Kowareta Piano to Living Dead

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]

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

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the band had to cancel their Kowareta Piano to Living Dead European tour.[2]

Recording and production

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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

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

Track listing

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Kowareta Piano to Living Dead track listing[5]
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Kowareta Piano" (壊れたピアノ)InstrumentalMiya2:01
2."Psycho" (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"TatsuroMiya5:48
6."Sekisou" (積想)TatsuroTatsuro5:22
7."Yuri to Tsubasa" (百合と翼)Tatsuro, SatochiMiya, Satochi4:26
8."Countdown" (カウントダウン)MiyaMiya6:02
9."Living Dead"TatsuroTatsuro4:38
Total length:41:08[6]

Personnel

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  • Tatsuro – vocals
  • Miya – guitar
  • Yukke – bass guitar
  • Satochi – drums
  • Tooru Yoshida – keyboards

Charts

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

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Sizergyia (2020-03-22). "Mucc cancels Europe tour amid coronavirus pandemic". JROCK NEWS. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  3. ^ "Mucc teams up with Tooru Yoshida in concept album Kowareta Piano to Living Dead". JRock News. January 14, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "歌詞検索サービス" [Lyrics search service]. 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.