is the fifteenth studio album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on September 19, 2007, through

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. The limited edition came with a DVD of the music videos for the singles "Rendezvous" and "Alice in Wonder Underground". ''Tenshi no Revolver'' peaked at number five on the

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chart with 23,114 copies sold. For the album Buck-Tick went for a "band sound," the sound of an ordinary straight

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band.

Track listing

Personnel

Atsushi Sakurai is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He has been the vocalist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1985, previously being their drummer from 1983. He released the solo album ''Ai no Wakusei'' in 2004 and was also a member of Schwein alongsi ...

- lead vocals *

Hisashi Imai is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is known as lead guitarist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. He has also performed in musical side-projects such as Schaft (1991–1994, 2015), Schwein (2001), and more recently Lucy (2004). Ca ...

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...

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Hidehiko Hoshino , nicknamed "Hide", is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is known as the rhythm guitarist for the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. Life and career Buck-Tick In 1985, when Hide and Yutaka Higuchi graduated from high school they moved to Toky ...

- rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Yutaka Higuchi - bass *

Toll Yagami , known exclusively by his stage name , is a Japanese musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1985. He is the older brother of Yutaka Higuchi, Buck-Tick's bassist. Life and career Toll Yagami dropped out of high s ...

- drums Additional performers * Kazutoshi Yokoyama -

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* Katsushige Okazaki -

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* Selia - counter tenor on "Mr. Darkness & Mrs. Moonlight" and "Revolver" * Mio Okamura -

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on "Rain" and "Snow White" Production * Hitoshi Hiruma - producer, mixing,

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* Shigenobu Karube - executive producer * Kenichi Arai; Mikiro Yamada -

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* Yosuke Watanabe; Kiyoko Asai; Seiji Toda - assistant engineers * Tim Young - mastering * Ken Sakaguchi - art direction * Kishin Shinoyama - cover art, photography * Mitsuaki Koshizuka; Hiroshi Harada - additional photography

References

Buck-Tick albums 2007 albums Bertelsmann Music Group albums Japanese-language albums {{2007-rock-album-stub