Luna Sea discography

Luna Sea discography
Luna Sea in Singapore in 2013.
Studio albums10
Live albums3
Compilation albums10
Tribute albums1
Singles21
Video albums34
Remix10
Self cover albums3
Demos3
Various artists compilations5

The discography of the Japanese rock band Luna Sea consists of 10 studio albums, 3 live albums, 3 self cover albums, 10 compilations (including 3 box sets), 10 instrumental remix albums, 21 singles, and 34 home videos.

The band was founded in 1986 by bassist J and rhythm guitarist Inoran, when they were in high school. In 1989 they were joined by lead guitarist and violinist Sugizo, drummer Shinya and vocalist Ryuichi, a lineup that has remained the same. Originally called Lunacy, the band changed their name to Luna Sea upon their first album release in 1991.

Due to their early use of make-up and costumes and their widespread popularity, Luna Sea are considered one of the most successful and influential bands in the visual kei movement. Throughout the mid '90s they used significantly less make-up, and after a one-year break in 1998, came back with a more mainstream alternative rock style and toned down their on-stage attire. When they disbanded in 2000, they left a big mark on the Japanese rock scene. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Luna Sea at number 90 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts.[1] Luna Sea have sold over 10 million certified records in Japan.

Luna Sea achieved their breakthrough success with a sold-out tour in 1991, which helped them get a contract with MCA Victor, and with the release of their second album Image (1992), which peaked at number 9 on the Oricon chart. Following critically acclaimed albums Eden in 1993 (No. 5), Mother in 1994 (No. 2) and Style in 1996 (No. 1), the band switched to Universal in 1998 and released their best-selling studio album, the number one Shine. In late 2000, after their seventh studio album Lunacy (No. 3), Luna Sea disbanded. In 2007 and 2008 they reunited for one-date shows, and in 2010 officially restarted activities. Their first new studio album in thirteen years, A Will (No.3), was released in 2013. Their ninth album, Luv (No. 4), followed four years later in 2017. At the end of 2019, Cross peaked at number 3 on the Oricon, but became their first to top Billboard Japan.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title
(information)
 Peak Position
 Sales
(Japan)
 RIAJ certification
(sales thresholds)
Oricon[2][3] Billboard Japan TWN
1991 Luna Sea
  • Released: April 21, 1991
  • Label: Extasy
 － － － 30,000+[4]
  • －
1992 Image 9 － － 400,000
1993 Eden
  • Released: April 21, 1993
  • Label: MCA Victor
 5 － － 400,000
1994 Mother
  • Released: October 26, 1994
  • Label: MCA Victor
 2 － － 712,000
1996 Style
  • Released: April 22, 1996
  • Label: MCA Victor
 1 － － 724,000
1998 Shine 1 － － 1,125,000
2000 Lunacy
  • Released: July 12, 2000
  • Label: Universal
 3 － － 284,000
  • －
2013 A Will
  • Released: December 11, 2013
  • Label: Universal
 3 3[6] － －
  • －
2017 Luv
  • Released: December 20, 2017
  • Label: Universal
 4 4[7] － －
  • －
2019 Cross
  • Released: December 18, 2019
  • Label: Universal
 3 1[8] 1[9] －
  • －

Self cover albums

Year Title
(information)
 Peak Position
Sales
(Japan)
 RIAJ certification
(sales thresholds)
Oricon[3] Billboard Japan
2011 Luna Sea
  • Released: March 16, 2011
  • Label: HPQ/Avex
 6 7[10] 35,000 －
2023 Mother 4 5[11] 15,293 －
Style
  • Released: November 29, 2023
  • Label: Avex Trax
 6 6[11] 14,942 －

Live albums

Year Title
(information)
 Oricon
 Sales
(Japan)
 RIAJ certification
(sales thresholds)
Weekly[2][3] Yearly
1999 Never Sold Out
  • Released: May 29, 1999
  • Label: Universal
 5 80 288,000
2011 Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles
  • Released: December 4, 2010
  • Label: HPQ/Avex
 15 － 6,000
  • －
2014 Never Sold Out 2
  • Released: May 28, 2014
  • Label: Universal
 14 － －
  • －

Compilation albums

Year Title
(information)
 Oricon
 Sales
(Japan)
 RIAJ certification
(sales thresholds)
Weekly[2][3] Yearly
1997 Singles
  • Released: December 17, 1997
  • Label: Universal
 1 20 1,236,000
  • Triple Platinum[5]
2000 Period -the Best Selection-
  • Released: December 23, 2000
  • Label: Universal
 1 53
(2001) 		400,000
2002 Another Side of Singles II
  • Released: March 6, 2002
  • Label: Universal
 30 － 17,000
  • －
2003 Complete Single Box
  • Released: December 23, 2003
  • Label: Universal
 － － －
  • －
2004 Complete Album Box
  • Released: May 29, 2004
  • Label: Universal
 212 － －
  • －
2005 Slow
  • Released: March 23, 2005
  • Label: Universal
 63 － 8,000
  • －
2008 Complete Best
  • Released: March 26, 2008
  • Label: Universal
 11 － 20,000
  • －
2011 Premium Box
  • Released: March 16, 2011
  • Label: Avex Trax
 － － －
  • －
2013 Complete Best -Asia Limited Edition-
  • Released: March 27, 2013
  • Label: Avex Trax
 47 － －
  • －
2014 25th Anniversary Ultimate Best -The One-
  • Released: May 28, 2014
  • Label: Universal
 17 － －
  • －

Tribute album

Year Title
(information)
 Oricon
 Sales
(Japan)
 RIAJ certification
(sales thresholds)
Weekly Yearly
2007 Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth-
  • Released: December 19, 2007
  • Label: Avex Trax
 33[12] － － －

Remix albums

Title Release date Label
Symphonic Luna Sea June 22, 1994 Victor
Symphonic Luna Sea II September 21, 1995 Victor
Guitar Solo Instruments 1 December 19, 2001 Universal
Guitar Solo Instruments 2 December 19, 2001 Universal
Piano Solo Instruments 1 December 19, 2001 Universal
Piano Solo Instruments 2 December 19, 2001 Universal
Piano Solo Instruments 3 December 19, 2001 Universal
Piano Solo Instruments 4 December 19, 2001 Universal
Symphonic Luna Sea -Reboot- November 26, 2014 Nippon Columbia
Piano Anthology ~Melody of Luna Sea~ August 31, 2016 Being Inc.

Singles

Year Title
(information) 		Oricon
 Billboard Japan
Hot 100 		Sales
(Japan) 		RIAJ certification
(sales thresholds) 		Album
Weekly[13][14] Yearly
1993 "Believe"
  • Release: February 24, 1993
  • Label: MCA Victor
 11 — — 200,000 Gold[5] Eden
"In My Dream (With Shiver)"
  • Release: July 21, 1993
  • Label: MCA Victor
 9 — — 102,920 —
1994 "Rosier"
  • Release: July 21, 1994
  • Label: MCA Victor
 3 80 — 400,000 Platinum[5] Mother
"True Blue"
  • Release: September 21, 1994
  • Label: MCA Victor
 1 65 — 420,490 Platinum[5]
1995 "Mother"
  • Release: February 22, 1995
  • Label: MCA Victor
 5 — — 243,290 —
"Desire"
  • Release: November 13, 1995
  • Label: MCA Victor
 1 — — 588,370 — Style
1996 "End of Sorrow"
  • Release: March 25, 1996
  • Label: MCA Victor
 1 70 — 419,360 Platinum[5]
"In Silence"
  • Release: July 15, 1996
  • Label: MCA Victor
 2 — — 285,510 Gold[5]
1998 "Storm"
  • Release: April 15, 1998
  • Label: Universal
 1 29 — 720,370 Platinum[5] Shine
"Shine"
  • Release: June 3, 1998
  • Label: Universal
 1 59 — 415,820 Platinum[5]
"I for You"
  • Release: July 1, 1998
  • Label: Universal
 2 49 — 481,390 Platinum[5]
2000 "Gravity"
  • Release: March 29, 2000
  • Label: Universal
 1 — — 282,720 Gold[5] Lunacy
"Tonight"
  • Release: May 17, 2000
  • Label: Universal
 4 — — 211,460 —
"Love Song"
  • Release: November 8, 2000
  • Label: Universal
 4 — — 178,980 —
2012 "The One -Crash to Create-"
  • Release: March 21, 2012
  • Label: HPQ/Avex
 5 — 23[15] 30,000 —
"The End of the Dream/Rouge"
  • Release: December 12, 2012
  • Label: Universal
 6 — 7[16] 22,500 — A Will
2013 "Thoughts"
  • Release: August 28, 2013
  • Label: Universal
 7 — 14[17] 16,682 —
"Ran" (乱, alternately "Run")
  • Release: November 13, 2013
  • Label: Universal
 17 — 24[18] — —
2016 "Limit"
  • Release: June 22, 2016
  • Label: Universal
 14 — 19[19] — — Luv
2019 "Sora no Uta ~Higher and Higher~/Hisōbi"
(宇宙の詩 ～Higher and Higher～/悲壮美)
  • Release: May 29, 2019
  • Label: Universal
 7 — 20[20] 14,754[21] — Cross
2020 "The Beyond"
  • Release: April 29, 2020 (limited)
  • Label: Universal
 1[22] — — 6,000[23] —

Various artists compilations

Title Song Release date Label
Nuclear Fusion Tour "Precious" March 10, 1991 Extasy[24]
Mulan "Breathe (Special Version)" June 2, 1998 Walt Disney
Tribute Spirits "Scanner" May 1, 1999 Pony Canyon
The World Is Not Enough "Sweetest Coma Again" January 19, 2000 Radioactive/MCA
Another Heaven Complex - Score "Gravity on the Edge of the World" April 28, 2000 Universal[25]

Videos

Title VHS release date LD release date DVD release date Blu-ray release date Label Oricon DVD
[26][27] 		Oricon Blu-ray
[28]
Image or Real July 22, 1992 July 22, 1992 May 29, 2002 － MCA Victor, Universal 46 －
Sin After Sin December 16, 1993 December 16, 1991 May 22, 2002 － MCA Victor, Universal 50 －
Eclipse I May 24, 1995 May 24, 1995 － － MCA Victor － －
Lunatic Tokyo 1995.12.23 Tokyo Dome July 15, 1996 July 15, 1996 May 30, 2002 － MCA Victor, Universal 39 －
Rew May 21, 1997 May 21, 1997 May 29, 2002 － MCA Victor, Universal 44 －
10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ Live! September 29, 1999 － May 30, 2010 － Universal 19 －
10th Anniversary Gig [Never Sold Out] Capacity ∞ Document! September 29, 1999 － － － Universal － －
Slave Gentei Gig 2000 (SLAVE限定GIG 2000) － August 2000 (fan club-exclusive) August 2000 (fan club-exclusive) － Universal － －
The Final Act Tokyo Dome － － May 29, 2001 － Universal 5 －
Eclipse II November 28, 2001 － － － Universal － －
Eclipse I+II － － November 28, 2001 － Universal 11 －
Mafuyu no Yagai (真冬の野外) － － May 29, 2003 － Universal 10 －
Manatsu no Yagai (真夏の野外) － － May 29, 2003 － Universal 13 －
God Bless You ~One Night Dejavu~ Tokyo Dome 2007.12.24 － － March 26, 2008 December 24, 2008 Avex Trax 3 －
Mafuyu no Yagai & Manatsu no Yagai (真冬の野外&真夏の野外) － － May 30, 2010 － Universal 90 －
First Asian Tour 1999 in Hong Kong － － December 15, 2010 － Universal 36 －
Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos Act II in Taipei － － December 15, 2010 － Universal 32 －
Luna Sea A Documentary Film of 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- － － March 30, 2011 － Avex Trax 10 －
Luna Sea 20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot -to the New Moon- 24th December, 2010 at Tokyo Dome － － March 30, 2011 March 30, 2011 Avex Trax 8 －
Lunacy Kurofuku Gentei Gig ~the Holy Night~ (LUNACY 黒服限定GIG 〜the Holy Night〜) － － March 30, 2011 March 30, 2011 Avex Trax 9 －
God Bless You Document Ichiya Kagiri no Fukkatsu Live Luna Sea Chinmoku no 7 Nen wo Koete (GOD BLESS YOU DOCUMENT 一夜限りの復活ライブ LUNA SEA沈黙の7年を超えて) － － October 19, 2011 June 20, 2012 Avex Trax 13 85
Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles － － February 22, 2012 February 22, 2012 Avex Trax 67 48
Luna Sea For Japan A Promise to the Brave － － March 28, 2012 March 28, 2012 Avex Trax 24 12
Luna Sea Concert Tour 2000 Brand New Chaos ~20000803 Osaka-jō Hall~ (LUNA SEA CONCERT TOUR 2000 BRAND NEW CHAOS 〜20000803 大阪城ホール〜) － － December 19, 2012 － Avex Trax 62 －
The End of the Dream -Prologue- － － March 27, 2013 March 27, 2013 Avex Trax 77 51
The End of the Dream Zepp Tour 2012 "Kourin" (LUNA SEA The End of the Dream ZEPP TOUR 2012 「降臨」) － － March 27, 2013 March 27, 2013 Avex Trax 26 45
Luna Sea Live Tour 2012-2013 The End of the Dream at Nippon Budokan (LUNA SEA LIVE TOUR 2012-2013 The End of the Dream at 日本武道館) － － May 29, 2013 June 26, 2013 Universal 10 41
Slave Gentei Gig 2013 Ryōgoku Kokugikan 2013.2.17 (SLAVE限定GIG 2013 両国国技館 2013.2.17) － － May 2, 2014 (fan club-exclusive) － Universal － －
Live on A Will － － June 24, 2015 July 22, 2015 Universal 11 64
Luna Sea The Anniversary 2018 The Luv -World Left Behind- Final 5.29 Nippon Budokan (LUNA SEA The Anniversary 2018 The LUV -World left behind- FINAL 5.29 日本武道館) － － February 27, 2019 (fan club-exclusive) February 27, 2019 (fan club-exclusive) Universal － －
Luna Sea Lunatic X'mas 2018 -Introduction to the 30th Anniversary- 12.22 Image or Real 12.23 Search for My Eden at Saitama Super Arena － － December 23, 2020 (fan club-exclusive) December 23, 2020 (fan club-exclusive) Universal － －
Reload 2021.3.28 Saitama Super Arena － － － January 8, 2022 (venue-exclusive) Universal － －
Fukkatsu Matsuri -A New Voice- Nippon Budokan 2022.8.26 Day 1 [Silky Voice] (復活祭 -A NEW VOICE- 日本武道館 2022.8.26 Day1 [Silky Voice]) － － － March 14, 2023 Universal － 16
Fukkatsu Matsuri -A New Voice- Nippon Budokan 2022.8.27 Day 2 [Naked Voice] (復活祭 -A NEW VOICE- 日本武道館 2022.8.27 Day2 [Naked Voice]) － － － March 14, 2023 Universal － 18

Demos

Title Release date Notes
"Lunacy" August 9, 1989 Songs: "Kill Me", "Sexual Parvarsion" and "Nightmare". Track 2 was reworked and retitled "Time is Dead" for their debut album, Luna Sea.
"Shade" December 8, 1989,
March 16, 2011 		Songs: "Shade", "Search for Reason" and "Suspicious". Track 1 was re-recorded for their first album, and track 2 for their second, Image. The whole demo was re-released in the premium edition of the self cover of their debut album.
"Lastly" June 10, 1990 Composed only of the title track, which was re-recorded for their 1993 album Eden.

Other

  • Aionism – Aion (October 8, 1991)
Luna Sea members provide backing vocals on several songs.
  • Unrivaled is Extasy ~ Extasy Summit '91 at Nippon Budokan (February 21, 1992)
Live recordings of a 1991 Extasy Summit, held by Extasy Records. Also features Tokyo Yankees, Virus, X Japan and several others.
  • Minna ga Mumei-Datta, Dakedo... Muteki-Datta ~ Extasy Summit 1992, May 10, 1993, Extasy
Live recordings of the October 31, 1992 Extasy Summit, held by Extasy Records. Also features Deep, Media Youth, The Zolge, Tokyo Yankees, Screaming Mad George and Psychosis, Gilles de Rais, Zi:Kill and several others.
Won through a magazine contest.
A digital download song recorded and released specifically for the proceeds to be donated for recovery and relief from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[29] Later included on the 2014 compilation album 25th Anniversary Ultimate Best -The One-.
  • "Holy Knight" (December 23, 2016)
Limited Christmas song CD sold only at The Holy Night -Beyond the Limit- concerts at Saitama Super Arena on December 23 and 24, 2016.[30]
Cover of the TM Network song for use as the third opening theme of the 2019 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet anime.[31] Released digitally on September 6, 2019,[32] it peaked at number 79 on the Japan Hot 100,[33] but reached number 15 on the Hot Animation chart, which tracks anime and video game music.[34] The song was later included in the limited edition B version of their album Cross.[35]
  • "Make a Vow" (April 28, 2020)
A song created remotely within two weeks as an answer to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Released digitally for free alongside a music video also created remotely, although fan club members received the song earlier.[36][37]

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