Memento Mori (Latin for "Remember that you have to die") is the sixteenth album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick, released on February 18, 2009.[1] The limited edition came with a DVD of the making of the album. It reached number seven on the Oricon chart[2] with 23,410 copies sold.[3]
Memento Mori continued the concept of a straight "band sound",[4] which Buck-Tick began on Tenshi no Revolver.[5] Satoshi Mishiba of Kinniku Shōjo Tai provides piano on "Katte ni Shiyagare" and "Message".
| Title | Lyrics | Music |
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| 1. | "Makka na Yoru -Bloody-" (真っ赤な夜-Bloody-) | Sakurai | Imai | 3:31 |
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| 2. | "Les Enfants Terribles" | Imai | Imai | 3:29 |
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| 3. | "Galaxy" | Sakurai | Imai | 4:21 |
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| 4. | "Umbrella" (アンブレラ) | Imai | Imai | 4:24 |
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| 5. | "Katte ni Shiyagare" (勝手にしやがれ) | Sakurai | Hoshino | 3:15 |
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| 6. | "Coyote" | Sakurai | Imai | 4:34 |
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| 7. | "Message" | Sakurai | Hoshino | 5:13 |
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| 8. | "Memento Mori" | Imai | Imai | 6:00 |
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| 9. | "Jonathan Jet-Coaster" | Sakurai | Imai | 3:57 |
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| 10. | "Suzumebachi" (スズメバチ) | | Imai | 3:57 |
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| 11. | "Lullaby-III" | Sakurai | Imai | 4:13 |
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| 12. | "Motel 13" | Sakurai | Hoshino | 4:14 |
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| 13. | "Serenade -Itoshi no Umbrella-Sweety-" (セレナーデ -愛しのアンブレラ-Sweety-) | Imai | Imai | 5:13 |
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| 14. | "Tenshi wa Dare da" (天使は誰だ) | Imai | Imai | 5:02 |
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| 15. | "Heaven" | Sakurai | Imai | 5:34 |
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| Total length: | 67:25 |
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- Buck-Tick
- Additional performers
- Kazutoshi Yokoyama – manipulator, keyboard
- Satoshi Mishiba – Hammond organ, piano on tracks 5 & 7
- Yuiko Tsubokura – chorus on track 7
