Moon is an album released by Gackt

Gackt

is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and author. Usually referred to by his mononymous stage name, he is known for his career as a solo artist and as the former vocalist for the defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer....

 on June 19, 2002. Instead of a booklet, the album comes with a printed note by the artist, asking readers to "sense" the record's story, rather than analyzing the lyrics. The booklet was eventually included in the packaging of Moons 2003 follow-up Crescent. Both albums are conceptually linked, as well as his more recent album Diabolos

DIABOLOS

Diabolos is an album released by Gackt on September 21, 2005 in Japan and on October 26, 2007 in Europe. Conceptually, it is a prequel entrant to the 'Moon Project' found in his second and third LPs, Moon and Crescent and the film Moon Child....

 from the "Moon Saga".

Track listing

Reception

Moon was met with generally positive reviews. Allmusic gave the album a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, observing that "as far as artificial (read: professional) Japanese music goes, Moon is definitely one monster of a record."

Personnel

• Vocals
  Singing
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  , Piano
  Piano
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  : Gackt
• Guitar
  Guitar
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  , Violin
  Violin
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  : You
• Guitar: Yukihiro “chachamaru” Fujimura
  Chachamaru (musician)
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• Guitar: Masa
  Masa (musician)
  Masa is the stage name of a Japanese musician. While he is not very prominent in the Japanese music scene, he was member of GacktJOB, Gackt's band. He has also been in the disbanded Spiky, Dizzy Drive and マァマァサ☆ムゥ.-Biography:...
  
  
• Effects, Guitar: Nao Kimura
• Bass
  Bass guitar
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  : Ren
• Drums
  Drum kit
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  : Toshiyuki Sugino
• Drums: Ryuichi Nishida

• Bass: Crazy Cool Joe
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• Bass: Koichi Terasawa
• Bass: Yoshihito Onda
• Drums: Kota Igarashi
• Violin: Gen Ittetsu
• Keyboards & Orchestra arrangement: Shusei Tsukamoto

Production

• Producer: Gackt
• Associate Produced: Yukihiro “chachamaru” Fujimura
• Executive Producer: Masami Kudo (Nippon Crown), You Harada (Museum Museum)

• Recorded & Mixed & Pro Tools Edited: Motonari Matsumoto
• Assistant Engineer: Yoshitaka Ishigaki (Burnish), Michinori Sato (Burnish), Takanobu Suhiyama (Burnish), Chie Miyasaka (Burnish), Tadashi Yamaguchi (Studio Jive), Shinichi Tokumo (Sound Atelier), Teruaki Ise (Wonder station)
• Recording Coordinator: Maki Iida, Yoshihito Umeki (Burnish)
• Mastering Engineer: Yoichi Aikawa (Rolling Sound Mastering Stuio)

• Management: Musem Museum

Design

• Art direction, Design, Gun Coordinator: Jun Misaki
• Photographer: Kenji Tsukagoshi