Hurry Up Mode

Hurry Up Mode is the debut studio album by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on both vinyl and CD on April 4, 1987 through Taiyo Records with the catalog number LEO 009.[2] The CD version had two bonus tracks, "Vacuum Dream" and "No-No-Boy". It was later remixed and re-released in 1990, excluding the two bonus tracks (see Hurry Up Mode (1990 Mix)).[3] "Moonlight" was later re-recorded again for their 1992 compilation album Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits. The album peaked at number one on the Japanese Indie Albums chart.[4]

Hurry Up Mode
Studio album by Buck-Tick
Released	April 4, 1987
Recorded	May 18, 1986-January 1987 at Yamaha Hiyoshi Center Studio in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
Genre	Punk rock
Length	44:05 50:45 (CD version)
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Taiyo (LEO 009)
Producer	Sawaki and Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick chronology
Hurry Up Mode (1987) Sexual XXXXX! (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hisashi Imai, except where noted.

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prologue" (instrumental, music written by Atsushi Sakurai)	0:41
2.	"Plastic Syndrome Type II" (music written by Sakurai)	3:33
3.	"Hurry Up Mode"	4:09
4.	"Telephone Murder"	3:46
5.	"Fly High"	4:34
6.	"One Night Ballet"	5:07

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moonlight" (lyrics written by Sakurai)	3:49
2.	"For Dangerous Kids"	4:23
3.	"Romanesque"	4:01
4.	"Secret Reaction"	5:03
5.	"Stay Gold"	4:39
Total length:		44:05

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prologue" (music written by Sakurai)	0:41
2.	"Plastic Syndrome Type II" (music written by Sakurai)	3:33
3.	"Hurry Up Mode"	4:09
4.	"Telephone Murder"	3:46
5.	"Fly High"	4:34
6.	"One Night Ballet"	5:07
7.	"Vacuum Dream"	3:16
8.	"No-No-Boy"	3:20
9.	"Moonlight" (lyrics written by Sakurai)	3:49
10.	"For Dangerous Kids"	4:23
11.	"Romanesque"	4:01
12.	"Secret Reaction"	5:03
13.	"Stay Gold"	4:39
Total length:		50:45

Personnel

• Atsushi Sakurai - lead vocals
• Hisashi Imai - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Hidehiko Hoshino - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Yutaka Higuchi - bass
• Toll Yagami - drums

Additional performers

• Kosuzu Yokomachi; Mariko Ohhira - backing vocals
• Hiromi Kokubu - piano

Production

• Sawaki; Buck-Tick - producers
• Masayuki Minato; Nishimura - engineers, mixing
• Tomoyo Tanaka - cover art
• Mamoru Tsukada - photography

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Discography at JaME". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
3. "Hurry Up Mode 1990". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
4. "Hurry Up Mode review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2012-01-28.