Released February 10, 1989 La Vie En Rose
(1989) Basilisk
(1990) | Label Danger Crue | |
Genre Alternative rock, hard rock, punk rock | ||
La Vie En Rose is the debut album by Japanese rock band D'erlanger, released on February 10, 1989. It was instantly successful, having to be reissued three times that year alone and with the 1991 release reaching number 25 on the Oricon chart.
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History
The first press sold out by pre-order alone, so another press was made just 11 days later, which had a different cover. That version was reissued one month later on March 21. On December 10, another press was released in two covers; the original and another new one. On April 21, 1991, one more different cover version was released that would become the cover used on all future reissues. La Vie En Rose was remastered, along with their second album Basilisk, and released on April 21, 1995. It, along with the rest of the band's albums, was remastered and released again on April 18, 2007.
The arrangement for all tracks is credited to Cipher, except "1999 -Shy Boy Story-", which is credited to Cipher and Jimmy of 44Magnum. The title track was reworked into "Bara Iro no Jinsei" for D'erlanger's second album Basilisk, which also included an acoustic arrangement of "I Can't Live Without You". "Sadistic Emotion" is a song from Tetsu and Kyo's previous band Saver Tiger, but the lyrics have been rewritten. A version of "Lullaby", titled "Lullaby -1990-", was released as a single in September 1990, it included a ballad version of the song as a b-side. Mucc later covered "La Vie En Rose", featuring Kyo, for their 2006 Cover Parade album. The extended version of "An Aphrodisiac" originally on their 1990 single "Darlin'", and two different versions of "Lullaby", one titled original and another the ballad rendition from "Lullaby -1990-", appear on D'erlanger's 2007 greatest hits album Pandora. Their 2010 self-cover album A Fabulous Thing in Rose includes new re-recordings of "La Vie En Rose" (two versions, one being in English), "An Aphrodisiac" (two versions, one being a trance rock mix), "Lazy Sleazy", and "Sadistic Emotion".
Track listing
All music composed by Cipher, except "Under the Pretense", composed by Cipher, Kyo and Poppo.