Blue Blood [LIMITED EDITION] [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

X Japan

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2007)
• Original Release Date: February 19, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Limited Edition, Import, Original recording reissued
• Label: King
• ASIN: B000L22X3E
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,176 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Prologue (World Anthem)

2. Blue Blood

3. Week End

4. Easy Fight Rambling

5. X

6. Endless Rain

7. Kurenai

8. Rose of Pain

9. X Clamation

10. .Orgasm - X-Japan

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Blue Blood [Original Karaoke] - X-Japan

2. Week End [Original Karaoke] - X-Japan

3. X [Original Karaoke] - X-Japan

4. Endless Rain [Original Karaoke] - X-Japan

5. Kurenai [Original Karaoke]

6. Celebration [Original Karaoke] - X-Japan

7. Rose of Pain [Original Karaoke]

8. Unfinished [Original Karaoke]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An X Japan Hit!, February 4, 2008

By	Breanna - See all my reviews

Blue Blood was X Japan's 2nd albums and has been noted as the CD that helped launch the start of their global domination! The album features some of X's best songs, like: Blue Blood, Week End, Endless Rain, Kurenai, Rose of Pain & much more!

It as know as one of X Japan's greatest albums (But tell me an X Album that isn't great!)
The Album was re-issued 2007 along with X's Jealousy Album. It was a start to X Japan's great 2008 comeback!

This was also the album that launched X Japan's first tour in 1988 (Blue Blood Tour). This is a must have for any X Fan weather it's the original or the re-issued!

Track List Edit:
7. Kuerani
9. Orgasm
17. Kuerani

5.0 out of 5 stars The Beginning of Power Metal, September 15, 2009

By	John Doe "John" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

Now when people think of the beginning of "Power Metal," most think of Germany's Helloween and Gamma Ray or the United States' Manowar. What most people do not know is that a whacky, yet amazing looking band from Japan will forever transform melodic heavy metal--X (later known as X Japan). The drumming, the soaring guitars, the cutting vocals, everything that makes melodic metal great. X Japan is not only credited as one of the first power metal acts, but also covered by many of today's Power Metal bands such as Germany's Lord and Finland's Sonata Arctica. The Blue Blood album contained the ground work for the future. The drumming, especially, was incredibly influential on the genre. The double bass playing that complemented the tremblo guitar picking that this album contains on tracks such as Kurenai and Rose of Pain became essential in Power Metal.

Blue Blood through and through is an excellent album that tends to be overlooked by many outside of Japan. Not only do mainstream magazines/outlets ignore the band, but even heavy metal outlets tend to ignore this incredibly talented band. No one mentions the sheer genius behind Blue Blood. Tracks such as "X" and "Rose of Pain" are incredibly heavy yet awesomely melodic. Blue blood is as heavy as Ride the Lightning yet as melodic as Rainbow in the Dark. Yoshiki's piano playing is an also additional plus.

For all power metal and melodic metal fans, this album is A MUST!!!!! If you like Helloween, Iron Maiden, Dio and Sonata Arctica, you will love Blue Blood!

5.0 out of 5 stars My 2nd favorite album of any artist, period, August 9, 2009

By	Adam P. Fox "apfox" (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Blue Blood (MP3 Download)

Nothing beats this album except for a copy of the last live concert. In particular, Blue Blood, Endless Rain, Kurenai, and Orgasm are fantastic songs. In concerts, nothing got better reactions than Kurenai for fast songs or Endless Rain for ballads.