Blue Blood (X Japan album)

Blue Blood
Cover of the CD version.
Studio album by X
Released	April 21, 1989
Recorded	January 6–March 12, 1989 at CBS Sony Roppongi Studio, CBS Sony Shinanomachi Studio, Sound City Studio[1]
Genre	Heavy metal speed metal symphonic power metal
Length	65:18
Language	English Japanese
Label	CBS/Sony
Producer	X
X chronology
Vanishing Vision (1988) Blue Blood (1989) Jealousy (1991)
Singles from Blue Blood
"Kurenai" Released: September 1, 1989 "Endless Rain" Released: December 1, 1989 "Week End" Released: April 21, 1990

Blue Blood is the second studio album by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, then known as simply X. It was released on April 21, 1989, by CBS/Sony as the band's major label debut. Blue Blood sold more than 700,000 copies, reached number 6 on the Oricon chart and stayed on the chart for more than 100 weeks. The album's singles would also reach the top five on the chart. In 2007, Rolling Stone Japan ranked Blue Blood number 15 on their list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".