Esoteric Romance

Esoteric Romance
Vidoll_esoteric
studio album by ヴィドール
Format	CD
Release Date	2009.03.25
Length	49 minutes
Genre	rock, pop
Label	NIPPON CROWN
Catalog Number	CRCP-40232 (limited) CRCP-40233 (regular)
Price	¥4,200 (limited) ¥3,360 (regular)
Producer	ヴィドール, 白川義久
Chart peak	#44 (2 weeks)

Esoteric Romance is Vidoll's major debut album, also featuring their last two indies singles. The limited edition came with different artwork and a bonus DVD. 尖る愛 had been previously released as a live-only single.

Track listing

1. Cryptic Tokyo - 3:30
   ^{composed by ジュイ, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 白川義久}
2. 舞夢～マイム～ - 3:48
   (Maimu, "Mime")
   ^{composed by ジュイ, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 成田忍}
3. Blue Star - 4:46
   ^{composed by ラメ, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 成田忍}
4. Dying message - 4:11
   ^{composed by シュン, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 白川義久}
5. Puzzle ring - 4:33
   ^{composed by ジュイ, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 成田忍}
6. Cherry - 3:15
   ^{composed by ギル, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 白川義久}
7. Replay button - 4:04
   ^{composed by ラメ, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 白川義久}
8. Built on sand～一握の砂～ - 4:49
   (Ichiaku no suna, "A Handful of Sand")
   ^{composed by シュン, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 白川義久}
9. Love affair - 3:55
   ^{composed by ジュイ, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 白川義久}
10. Dreamboat - 4:16
    ^{composed by ラメ, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 白川義久}
11. 尖る愛 - 3:22
    (Togaru ai, "Sharp Love")
    ^{composed by ラメ, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール}
12. Beautiful Minor - 4:12
    ^{composed by ラメ, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール}

DVD (Limited edition only)

1. 「Cryptic Tokyo」 Video Clip -
   ^{composed by ジュイ, lyrics by ジュイ, arranged by ヴィドール & 白川義久}
2. Special Movie

Lineup

• Vocals, Programming: ジュイ
• Guitar: シュン
• Guitar: ギル
• Bass: ラメ
• Drums, Piano: テロ

Credits

Produced: ヴィドール
Sound Production: 白川義久 (Shirakawa Yoshihisa - M-1,4,6,7,8,9,10), 成田忍 (Narita Shinobu - M-2,3,5)
Recording & Mixing Engineers: Yasuhiko Ohta (M-2,3,4,5,7,9,10), Takashi Yoshiba (M-1,6,8), ueken@mac.com (M-11)
Recording Engineer: Yutaka Hori
Recording & Mixing Studios: Studio Sunshine, Jacaranda Studio, MARUNI STUDIO, Studio448
Drum Tech: Seiya Matoba
Mastered by Takayoshi Manabe (Nippon Crown)

Video Clip 「Cryptic Tokyo」
Director: KATSMORI Co-Produced: Masashi Kaneko (Cocoon)

Director: Motoya Shiraishi (Nippon Crown)
Promoter: Atsushi Tanaka (Nippon Crown)
Sales Promoter: Sumio Asai (Nippon Crown)

A&R: Nobuyuki Hosobuchi (Sword)
Artist Management: Satoshi Uesugi, Chiharu Nagashima (Sword)
F.C. Service: Mina Oshima, Masumi Kawano (Sword)

Art Direction & Design: Quan
Photography: Yosuke Komatsu
Hair & Make-up: A-DO, SAYAKA

Singles extracted

Blue star
2008.07.02

尖る愛
2008.07.06

舞夢～マイム～
2008.12.10

Puzzle ring
2009.02.18