''Psyence'' is the second album by Japanese musician hide, released on September 2, 1996. It topped the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified double platinum by the RIAJ for sales over 500,000 copies. The album was re-released on the Japan only format SHM-CD on December 3, 2008.

Overview

Eric Westfall, one of the album's recording and mixing engineers, was told that hide requested to work with him after the musician heard some of Westfall's work and liked the guitar sounds. The version of " Misery" that appears on the album is a remix of the original single. The version of "LEMONed I Scream" heard on the album is different than the one originally included as the B-side to the "Misery" single. Although "Lassie" is listed as "Demo Master Version", no other version of the song has been released.

Commercial performance

''Psyence'' reached the number 1 position on the Oricon Albums Chart. The 2008 re-release reached number 219 on the chart. The album was certified Gold by the RIAJ in September 1996, Platinum in December 1998, and Double Platinum in February 2020 for sales over 500,000.

Track listing

Personnel

Main artist * hide – vocals, guitar, bass (except for tracks 3, 10), arranger, producer Musicians and production * Kazuhiko Inada – programming, engineer * Takashi Kaneuchi – bass on tracks 3, 10 * Satoshi "Joe" Miyawaki (ZIGGY) – drums except tracks 7, 11 * Eiki "Yana" Yanagita ( ZEPPET STORE) – drums on tracks 7, 11 * Eric Westfall – piano, engineer :Personnel per the album's

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Cover versions

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and Zeppet Store respectively, on the 1999 hide tribute album '' Tribute Spirits''. Oblivion Dust performed their version live on May 4, 2008, at the hide memorial summit, with "Flame", "Damage" and "Pose" also covered live earlier that same day by Hurdy Gurdy (Seizi Kimura of Zeppet Store), Ladies Room and

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respectively. "Flame" was covered by

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covered "Damage" for ''Tribute II -Visual Spirits-'', while ''Tribute III -Visual Spirits-'' included a cover of "Genkai Haretsu" by Griever and "Bacteria" by Awoi. Both albums were released on July 3, 2013. Chay and J covered "Flame" for ''Tribute VI -Female Spirits-'' and ''Tribute VII -Rock Spirits-'' respectively. The second album also included

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covering "Genkai Haretsu" and a recording of "Pose" by Cutt. Both albums were released on December 18, 2013. "Bacteria" was covered by SexFriend, a duo consisting of Aina The End from

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and UK from Moroha, for the June 6, 2018 ''Tribute Impulse'' album.

References

{{Authority control 1996 albums Hide (musician) albums