Image is the second album by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on May 21, 1992. It is their major label debut on MCA Victor and reached number nine on the Oricon chart.
The album was supported by the Image or Real, its three date encore, and After the Image tours for a total of 25 shows and an accumulative audience of 28,500.
The song "Search For Reason" is re-recorded from their 1989 demo "Shade"."Vampire's Talk" was originally titled "Feeling", and "In Mind" was titled "Sinful Song". This recording of "Moon" is a longer, reworked version of the song from their debut album Luna Sea. "Déjàvu" and "Wish" were both re-recorded by the band for the 2000 compilation album Period -the Best Selection-.
Image was remastered and re-released by Universal Music Group on December 19, 2007, it came with a DVD of the promotional video for "Déjàvu".
"Déjàvu" was also covered by Mucc for the 2007 Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.
This album's version of "Moon" was covered by Masami Tsuchiya for the 2007 Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.
"Wish" was covered by Sid for the 2007 Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-.
All lyrics written by Ryuichi, except "Wish" by Ryuichi and J.
Luna SeaVocal: RyuichiGuitar, violin: SugizoGuitar: InoranBass: JDrums, percussion: ShinyaAdditional performersChorus: Yurie Kokubu, Kaoru AkimotoChorus arrangement: Hidekazu TokumitsuProductionProducer and arranger: Luna SeaExecutive producers: Masatoshi Sakanoue (Sweet Child), Seiichiro Ishihara, Takafumi Muraki (Victor Invitation)Supervisor: Hiroyuki IwataDirector: Yoshiyuki Maki, Akira Sekiguchi (Victor Invitation)Recorder, mixer: Masayuki Nakahara (Victor Studio)Additional engineers: Hirokazu Akashi (Victor Studio), Shigetoshi Saito (Victor Studio)Mastering engineer: Hiroshi Kawasaki (Victor Studio)Assistant engineers: Masayuki Oka (Victor Studio), Tomoaki Sato (Victor Vincent), Takashi Kondo (Victor Vincent), Terushi Maruyama (Magnet Studio), Osamu Konishi (Den Music Studio), Akihiro Sano (Studio EGM), Minoru Yasuda (Freedom Studio), Toshio Tanabe (RMC Studio), Shigeru Matsumura (MIT Studio), Satoru Arai (Echo House)Sound effects: Keishi Urata, Tsuyoshi Kon, Kunihiko Tominaga, Manabu Ogasawara, Tsutomu NakayamaSound adviser: Kazutaka MinemoriDrum tuner: Yukihiro SugimotoAdviser: Toshihiro NaraArt direction & graphic design: Sakaguchi Ken FactoryDesign coordinator: Tatsuo SatoPhotography: Bruno DayanHair & make-up: Tetsuya KameyamaStylist: Sayuri ChiharaCostumes: Mikako OhharaCover model: Sakuraku K.Shinya's model: Sayuri IchiyoSugizo's doll: Katan Amano, Ryoichi YoshidaA & R coordinator: Nobuhiro Sonoyama (Sweet Child)Artist management: Yoshiki Okiyama (Sweet Child), Masato Takahashi (Sweet Child), Eriko Murata (Sweet Child)Road crew: Yosuke Narita, Keisuke Takimoto, Jyunzi SakumaOfficial fan club Slave: Orie Murasaki, Naoe TanimotoPersonnel per album's
liner notes.
