Jealousy (X Japan album)
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Jealousy is the third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, then known as simply X. The album was released on July 1, 1991, by Sony, as the band's second major label release. Jealousy is the band's best-selling album, having sold more than one million copies, it topped the Oricon chart and stayed on the chart for 50 weeks. The album's singles would also reach the top three on the chart. It is their last album under the name "X", before changing to "X Japan", and the last to feature Taiji on bass, who would be replaced by Heath.
Overview
After releasing their second album
X left Japan on November 24, 1990, to begin recording Jealousy in Los Angeles.
The band began 1992 with sold-out concerts at the Tokyo Dome on January 5–7, titled
A special edition of Jealousy, that included a second disc of instrumental versions of some songs, was released on February 14, 2007, and reached number 31 on the charts.[7] A remastered version that reached number 241 was released on March 19, 2008.[7]
Composition
Jealousy is X Japan's most diverse in terms of songwriting credits. Besides Yoshiki who composed and wrote four songs, hide composed and wrote the lyrics for "Miscast", "Love Replica" and "Joker", Taiji composed two songs, "Desperate Angel" and "Voiceless Screaming", for which Toshi wrote the lyrics, while Pata contributed his only song in the band's catalogue (excluding Dahlia's "Wriggle" which he wrote with Heath). "Voiceless Screaming" was written during a period when Yoshiki's health condition worsened and they needed more songs. The lyrics express Toshi's feelings about the previous loss of his voice.[8]
The song structure of "
Release
Jealousy was released on July 1, 1991, by major label Sony. In the third counting week of July it reached number one on the
The first single "Silent Jealousy" preceded the album's release. It reached number three on the fourth counting week of September 1991, with sales of 78,360 copies.[13] In the upcoming weeks, it was at number five and nine respectively, with sales of 52,470,[14] and 23,040 copies.[15] It charted for 18 weeks.[16] In 1991, with 234,950 copies sold, it was the 58th best-selling single of the year and was certified Gold by the RIAJ.
In October the single "Standing Sex" was released, though the title song wasn't included on the album. It and "The Last Song" released in 1998, are the band's only two singles not to appear on any of their studio albums. It reached number four on the charts, and charted for 16 weeks.[16] In 1991, with 187,160 copies sold, it was the 87th best-selling single of the year.
The single "Say Anything" was released in December. It reached number three during the second counting week of December 1991, with sales of 78,510 copies.[17] In the upcoming two weeks, it was at number three and eleven respectively, with sales of 65,340,[18] and 39,750 copies.[19] It charted for 25 weeks.[16] In 1992, with 537,790 copies sold, it was the 33rd best-selling single of the year and certified Platinum by the RIAJ.
Reception
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Allmusic | [20] |
Jealousy is generally positively received. Alexey Eremenko, of
Jealousy was named number 7 on
Legacy
"Silent Jealousy" was covered by the Australian metal band Lord as a bonus track on the Japanese version of their 2007 album Ascendence, with vocals performed by Hideaki Niwa.[22] Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica also covered part of the song during one of the concerts on their Japanese tour. It also served as wrestler Chris Jericho's one night entrance song for his return to Japan.
"Miscast" was performed live by
Taiji's band D.T.R reworked "Voiceless Screaming" for the acoustic version of their 1994 debut album, Dirty Trashroad ~ Acoustic, where it was titled simply "Voiceless".[25] Taiji with Heavens also covered it, releasing it for free on their website as "Voiceless Screaming ~from Heavens". Toshi also performed a solo cover of the song at two shows in 2013.
"Say Anything" was covered by the pop group Globe, of which Yoshiki was briefly a member, on their 2002 album Global Trance 2.[26] It was also used as the theme song for the TV drama Lullaby Keiji.
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Es Dur no Piano Sen" (Es Durのピアノ線) | Yoshiki | 1:50 | |
2. | "Silent Jealousy" | Yoshiki | Yoshiki | 7:15 |
3. | "Miscast" | hide | hide | 5:12 |
4. | "Desperate Angel" | Toshi | Taiji | 5:48 |
5. | "White Wind from Mr. Martin ~Pata's Nap~" | Pata | 1:01 | |
6. | "Voiceless Screaming" | Toshi | Taiji | 6:11 |
7. | "Stab Me in the Back" | Hitomi Shiratori[4] | Yoshiki | 3:54 |
8. | "Love Replica" | hide | hide | 4:33 |
9. | "Joker" | hide | hide | 5:12 |
10. | "Say Anything" | Yoshiki | Yoshiki | 8:40 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Silent Jealousy (Instrumental)" | 7:21 |
2. | "Miscast (Instrumental)" | 5:16 |
3. | "Desperate Angel (Instrumental)" | 5:54 |
4. | "Voiceless Screaming (Instrumental)" | 6:18 |
5. | "Stab Me in the Back (Instrumental)" | 3:52 |
6. | "Joker (Instrumental)" | 5:32 |
7. | "Say Anything (Instrumental)" | 8:42 |
Personnel
- X
- Additional musicians
- Synthesizer: Steve Croes
- Harmonica: Stanley Behrens
- Background vocals on "Desperate Angel": Roger Love, Gene Miller, Warren Ham
- Voice: Angel Figueroa, Laura McBroom ("Joker"), Sylviane Le Chevalier ("Love Replica")
- Concertmaster: Bruce Dukov
- Conductor, arranger (strings): David Campbell
- Production
- Producer, arranger: X
- Co-producer: Naoshi Tsuda, Roger Love (vocal)
- Executive producer: Hiroshi Inagaki
- Engineer: Joe Tortorici, Kenji Nakai, Stanley Salters
- Assistant engineer: Bob Lacivita, Dave Levy, Duane Seykora, Gregg McConnell, Jeff Alden, Jeff Rach, Jiro Ogawa, John Paterno, Motonobu Mantani, Scott Jochim, Tracy Chisholm
- Recorded by: Mitsuyasu Abe, Tetsuhiro Miyajima
- Mixed By, Engineer: Bruce Miller, Paul Winger, Rich Breen
- Mixed, Recorded: Gremlin
- Mastered by: Teppei Kasai
- Creative director: Shigeo Gotoh
- Art direction, Design: Hiroshi Ooki
- Front cover concept: Screaming Mad George, Yoshiki
- Mask and make up: Screaming Mad George
- Photographer: Takashi Matsuda, Bruno[1]
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- ^ "X、初期のリマスター再発商品2作が好調!". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. 2007-02-14. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ^ "Jealousy [Limited Edition] [Blu-spec CD2]". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ^ "Oricon Weekly Single Chart for the fourth week of September 1991". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
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- ^ "Oricon Weekly Single Chart for the second week of October 1991". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
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- ^ "Oricon Weekly Single Chart for the second week of December 1991". oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
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