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 deluxe edition, with the latter including the tracks of the first album by their alter ego band P'unk-en-Ciel, titled P'unk Is Not Dead, and a DVD.L'arc~en~Ciel Announced New Album Release and 20th L'Anniversary Final Performance Dates musicjapanplus.jp, December 27, 2012. The album was released in several European countries, starting on March 5, 2012, with the United Kingdom and finishing on March 17 with Spain and Poland.L'Arc-en-Ciel New Album "BUTTERFLY" Release confirmed! L'Arc-en-Ciel official website, retrieved March 8, 2012.
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.L’Arc~en~Ciel reveals details on new album + live concert in Hawaii tokyohive.com, December 26, 2011. Butterfly debuted at number one on the Oricon chart, selling over 170,000 copies in its first week.Oricon album chart: From February 6 to February 12 oricon.co.jp, retrieved February 16, 2012. It also debuted at number eight on Gaon Music Chart.
Butterfly track listing
Punk Is Not Dead track listing
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 T.E.Z P'UNK – vocals HYDE P'UNK – guitar YUKI P'UNK – bass guitar KEN P'UNK – drums
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2012)Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 1 Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan) 1 South Korean Albums (Gaon) 8
Year-end charts Chart (2012)Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 23 Japanese Top Albums Sales (Billboard Japan) 22
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