"スピード","ギター","衝動"というコンセプトのもとで出来上がったアルバム。「SCORPIO RISING」という名前は、ケネス・アンガーによる1963年のカルト映画と同じタイトルである。前作の「fetish」とはうって変わり、ストレートなR&Rアルバムで「大人のパンク」を感じさせる作品になっている。布袋寅泰が少年の頃にギターを手にするきっかけになったマーク・ボランの写真を撮影した鋤田正義氏撮影によるジャケット写真も、本作品を構成する重要な要素である。

松井常松,J(LUNA SEA),山木秀夫,井上富雄(ルースターズ)、ザッカリー・アルフォード等参加。 MR.LONELYはHOTEIの友人である俳優・豊川悦司のために書かれたもの。

01.SCORPIO RISING
lyrics & music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
02.RUSSIAN ROULETTE
lyrics & music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
03.VENUS
lyrics: YUKINOJO MORI / music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
04.MY NAME IS DESIRE
lyrics: YUKINOJO MORI / music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
05.PSYCHOBILLY & PUSSYCAT
lyrics & music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
06.SHOCK TREATMENT
lyrics & music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
07.BABYLON
lyrics: YUKINOJO MORI / music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
08.I HATE YOU
lyrics & music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
09.DOUBLE TROUBLE
lyrics: YUKINOJO MORI / music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
10.MR.LONELY
lyrics & music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
11.LONDON BLUE
lyrics & music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
12.R&R NEVER DIE
lyrics & music: TOMOYASU HOTEI
13.DREAMING IN THE MIDNIGHT CITY
lyrics: YUKINOJO MORI / music: TOMOYASU HOTEI

Dedicated to my beloved one soon I'll beseeing

PRODUCED BY TOMOYASU HOTEI

01.SCORPIO RISING
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit
ZACHARY ALFORD - drums
TSUNEMATSU MATSUI - bass
RYO TAGUCHI,KATSUMI OHNISHI,RYUHEI SUGAWARA - backing vocals

02.RUSSIAN ROULETTE
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / bass / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit
HIDEO YAMAKI - drums

03.VENUS
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / bass / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit
ZACHARY ALFORD - drums
JILL,RYO TAGUCHI,KATSUMI OHNISHI - backing vocals

04.MY NAME IS DESIRE
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / bass / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit

05.PSYCHOBILLY & PUSSYCAT
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / bass / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit
HIDEO YAMAKI - drums

06.SHOCK TREATMENT
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / bass / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit

07.BABYLON
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / bass / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit
ZACHARY ALFORD - drums

08.I HATE YOU
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit
HIDEO YAMAKI - drums
J - bass
RYO TAGUCHI,KATSUMI OHNISHI,RYUHEI SUGAWARA - backing vocals

09.DOUBLE TROUBLE
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit
ZACHARY ALFORD - drums
TSUYOSHI KON - pedal steel / backing guitar
TOMIO INOUE - bass

10.MR.LONELY
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / bass / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit

11.LONDON BLUE
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / bass / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit
ZACHARY ALFORD - drums
KOJI NISHIMURA - trumpet & flugel horn
RYUHEI SUGAWARA - backing vocals

12.R&R NEVER DIE
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / bass / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit
ZACHARY ALFORD - drums
JILL,RYO TAGUCHI,KATSUMI OHNISHI - backing vocals

13.DREAMING IN THE MIDNIGHT CITY
TOMOYASU HOTEI - guitar / vocal
TOSHIYUKI KISHI - programming / audio edit
ZACHARY ALFORD - drums
TOMIO INOUE - bass
RYO TAGUCHI,KATSUMI OHNISHI,RYUHEI SUGAWARA - backing vocals


KUNIHIKO IMAI - recording & mixing engineer
IAN COOPER - mastering engineer

Photographer: MASAYOSHI SUKITA