Moon (Gackt album)

Moon
Studio album by Gackt
Released	June 19, 2002
Recorded	2002 (Recording Studio) One Voice Komazawa R. Studio Studio Jive Wonder Station Sound Atelier Gajaya Studio
Genre	Rock, Art rock, Pop rock, Neo-progressive rock, Concept album
Length	53:34
Label	Nippon Crown
Producer	Gackt
Gackt chronology
Rebirth (2001) Moon (2002) Crescent (2003)
Singles from Moon
"Another World" Released: September 5, 2001 "Wasurenai Kara" Released: April 24, 2002

Moon is an album released by Gackt on June 19, 2002. Instead of a booklet, the album comes with a printed note by the artist, asking readers to "sense" the record's story, rather than analyzing the lyrics. The booklet was eventually included in the packaging of Moon's 2003 follow-up Crescent. Both albums are conceptually linked, as well as his more recent album Diabolos from the "Moon Saga".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gackt C. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Noah"	2:14
2.	"Lu:na"	3:24
3.	"Wasurenai Kara" ("Because I won’t forget")	5:11
4.	"Soleil"	3:42
5.	"Speed Master"	3:41
6.	"Fragrance"	4:36
7.	"Death Wish"	5:53
8.	"Doomsday"	4:34
9.	"Missing"	4:30
10.	"Rain"	5:58
11.	"Another World"	3:07
12.	"Memories"	6:42

Notes

• The song "Lu:na" was used as an opening theme in the anime New Fist of the North Star, for which Gackt provided the voice of the main antagonist Seiji.
• The song "Another World" was used in the Neue Men's commercial.
• The song "Doomsday" was used in a Takano Yuri commercial.

Reception

Moon was met with generally positive reviews. Allmusic gave the album a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, observing that "as far as artificial (read: professional) Japanese music goes, Moon is definitely one monster of a record."^[1]

Album credits

Personnel Vocals, Piano: Gackt Guitar, Violin: You Guitar: Yukihiro “chachamaru” Fujimura Guitar: Masa Effects, Guitar: Nao Kimura Bass: Ren Drums: Toshiyuki Sugino Drums: Ryuichi Nishida Bass: Crazy Cool Joe Bass: Koichi Terasawa Bass: Yoshihito Onda Drums: Kota Igarashi Violin: Gen Ittetsu Keyboards & Orchestra arrangement: Shusei Tsukamoto

Production Producer: Gackt Associate Produced: Yukihiro “chachamaru” Fujimura Executive Producer: Masami Kudo (Nippon Crown), You Harada (Museum Museum) Recorded & Mixed & Pro Tools Edited: Motonari Matsumoto Assistant Engineer: Yoshitaka Ishigaki (Burnish), Michinori Sato (Burnish), Takanobu Suhiyama (Burnish), Chie Miyasaka (Burnish), Tadashi Yamaguchi (Studio Jive), Shinichi Tokumo (Sound Atelier), Teruaki Ise (Wonder station) Recording Coordinator: Maki Iida, Yoshihito Umeki (Burnish) Mastering Engineer: Yoichi Aikawa (Rolling Sound Mastering Stuio) Management: Musem Museum Design Art direction, Design, Gun Coordinator: Jun Misaki Photographer: Kenji Tsukagoshi

References

1. ^ Eremenko, Alexey. "Review: Moon". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1384359. Retrieved 2009-12-20.