Kowareta Piano to Living Dead

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Kowareta Piano to Living Dead
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Studio album by
MUCC
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)
Length41:08
LanguageJapanese
LabelDanger Crue
MUCC chronology
Myakuhaku
(2017) 		Kowareta Piano to Living Dead
(2019) 		Aku
(2020)

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[]

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[]

The album peaked at the sixteenth position on Oricon Albums Chart.[4]

Track listing[]

Kowareta Piano to Living Dead track listing[5]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Kowareta Piano" (壊れたピアノ)InstrumentalMiya2:01
2."Pyscho" (サイコ)MiyaMiya, Yukke4:00
3."Iris" (アイリス)MiyaMiya4:03
4."Vampire" (ヴァンパイア)MiyaMiya4:45
5."In the shadows"TatsurouMiya5:48
6."Sekisou" (積想)TatsurouTatsurou5:22
7."Yuri to Tsubasa" (百合と翼)Tatsurou, SatochiMiya, Satochi4:26
8."Countdown" (カウントダウン)MiyaMiya6:02
9."Living Dead"TatsurouTatsurou4:38
Total length:41:08[6]

Personnel[]

  • Tatsurou (逹瑯) – vocals
  • Miya (ミヤ) – guitar
  • Yukke – bass guitar
  • SATOchi (SATOち) – drums
  • Tooru Yoshida (吉田トオル) – keyboards

Charts[]

Chart performance for Kowareta Piano to Living Dead
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 16

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: 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」". BARKS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  2. ^ Sizergyia (2020-03-22). "MUCC cancels Europe tour amid coronavirus pandemic". JROCK NEWS. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  3. ^ NoMusicNoReason (2019-01-14). "MUCC teams up with Tooru Yoshida in concept album "Kowareta Piano to Living Dead"". JROCK NEWS. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  4. ^ "壊れたピアノとリビングデッド | MUCC". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  5. ^ "歌詞検索サービス". Uta Net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  6. ^ "Kowareta Piano to Living Dead on Spotify". Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  7. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-02-25" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
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