X Japan - Blue Blood (1989)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Double LP release
Side A
1. "Prologue (~ World Anthem)" 2:38
2. "Blue Blood" 5:03
3. "Week End" 6:02
4. "Easy Fight Rambling" 4:43
5. "X" 6:00
Side B
1. "Xclamation" 3:52
2. "Orgasm" (オルガスム) 2:42
3. "Celebration" 4:51
4. "Endless Rain" 6:30
Side C
1. "Kurenai" (紅) 6:09
2. "Rose of Pain" 11:47
3. "Unfinished" 4:24
CD release
1. "Prologue (~ World Anthem)" 2:38
2. "Blue Blood" 5:03
3. "Week End" 6:02
4. "Easy Fight Rambling" 4:43
5. "X" 6:00
6. "Endless Rain" 6:30
7. "Kurenai" (紅) 6:09
8. "Xclamation" 3:52
9. "Orgasm" (オルガスム) 2:42
10. "Celebration" 4:51
11. "Rose of Pain" 11:47
12. "Unfinished" 4:24
Disc 2 2007 Special edition bonus disc
1. "Blue Blood (Instrumental)" 5:04
2. "Week End (Instrumental)" 6:05
3. "X (Instrumental)" 6:02
4. "Endless Rain (Instrumental)" 6:37
5. "Kurenai (Instrumental)" 6:60
6. "Celebration (Instrumental)" 4:52
7. "Rose of Pain (Instrumental)" 11:50
8. "Unfinished (Instrumental)" 4:28
X Japan Band Members / Musicians
Vocals: Toshi
Guitar: Pata
Guitar: hide
Bass: Taiji
Drums, piano: Yoshiki
Chorus on "X": Baki (Gastunk), Haruhiko (Zolge), Act Ishi (God), Ei-chan (Poison Arts), Butaman (Tetsu-Arai), Hara & Seiji (EX-ANS), Harry, Minami & Yuji (Sighs of Love Potion), George, Ken, Jun & Sanpei (Ladies Room)
Chorus on "Orgasm": Baki (Gastunk), Butaman (Tetsu-Arai), Ishiya & Chelsea (Death Side), Montes (Squad), Windy (Crime Hate), Gazelle (Asylum), Hara & Seiji (EX-ANS), George, Ken, Jun & Sanpei (Ladies Room), Tusk, Ken & Seiichi (G-Kill), Koji Yoshida (Band-Yaroze), Mr. Hosoi (Rockin'f), Satoshi, Itoh & Kudo (3rd), Mr. Abe & Okubo (Engineers)
Concertmaster: Great Eida
Conductor, Arranger: Takeshi "Neko" Saitoh
Producer: X
Co-producer, Director: Naoshi Tsuda
Executive producer: Yoshikatsu Inoue
Assistant engineer: Akiko Nakamura, Naoki Yamada, Shigeki Kashii, Takashi Ohkubo
Recorded by: Mitsuyasu Abe, Tetsuhiro Miyajima
Percussion on "Xclamation #1" recorded by: Noritaka Ubukata in Bombay, India
Mixed: Motonari Matsumoto
Mixed, Recorded: Gremlin
Digital Mastering: Mitsukazu "Quincy" Tanaka
Creative director: Shigeo Gotoh
Art direction, Design: Masayoshi Nakajo
Design (inner-card): Takashi Miyagawa
Photographer: Peter Calvin
Blue Blood is the 2nd studio album by Japanese rock band X Japan, then known as simply X. It was released on April 21, 1989, by CBS/Sony as the band's major label debut. Blue Blood sold more than 700,000 copies, reached number 6 on the Oricon chart and stayed on the chart for more than 100 weeks. The album's singles would also reach the top five on the chart. In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan ranked Blue Blood number 15 on their list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".
