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{{Infobox album
| name       = Taboo
| type       = Studio album
| artist     = [[Buck-Tick]]
| cover      = Taboo - BUCK-TICK.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1989|1|18}}<br/>{{Start date|2002|9|19}} <small>(digital remaster)</small><br/>{{Start date|2007|9|5}} <small>(remaster)</small>
| recorded   = August–September 1988 at Master Rock Studios in [[London]], [[England]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Gothic rock]]|[[post-punk]]}}
| length     = 42:41
| language   = [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[English language|English]]
| label      = [[Victor Entertainment|Victor]]
| producer   = [[Owen Paul]] and Buck-Tick<sup id="inlinea" class="reference">[[#notea|[A]]]</sup>
| prev_title = [[Seventh Heaven (Buck-Tick album)|Seventh Heaven]]
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [[Aku no Hana]]
| next_year  = 1990
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Taboo
| type        = Studio
| single1     = [[Just One More Kiss (Buck-Tick song)|Just One More Kiss]]
| single1date = October 26, 1988
}}
}}
'''''Taboo''''' is the fourth studio album by the Japanese [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Buck-Tick]]. It was released on [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], [[Compact Disc|CD]] and as a two-record vinyl set (one is a blank picture disc) on January 18, 1989, through [[Victor Entertainment]].<ref name="Jame">
{{cite web
| title      = Taboo
| work       = jame-world.com
| url        = http://www.jame-world.com/us/items-3943-taboo.html
| access-date = 2011-04-12}}
</ref> ''Taboo'' was digitally remastered and re-released on September 19, 2002, with two bonus tracks. It was remastered and re-released again on September 5, 2007. "Angelic Conversation" was re-recorded as the b-side to the group's single "M・A・D" in 1991. "Just One More Kiss", "Iconoclasm" and "Taboo" were later re-recorded for the compilation album ''[[Koroshi no Shirabe: This Is Not Greatest Hits]]'' (1992). "Iconoclasm" was covered by [[J (musician)|J]] for the Buck-Tick tribute album, ''[[Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick-]]'' (2005). ''Taboo'' peaked at number one on the [[Oricon]] charts,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/890130a.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311010727/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/890130a.html|archivedate=2016-03-11|title=1989.1.30 アルバムTOP20|language=ja}}</ref> selling 298,620 copies in the first year,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1989a.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050446/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1989a.html|archivedate=2016-03-04|title=1989年 アルバム年間TOP100|language=ja}}</ref> and at least 300,000 in total.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 October 2023 |title=Buck-Tickの主な記録 『悪の華』など5作でオリコン週間アルバムランキング1位獲得 |trans-title=Buck-Tick's main records: Achieved 1st place in the Oricon weekly album rankings with 5 albums including "Aku no Hana" |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2299899/full/ |language=ja |work=[[Oricon]] |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>
== Production ==
The band recorded the album in [[London]] in the fall of 1988, the producer was [[Owen Paul]]. They also had a gig at the Greyhound Club, which the members of [[Der Zibet]] also attended.<ref name=words/> London made a lasting impression on Buck-Tick, especially [[Sakurai Atsushi]], who felt that the local music scene was more accepting of darker, more serious music than the Japanese one.<ref name=words>{{cite book|title=Words by Buck-Tick|publisher=Shinko Music Publishing Company, Ltd.|year=2002|isbn=4401617266|url=http://notgreatestsite.net/articles/ta/bt_1994ongakutohitosaissayinterview.html|access-date=2022-05-24|archive-date=2012-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222121654/http://notgreatestsite.net/articles/ta/bt_1994ongakutohitosaissayinterview.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album marks a turn in the band's career towards a darker style.<ref name="bpasstaboo">{{cite journal|url=https://jrockarchiv.es/translations/interviews-articles/1989-02-bpass-buck-tick-taboo/#group|title=Taboo in Taboo|journal=B{{=}}Pass|year=1989|issue=February|language=ja, en|accessdate=2022-05-16}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Atsushi Sakurai]], except where noted
| all_music  = [[Hisashi Imai]], except where noted
| total_length = 42:41
| title1   = Iconoclasm
| note1    = lyrics written by Imai
| length1  = 3:01
| title2   = Tokyo
| length2  = 4:23
| title3   = Sex for You
| length3  = 4:14
| title4   = Embryo
| length4  = 3:59
| title5   = J
| note5    = lyrics written by Imai
| length5  = 4:25
| title6   = Feast of Demoralization
| note6    = lyrics written by [[Toll Yagami]]; music written by [[Hidehiko Hoshino]]
| length6  = 4:18
| title7   = Angelic Conversation
| note7    = lyrics written by Imai
| length7  = 5:41
| title8   = Silent Night
| length8  = 3:26
| title9   = Taboo
| length9  = 3:59
| title10  = Just One More Kiss
| length10 = 5:03
}}
{{track listing
| headline  = 2002 digital remaster bonus tracks
| title11  = Just One More Kiss
| note11   = live from Climax Together on September 11, 1992
| length11 = 5:12
| title12  = To-Search<sup id="inlinec" class="reference">[[#noteb|[B]]]</sup>
| note12   = lyrics written by Imai
| length12 = 5:01
}}
==Personnel==
* [[Atsushi Sakurai]] - [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]]
* [[Hisashi Imai]] - [[lead guitar]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[Hidehiko Hoshino]] - [[rhythm guitar]], [[acoustic guitar]], backing vocals
* [[Yutaka Higuchi (musician)|Yutaka Higuchi]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]]
* [[Toll Yagami]] - [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
'''Additional performers'''
* Philip Hoeger - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
'''Production'''
* [[Owen Paul]] - [[Record producer|producer]]
* Buck-Tick - producers<sup id="inlineb" class="reference">[[#notea|[A]]]</sup>
* Will Gosling; Roland Herrington; Mark Dearnley; Junko Yamazaki; Shuuji Yamaguchi - [[Audio engineering|engineers]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* Kenshi Kajiwara - assistant engineer
* Ken Sakaguchi - graphic design, cover art
* Kazuhiro Kitaoka - photography
==Notes==
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<ol class="references" style="list-style-type:upper-alpha;">
<li id="notea">'''[[#inlinea|^]][[#inlineb|^]]'''* The only song that Buck-Tick produced is "Just One More Kiss".
<li id="noteb">'''[[#inlinec|^]]'''* Released as the b-side to the "Just One More Kiss" single. Originally released as its own single in 1986.
</ol>
{{refend}}
==References==
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