Humanity (The Mad Capsule Markets album)

Humanity is the debut album from Japanese punk group The Mad Capsule Markets. They later re-released the album in 1996, and This was the only full album that guitarist Minoru Kojima played on. This version features a few of the songs which were censored songs from P.O.P Although The original version of San Byoukan no Jisatsu (found on the Insect Noise version) contains an extra line "Tobioriru no sa!" (translates as jump on down, referencing to jumping off a building) This line was xxxxxx-ed on P.O.P and has been totally silenced on the re-release of Humanity and on the Best of 1990-1996 CD.Also, on the insert for the re-release of Humanity the "Jisatsu" (suicide) on the tracklist has been scribbled out.^[1]

The original pressing of the album came with a free newspaper clipping, which had information on the band.

Track listing

1. "Sanbyoukan no Jisatsu" (三秒間の自殺, Three Second Suicide^?) – 2:27
2. "Ayatsuri Ningyou" (あやつり人形, Marionette^?) – 2:54
3. "Life Game" – 4:06
4. "Giragira" (ギラギラ, Shine^?) – 2:16
5. "Sanbika" (讃美歌, Hymn^?) – 3:14
6. "Humanity" – 3:19
7. "Kanzume no Naka" (カンヅメの中, In a Tin Can^?) – 2:28
8. "Dou shiyou mo nai Hito no Uta" (どうしようもない恋人の唄, Hopeless Person's Song^?) – 4:38
9. "Dear Houkousha Tengoku no Minasama" (Dear歩行者天国の皆様, Dear Street Fair Goers^?) – 2:15
10. "La~la~la~ (Boku ga Usotsuki ni Natta Hi)" (ラ・ラ・ラ (僕がウソつきになった日), La~la~la~ (The Day I Became a Liar)^?) – 2:15
11. "Dandan" (だんだん, Bit by bit^?) – 4:16
12. "Nijyuu byou" (20秒, Twenty Seconds^?) – 0:20

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