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Memento Mori
Studio album by Buck-Tick
Released	February 18, 2009
Recorded	Victor Studio, Prim Sound Studio, Prim Sound Studio Form, Galva Studio, Zak Studio
Genre	Garage rock
Length	67:25
Label	Ariola Japan
Producer	Buck-Tick
Buck-Tick chronology
Tenshi no Revolver (2007) Memento Mori (2009) Razzle Dazzle (2010)
Singles from Memento Mori
"Heaven" Released: December 17, 2008 "Galaxy" Released: January 14, 2009

Memento Mori (Latin for "Remember that you have to die") is the sixteenth album by Japanese rock band Buck-Tick, released on February 18, 2009. The limited edition came with a DVD of the making of the album. It reached number seven on the Oricon chart with 23,410 copies sold.

Memento Mori continued the concept of a straight "band sound", which Buck-Tick began on Tenshi no Revolver. Satoshi Mishiba of Kinniku Shōjo Tai provides piano on "Katte ni Shiyagare" and "Message".

Track listing

Personnel

Buck-Tick

• Atsushi Sakurai – vocals
• Hisashi Imai – guitar, noise, electronics, chorus
• Hidehiko Hoshino – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, chorus
• Yutaka Higuchi – bass
• Toll Yagami – drums

Additional performers

• Kazutoshi Yokoyama – manipulator, keyboard
• Satoshi Mishiba – Hammond organ, piano on tracks 5 & 7
• Yuiko Tsubokura – chorus on track 7

References

1. "Memento Mori". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
2. "BUCK-TICKのアルバム売り上げランキング". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-04-27.
3. "2009.3.2付　アルバムTOP20" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-11-06.
4. "BUCK-TICK、「JAPAN」に14年ぶりのインタビューで登場！櫻井と今井が語る". Rockin'On (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
5. "Interviews #71 - BUCK-TICK" (in Japanese). Space Shower TV. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2018-02-17.

• Buck-Tick albums
• 2009 albums
• 2000s Japanese-language albums
• Ariola Japan albums