Gold Sun and Silver Moon is a studio album by the Japanese band Shazna, released on January 1998, by BMG Japan, their first album on a major label. The album includes four singles, including the hits "Melty Love" and "Sumire September Love". The promotional tour, titled "Shazna Tour '98 Moonlight Dream âÂÂMid Summer Night DreamâÂÂ", began on August 4 in Hokkaido and concluded on September 4 at the Nippon Budokan.
The album was released in two editions. The limited edition was released on January 22, 1998, remastered in Los Angeles and includes two discs, as well as a music box 8cm CD. The standard edition was released nine days later, on January 31, remastered in Tokyo and contains the bonus track "Das Spiel".
Gold Sun and Silver Moon was named Rock Album of the Year in 1999 by the Japan Gold Disc Awards. A 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze named it one of the best albums of 1989âÂÂ1998.
It was the 42nd best-selling album in Japan in 1998, with 603,130 copies sold that year, being certified million and later triple platinum by RIAJ.
On the Oricon Albums Chart, the limited edition reached second position, while the standard edition reached third.
CD Journal was negative on its review. The magazine said that the cover appeared to be a copy of a Kazuhiko Katà  album and described the music as "weak".