Album Review
Title:  tenshi no revolver
Artist:  Buck Tick
Release date:  September 19, 2007
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      "Mr. Darkness & Mrs. Moonlight," the first track to Buck Tick's Tenshi no Revolver, is a honky tonk, foot stomping, gospel-esque ode to rendezvous' in the night, because "baby, I love you so much I could die."  Buck Tick kicks up their western musical influences and gives it that Japanese twist by ignoring all taboos about mixing the sounds of '80s pop rock, southern gospel and good old rock n' roll. 

     Part of the charm is Buck Tick's ability to make music that's fun, sexy and dark all at the same time.  Think of '80s era the Cure, but with lyrics that are a dozen times dirtier, heightened by Atsushi's buttery vocals.

     Tenshi no Revolver is refreshing and nostalgic with music that experiments in a classically Buck Tick way, a unique blend of catchy choruses, quirky songs and a disdain for the conventional rules in writing music.  Much like the single released as a precursor, "Alice in Wonder Underground," the album is a dizzying adventure for the "devil, angel and epicurean" in all of us.

Track List

 1. Mr. Darkness & Mrs. Moonlight

 2. RENDEZVOUS

 3. Montage

 4. Lily

 5. La vie en Rose

 6. CREAM SODA

 7. RAIN

 8. BEAST

 9. Zekkai

10. Snow White

11. Spider

12. Alice in Wonder Underground

13. REVOLVER