Brand New Maid

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]

Brand New Maid
Studio album by
Band-Maid
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

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

Critical reception

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

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

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

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

References
  1. "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. "Brand New Maid(Type-A) | Band-Maid" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  5. "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.

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