ... Dahlia was the final album released by the Japanese band X Japan. ... Silent Jealousy is a single released by the legendary rock band X Japan the 11 of september 1991, it contains two songs, one is Silent Jealousy, this version of the sogn is the same as the Jealousy album, the other song is Sadistic Desire, this version is a bit different... Tears is the name of a single by X Japan, the single contains one song Tears. ...

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