Eternal Melody
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| Studio album by Yoshiki | ||||
| Released | April 21, 1993 December 27, 2001 |
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| Recorded | February 1993 Air Studio, London |
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| Genre | Classical | |||
| Length | 75:38 | |||
| Label | Toshiba-EMI, Polydor | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
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| Singles from Blue Blood | ||||
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2001 re-release cover
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Eternal Melody is the first classical studio album by Japanese musician Yoshiki. It was released on April 21, 1993.
In 1991, was released his first album, classical compilation Yoshiki Selection, which included various classical works, and Yoshiki decided to put his band's, X Japan, pre-existing songs into an orchestral context. In 1992, was additionally inspired by Keith Jarrett's album The Köln Concert, and began learning about the Jazz improvisation, as well orchestration.
The album was recorded in February, 1993, at the Air Lyndhurst Hall recording studio in London, owned by English record producer Sir George Martin, and mastered at the Abbey Road Studios. The music was written by Yoshiki, produced by George Martin and co-arranged with Gavin Greenaway and Graham Preskett, while performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Besides including orchestral arrangements of X Japan songs, it contains two new songs, "Overture" and "Amethyst", as well.
It was followed by Eternal Melody II in 2005.
It was released on 21 April 1993, by Toshiba-EMI. In the initial counting week of May, it reached number six on the Oricon charts, with sales of 83,740 copies. In the second week reached number nine, with sales of 31,940 copies, in the third week reached number fourteen, with sales of 15,050 copies, and in the fourth week reached number twenty-five, with sales of 9,030 copies, and charted overall for six weeks. It was again released on December 27, 2001, by Polydor.
On November 3, were released two singles written and co-produced by Yoshiki, "Amethyst" and "Ima wo Dakishimete", with the second being a karaoke adaptation of the second orchestral song from the first single, which wasn't included in the album.
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