9 (Alice Nine album)
2012 album by Alice Nine
9 is the fifth studio album by Japanese visual kei rock band Alice Nine. The album was officially released on February 22, 2012.
9 was released in two formats: a limited edition with an exclusive DVD and a regular edition. The DVD included with the limited edition of the album features a music video for "すべてへ", as well as a multi-angle version of the music video focusing on one of the five members of the band and a making-of documentary for the music video. The album was preceded by three singles: "Blue Flame", released in August 2011, and "Heart of Gold", released in September 2011 and finally Niji no Yuki on 21 December 2011.
After the release, the band embarked on four tours of Japan entitled Alice Nine "Court of '9'" #1-4. So far they have completed the first two of these tours with relative success in all areas of Japan, managing to sell out in many medium-to-large venues nationwide.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Shou. A majority of the tracks were joint-produced by Alice Nine and Hajime Okano, except for Blue Flame and Heart of Gold (Produced by Alice Nine) and Niji no Yuki which was produced by Takamichi Tsugei.
Standard edition
Personnel
Shou – vocals
Hiroto – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Tora – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Saga – bass guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer, programming
Nao – drums
Atsushi Koike – Keyboards & Keyboards Arrangement
Sin – Recording Director
Hitoshi Hiruma – Mix Engineer
Yasuyuki Hara – Mix Engineer, Recording Engineer
Keiji Kondo – Recording Engineer
Masahiro Tamoto – Recording Engineer
Keita Joko – Recording Engineer
Masahiro Abo – Recording Engineer
Tucky – Mastering Engineer (Mastering Studio) – parasight mastering
Koji Yoda (ROKUSHIKI) – Art Direction
Mayumi Hoshino (ROKUSHIKI) – Design
Susumu Miyawaki (PROGRESS-M) – Photography
Masato Hishinuma (DEEP-END) – Styling & Costume
Kaolu Asanuma (DEEP_END) – Hair & Make-up
Fumie Nozawa – Hair & Make-up
Kiyoe Minazawa (TOKUMA JAN COMMUNICATIONS) – Artwork Co-ordination
Tomomi Ozaki (PS-Company Co.
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