Butterfly (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)
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]
Butterfly track listing
All lyrics written by hyde, except track 6 by yukihiro.
P'unk Is Not Dead track listing
All lyrics written by hyde, except tracks 1 and 11 by tetsuya.
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
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