Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits

Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (殺シノ調ベ This is NOT Greatest Hits, "Songs of Murder: This Is Not Greatest Hits") is the first compilation album released by the Japanese rock band Buck-Tick. It was released on cassette and CD on March 21, 1992 through Victor Entertainment.[1] All of the tracks on the compilation were re-recorded and contain different musical arrangements, because of this some argue that it is a studio or remix album. The album was digitally remastered and re-released on September 19, 2002, with a bonus track. It was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007. Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits peaked at number one on the Oricon charts and has sold 340,000 copies worldwide.[2]

Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Buck-Tick
Released	March 21, 1992 September 19, 2002 (digital remaster) September 5, 2007 (remaster)
Recorded	December 1991 – January 1992 at Victor Aoyama Studio in Tokyo
Genre	Punk rock post-punk gothic rock power pop alternative rock industrial rock
Length	71:11
Language	Japanese, English
Label	Victor
Producer	Hitoshi Hiruma and Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick chronology
Kurutta Taiyou (1991) Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits (1992) Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- (1993)

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Atsushi Sakurai, except where noted; all music is composed by Hisashi Imai, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Iconoclasm" (lyrics written by Imai)	3:52
2.	"Aku no Hana" (悪の華; Evil Flower)	4:34
3.	"Do the I Love You" (lyrics written by Imai)	4:18
4.	"Victims of Love"	7:19
5.	"M・A・D"	4:05
6.	"Oriental Love Story"	5:49
7.	"Speed" (スピード)	4:54
8.	"Love Me"	5:13
9.	"Jupiter" (music written by Hidehiko Hoshino)	6:01
10.	"...In Heaven..."	4:12
11.	"Moonlight"	4:23
12.	"Just One More Kiss"	4:25
13.	"Taboo"	5:53
14.	"Hyper Love" (lyrics written by Imai)	5:12
Total length:		71:11

2002 digital remaster bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
15.	"M・A・D" (live from Climax Together on September 11, 1992)	4:54

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

• Kazutoshi Yokoyama – keyboards
• Tadashi Nanba – backing vocals

Production

• Hitoshi Hiruma – producer, recording, mixing
• Buck-Tick – producers
• Takafumi Muraki; Osamu Takagi – executive producers
• Takahiro Uchida; Shigetoshi Naitoh; Yasuaki "V" Shindoh – engineers
• Takashi Aonuma; Shinichi Ishizuka; Yoko Ohta; Fumio Hasegawa; Hisashi Ikeda – assistant engineers
• Ken Sakaguchi – cover art, graphic design
• Kazuhiro Kitaoka – photography

References

1. "Koroshi no Shirabe This Is Not Greatest Hits". jame-world.com. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
2. "Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits review". Buck-Tick Zone.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2012.