Brand New Maid
Brand New Maid is the third studio album by Japanese all-female rock band Band-Maid. It was released on May 18, 2016, and was their first album to be released internationally.[1] Music videos were made for "The Non-Fiction Days," "Before Yesterday," and "Alone."[2] The album reached No. 19 on the Japanese Oricon weekly albums chart.[3] One reviewer noted that the album was "bigger, tougher, deeper" than the band's previous releases.[4]
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| Released | May 18, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
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| Length | 31:09 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Crown Stones (Japan), JPU (international) | |||
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| "The Non-Fiction Days" on YouTube "Before Yesterday" on YouTube "Alone" on YouTube | ||||
The international album from JPU Records includes English lyric translations, Romaji lyric transliterations and live bonus track "Real Existence".[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "The Non-Fiction Days" | Kanata Nakamura | Toshiya Onishi | Onishi | 4:44 |
| 2. | "Look at Me" | Miwa Sasaki | Koji Goto (ck510) | Goto | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Order" | Sasaki | Akihito Tokunaga | Tokunaga | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Brand-New Road" | Shinichiro Yamashita | Goto | Goto | 3:55 |
| 5. | "Yuragu" | Miku Kobato, Saiki Atsumi | Atsushi Yamaguchi | Spinstealthspike | 4:05 |
| 6. | "Freedom" | Kobato | Ichiro Iguchi | Scrambles | 3:46 |
| 7. | "Before Yesterday" | Nakamura | Hitoshi Okamoto | Okamoto | 3:47 |
| 8. | "Alone" | Kobato, Atsumi | Band-Maid | Band-Maid | 3:28 |
| Total length: | 31:09 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 9. | "Real Existence" (live) | Sasaki Masakazu | Goto | 4:26 |
| Total length: | 35:35 | |||
Personnel
- Band–Maid
- Saiki Atsumi – vocals
- Miku Kobato – guitar, vocals
- Kanami Tōno – guitar
- Misa – bass
- Akane Hirose – drums
- Production
- Minoru Toyoda – sound design and direction on tracks 1-5, 7
- Tienowa – sound design and direction on track 8
- Daisuke Ikeda – vocal director on tracks 1-5, 7
- Ayako Nakanomori – vocal director on track 8
- Ichiro Iguchi – producer on track 6
- Koji Goto (ck510) – producer on tracks 2 and 4
- Minoru Toyoda, Shinya Suzuki, Yusuke Matsuda – engineers
- Masayoshi Yamamoto – engineer on track 8
- You–oh Oki – engineer and mixing on track 6
- Hideaki Kuramochi, Megumi Sugio, Takashi Yoshida – assistant engineers
- Yusuke Matsuda – mixing on tracks 1-5, 7
- Masahiko Fukui – mixing on track 8
- Takayoshi Manabe – mastering
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References
- "BAND-MAID Release First International Album "Brand New MAID"". JPU Records. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- Sahota, Shalimar (June 26, 2016). "Review:Brand New Maid". MYMBuzz. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- "Oricon: Brand New Maid". Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- Cirone, David (May 12, 2016). "Review: Brand New Maid". JRock 24-7. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- Brand New Maid listing from JPU Records
External listings
- Brand New Maid Listing at JPU Records (in English)
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