Kowareta Piano to Living Dead
| Kowareta Piano to Living Dead | ||||
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| Released | February 13, 2019 | |||
| Length | 41:08 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Danger Crue | |||
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Kowareta Piano to Living Dead (壊れたピアノとリビングデッド; Broken Piano and the Living Dead) is the fourteenth studio album by the Japanese rock band Mucc, released on February 13, 2019 by Danger Crue. It is a "horror concept album.[1]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the band had to cancel their Kowareta Piano to Living Dead European tour.[2]
Recording and production[edit]
For Kowareta Piano to Living Dead, Mucc recruited keyboardist Tooru Yoshida to the band for a limited time.[3] The songs "Vampire" and "Countdown" were based on about 140 demos from the beginning of the band's career: "There were songs that I could hardly use, but some I could do. We listened to all of them, chose about 20 candidates and selected among them ", said guitarist Miya.[1]
Commercial performance[edit]
The album peaked at the sixteenth position on Oricon Albums Chart.[4]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kowareta Piano" (壊れたピアノ) | Instrumental | Miya | 2:01 |
| 2. | "Psycho" (サイコ) | Miya | Miya, Yukke | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Iris" (アイリス) | Miya | Miya | 4:03 |
| 4. | "Vampire" (ヴァンパイア) | Miya | Miya | 4:45 |
| 5. | "In the shadows" | Tatsuro | Miya | 5:48 |
| 6. | "Sekisou" (積想) | Tatsuro | Tatsuro | 5:22 |
| 7. | "Yuri to Tsubasa" (百合と翼) | Tatsuro, Satochi | Miya, Satochi | 4:26 |
| 8. | "Countdown" (カウントダウン) | Miya | Miya | 6:02 |
| 9. | "Living Dead" | Tatsuro | Tatsuro | 4:38 |
| Total length: | 41:08[6] | |||
Personnel[edit]
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] | 16 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "【インタビュー】逹瑯＆ミヤ [Mucc]、「世に出るタイミングをずっと待っていた曲がある」" [[Interview] Tatsuro & Miya [Mucc], "There is a song that has been waiting for the timing to come out."]. BARKS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ Sizergyia (2020-03-22). "Mucc cancels Europe tour amid coronavirus pandemic". JROCK NEWS. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ "Mucc teams up with Tooru Yoshida in concept album Kowareta Piano to Living Dead". JRock News. January 14, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
- ^ "壊れたピアノとリビングデッド | Mucc" [Broken Piano to Living Dead | Mucc]. ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ "歌詞検索サービス" [Lyrics search service]. Uta Net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Kowareta Piano to Living Dead on Spotify". Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-02-25" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 31, 2021.