Butterfly (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

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Butterfly
Butterfly larcenciel.jpg
Studio album by
L'Arc-en-Ciel
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2012
Recorded2007 - 2011
GenrePop rock
LabelKi/oon
ProducerL'Arc-en-Ciel
L'Arc-en-Ciel chronology
Twenity 2000-2010
(2011) 		Butterfly
(2012)
P'unk Is Not Dead
Punkisnotdead punkenciel.jpg
Studio album by
P'unk-en-Ciel
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2012
GenrePunk rock
LabelKi/oon
ProducerP'unk-en-Ciel

Butterfly is the twelfth album by the Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was released on February 8, 2012, in two versions: regular and limited editions, with the latter including the first album by their alter ego band P'unk-en-Ciel, titled P'unk Is Not Dead, and a DVD.[1] The album is also set to be released in several European countries, starting on March 5, 2012, with the United Kingdom and finishing on March 17 with Spain and Poland.[2]

The band's first studio album in four years, it includes all six singles (including one double A-side single) released between "Drink It Down" in 2008 and "Chase" in 2011.[3] Butterfly debuted at #1 on the Oricon chart, selling over 170,000 copies in its first week.[4] On Gaon Music Chart, it detubed at #8.[5]

Butterfly track listing[]

All lyrics are written by hyde, except track 6 by yukihiro.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Chase"ken / hyde 4:27
2."XXX"hyde4:05
3."Bye Bye"tetsuya3:36
4."Good Luck My Way -Butterfly Ver.-"tetsuya4:38
5."Bless"hyde4:57
6."Shade of Season"yukihiro4:11
7."Drink It Down"yukihiro4:07
8."Wild Flower"ken5:22
9."Shine"tetsuya4:05
10."Nexus 4"tetsuya3:52
11."Mirai Sekai" (未来世界)ken3:19

P'unk Is Not Dead track listing[]

All lyrics are written by hyde, except tracks 1 and 11 by tetsuya.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Natsu no Yuu-utsu [Sea in Blood 2007]" (夏の憂鬱 [SEA IN BLOOD 2007])ken4:08
2."Kasou Heisei 17 Nen" (花葬 平成十七年)ken4:34
3."Heaven's Drive 2005"hyde3:47
4."Round and Round 2005"hyde3:34
5."Dune 2008"tetsuya4:08
6."I Wish 2007"tetsuya4:19
7."Promised Land 2005"ken4:31
8."Honey 2007"hyde3:42
9."Feeling Fine 2007"ken3:48
10."Route 666 -2010-"hyde3:41
11."Milky Way 2004"tetsuya4:14
12."Metropolis -2011-"ken4:11

Personnel[]

Butterfly
  • hyde – vocals, keyboards on tracks 1, 2 and 5
  • ken – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 1, 6-8 and 11, tambourine on track 3, vibes on track 5
  • tetsuya – bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 3, 4, 9 and 10
  • yukihiro – drums, keyboards on tracks 6 and 7, tambourine on 8, grancassa on track 11
  • Rie Eto – backing vocals on track 1
  • Akira Nishihara – keyboards on tracks 2, 4, 9 and 10
  • Hajime Okano – keyboards on track 3, 5, 9 and 10, Q-chord on track 4
  • Chieko Kanehara – strings on tracks 2, 4 and 5
  • Shiro Sasaki, Teppei Kawakami – trumpet on track 4
  • Kanade Shishiuchi – trombone on track 4
  • Masato Honda – alto saxophone on track 4
  • Takayuki Mogami – oboe on track 5
  • Hikoutsu Fujita, Shingi Takahashi – horn on track 5
  • Yuji Sugiyama – keyboards on track 7
  • Takashi Kusama – keyboards on track 10
P'unk is Not Dead

References[]

  1. ^ L'arc~en~Ciel Announced New Album Release and 20th L'Anniversary Final Performance Dates musicjapanplus.jp, December 27, 2012.
  2. ^ L'Arc-en-Ciel New Album "BUTTERFLY" Release confirmed![permanent dead link] L'Arc-en-Ciel official website, retrieved March 8, 2012.
  3. ^ L’Arc~en~Ciel reveals details on new album + live concert in Hawaii tokyohive.com, December 26, 2011.
  4. ^ Oricon album chart: From February 6 to February 12 oricon.co.jp, retrieved February 16, 2012. (in Japanese)
  5. ^ "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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