Blue Blood (album) 4627087 224887951 2008-07-10T21:18:05Z Twsx 1964288 fixing genre capitalization mistakes per [[Wikipedia:MUSTARD#Capitalization|WP:MUSTARD]] -> [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(capital_letters)#Musical_genres|MOS:CAPS]] + cleanup. {{Infobox Album | Name = Blue Blood | Type = Album | Artist = [[X Japan]] | Cover = 00034421.jpg | Released = [[April 21]], [[1989]] | Recorded = CBS Sony Roppongi Studio, CBS Sony Shinanomachi Studio, Sound City Studio | Genre = [[Heavy metal]], [[power metal]], [[speed Metal]] | Length = 65:18 | Label = [[Ki/oon Records|Ki/oon]] | Producer = X Japan | Reviews = | Last album = ''[[Vanishing Vision]]''<br/>(1988) | This album = ''Blue Blood''<br/>(1989) | Next album = ''[[Jealousy (album)|Jealousy]]''<br/>(1991) }} '''''Blue Blood''''' is an album released by [[X Japan]] on [[April 21]], [[1989]]. It contains re-recordings of tracks from the band's debut album ''[[Vanishing Vision]]'', "Kurenai" and "Unfinished" (both with alternate/expanded lyrics) and leans more towards [[symphonic rock]] than its predecessor ("Rose of Pain" includes portions from [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach's]] "Fugue in G Minor"). Several songs from the record remained mainstays in X Japan's live sets. [[Remaster]]ed editions of ''Blue Blood'' and the album ''[[Jealousy (album)|Jealousy]]'' were released on [[February 14]], [[2007]], each including a bonus CD with instrumental versions of X Japan songs.<ref>{{cite web | title=''Blue Blood Special Edition'' release information | work=cdjapan.co.jp | url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KSCL-1092}}</ref> ==Track listing== {{tracklist | lyrics_credits = yes | music_credits = yes | title1 = Prologue (~ World Anthem) | length1 = 2:38 | lyrics1 = [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki]] | music1 = [[Frank Marino (guitarist)|Frank Marino]] | title2 = Blue Blood | length2 = 5:03 | lyrics2 = Yoshiki | music2 = Yoshiki | title3 = [[Week End (song)|Week End]] | length3 = 6:02 | lyrics3 = Yoshiki | music3 = Yoshiki | title4 = Easy Fight Rambling | length4 = 4:43 | lyrics4 = Hitomi Shiratori, [[Toshi (musician)|Toshi]] | music4 = X Japan | title5 = X | length5 = 6:00 | lyrics5 = Hitomi Shiratori | music5 = Yoshiki | title6 = [[Endless Rain]] | length6 = 6:30 | lyrics6 = Yoshiki | music6 = Yoshiki | title7 = [[Kurenai (song)|Kurenai]] | note7 = {{nihongo2|紅}} | length7 = 6:09 | lyrics7 = Yoshiki | music7 = Yoshiki | title8 = XClamation | length8 = 3:52 | lyrics8 = | music8 = [[Hide (musician)|Hide]], [[Taiji (musician)|Taiji]] | title9 = [[Orgasm (song)|Orgasm]] | note9 = オルガスム | length9 = 2:42 | lyrics9 = Hitomi Shiratori | music9 = Yoshiki | title10 = Celebration | length10 = 4:51 | lyrics10 = Hide | music10 = Hide | title11 = Rose of Pain | length11 = 11:47 | lyrics11 = Yoshiki | music11 = Yoshiki | title12 = Unfinished | length12 = 4:24 | lyrics12 = Yoshiki | music12 = Yoshiki }} ==References== {{reflist}} {{X Japan}} [[Category:1989 albums]] [[Category:X Japan albums]] {{1980s-album-stub}} [[ca:Blue Blood]] [[es:Blue Blood]] [[ko:BLUE BLOOD]] [[it:Blue Blood]] [[nl:Blue Blood]] [[ja:BLUE BLOOD]] [[pt:Blue Blood]] [[sv:Blue Blood]]