X Japan - Art of Life (1993)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "Art of Life" 29:00
X Japan Band Members / Musicians
Vocals: Toshi
Guitar: Pata
Guitar: hide
Bass: Heath
Drums, piano, synthesizer: Yoshiki
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor, strings arrangement, orchestration: Dick Marx
Producer: Yoshiki
Co-producer: Naoshi Tsuda, X
Recording and Mixing engineer: Richard Breen
Strings arrangement, orchestration: Shelly Berg
MIDI programming: Kazuhiko Inada
Art of Life is the 4th studio album by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, released on August 25, 1993, by Atlantic Records. The album consists solely of the 29-minute-long orchestrated title track, which was written and composed by Yoshiki entirely in English and recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It topped the Oricon chart and has sold over 600,000 copies. The album is the band's first after changing their name from simply "X" and the first to feature bassist Heath.
