Humanity (The Mad Capsule Markets album)

Humanity
Studio album by The Mad Capsule Markets
Released	October 1, 1990, and December 18, 1996
Recorded	May, 1990 Yamanaka lake studio (Japan)
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	34:32
Label	Insect Noise
Producer	The Mad Capsule Markets
The Mad Capsule Markets chronology
Humanity (1990) P.O.P (1991)

Humanity is the debut album from Japanese hardcore 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. Before the release of "San Byoukan no Jisatsu" and "Life Game" on the album P.O.P, this album features both songs uncensored, as on they were later censored. The original version of "San Byoukan no Jisatsu" contains an extra line in the chorus which is counting to 3 seconds before jumping off a building. It was never made certain why this was done but it was apparently linked the song about Japanese teen suicide, and this line was xxxxxx-ed on P.O.P and has been totally silenced on the re-release of Humanity and releases thereafter. The band or record company would later erase any further reference of it from on the insert for the re-release of Humanity also, as the word "Jisatsu" (suicide) on the tracklist has been scribbled out.^[1]

The original pressing of the album came with a free newspaper clipping, which had lyrics and photos of the band. The lyrics where otherwise later reprinted in P.O.P or the re-released version of the album.

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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