| Kowareta Piano to Living Dead | ||||
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| Studio album by Mucc | ||||
| Released | February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13) | |||
| 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.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the band had to cancel their Kowareta Piano to Living Dead European tour.
Recording and production
For Kowareta Piano to Living Dead, Mucc recruited keyboardist Tooru Yoshida to the band for a limited time. 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.
Commercial performance
The album peaked at the sixteenth position on Oricon Albums Chart.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 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 | |||
Personnel
Charts
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 16 |
References
- ^ "【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」" [ Tatsuro & Miya , "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.
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