Butterfly (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

Butterfly
Studio album by L'Arc-en-Ciel
Released	February 8, 2012
Genre	Pop rock alternative rock hard rock
Label	Ki/oon
Producer	L'Arc-en-Ciel
L'Arc-en-Ciel chronology
Twenity 2000-2010 (2011) Butterfly (2012)

P'unk Is Not Dead
Studio album by P'unk-en-Ciel
Released	February 8, 2012
Genre	Punk rock
Label	Ki/oon
Producer	P'unk-en-Ciel

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. 

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Chase"	ken / hyde	4:27
2.	"X X X"	hyde	4:05
3.	"Bye Bye"	tetsuya	3:36
4.	"Good Luck My Way -Butterfly Ver.-"	tetsuya	4:38
5.	"Bless"	hyde	4:57
6.	"Shade of Season"	yukihiro	4:11
7.	"Drink It Down"	yukihiro	4:07
8.	"Wild Flower"	ken	5:22
9.	"Shine"	tetsuya	4:05
10.	"Nexus 4"	tetsuya	3:52
11.	"Mirai Sekai" (未来世界)	ken	3:19

P'unk Is Not Dead track listing

All lyrics written by hyde, except tracks 1 and 11 by tetsuya. 

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Natsu no Yuu-utsu [Sea in Blood 2007]" (夏の憂鬱 [SEA IN BLOOD 2007])	ken	4:08
2.	"Kasou Heisei 17 Nen" (花葬 平成十七年)	ken	4:34
3.	"Heaven's Drive 2005"	hyde	3:47
4.	"Round and Round 2005"	hyde	3:34
5.	"Dune 2008"	tetsuya	4:08
6.	"I Wish 2007"	tetsuya	4:19
7.	"Promised Land 2005"	ken	4:31
8.	"Honey 2007"	hyde	3:42
9.	"Feeling Fine 2007"	ken	3:48
10.	"Route 666 -2010-"	hyde	3:41
11.	"Milky Way 2004"	tetsuya	4:14
12.	"Metropolis -2011-"	ken	4:11

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

References

1. L'arc~en~Ciel Announced New Album Release and 20th L'Anniversary Final Performance Dates musicjapanplus.jp, December 27, 2012.
2. L'Arc-en-Ciel New Album "BUTTERFLY" Release confirmed! L'Arc-en-Ciel official website, retrieved March 8, 2012.
3. L’Arc~en~Ciel reveals details on new album + live concert in Hawaii tokyohive.com, December 26, 2011.
4. Oricon album chart: From February 6 to February 12 oricon.co.jp, retrieved February 16, 2012. (Japanese)