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Brand New Maid

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Brand New Maid
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 18, 2016
Recorded2016
Studio
  • Studio Birdman West
  • Sound Crew Studio
  • St. Soul B1
  • Scrambles Studio
  • Nasoundra Palace Studio, Tokyo
  • Thomas Studio, Kyoto, Japan
GenreHard rock[1]
Length31:09
LanguageJapanese
LabelCrown Stones (Japan), JPU (international)
Band-Maid chronology
New Beginning
(2015)
Brand New Maid
(2016)
Just Bring It
(2017)
Music videos
"The Non-Fiction Days" on YouTube
"Before Yesterday" on YouTube
"Alone" on YouTube

Brand New Maid is the third studio album by Japanese all-female rock band Band-Maid. It was released on May 18, 2016, and was their first album to be released internationally.[2] Music videos were made for "The Non-Fiction Days," "Before Yesterday," and "Alone."[3] The album reached number 19 on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart,[4] selling 4,189 copies in its first week.[5]

The international album from JPU Records includes English lyric translations, Romaji lyric transliterations, and the live bonus track "Real Existence".[6]

Critical reception

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JaME gave the album a positive review, saying "...they are serious about and capable of realizing their goal of "world domination."[1] J-Generation noted that the album was "bigger, tougher, deeper" than the band's previous releases and that it "...proves Band-Maid’s ready to crush any protests that their cute persona disqualifies them from the "real rock" club.[7]

Accolades

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Chama and Chiaki of Gekirock listed the album as the fourth and sixth best album of 2016, respectively.[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."The Non-Fiction Days"Kanata NakamuraToshinari OhnishiOnishi4:44
2."Look at Me"Miwa SasakiKoji Goto (ck510)Goto4:00
3."Order"SasakiAkihito TokunagaTokunaga3:24
4."Brand-New Road"Shinichiro YamashitaGotoGoto3:55
5."Yuragu"Miku Kobato, Saiki AtsumiAtsushi YamaguchiSpinstealthspike4:05
6."Freedom"KobatoIchiro IguchiScrambles3:46
7."Before Yesterday"NakamuraHitoshi OkamotoOkamoto3:47
8."Alone"Kobato, AtsumiBand-MaidBand-Maid3:28
Total length:31:09
Alternative edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
9."Real Existence" (live)Sasaki MasakazuGoto4:26
Total length:35:35

Personnel

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Band–Maid
  • Saiki Atsumi – lead vocals
  • Miku Kobato – rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Kanami Tōno – lead guitar
  • Misa – bass
  • Akane Hirose – drums

Charts

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
Japan Top Albums (Billboard)[5] 15
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 19

References

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  1. ^ a b "Band-Maid – Brand New Maid". JaME. June 11, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "BAND-MAID Release First International Album "Brand New MAID"". JPU Records. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Sahota, Shalimar (June 26, 2016). "Review:Brand New Maid". MYMBuzz. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Brand New Maid(Type-A) | Band-Maid" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales | Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. May 30, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "BAND-MAID - Brand New MAID [CD + Translations]". JPU Records. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Cirone, David (May 12, 2016). "Band-Maid - Brand New Maid (Review)". J-Generation. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "2016激ロック年間ベスト! |激ロック". Gekirock. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

External listings

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