''Brand New Maid'' is the third

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by Japanese all-female rock band

Band-Maid Band-Maid (stylized as BAND-MAID® until 2016) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2013, consisting of singer Saiki Atsumi, guitarist/singer Miku Kobato, lead guitarist Kanami Tōno, bassist Misa, and drummer Akane Hirose. The band combines a rock ...

. It was released on May 18, 2016, and was their first album to be released internationally. Music videos were made for "The Non-Fiction Days," "Before Yesterday," and "Alone." The album reached number 19 on the Japanese

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, selling 4,189 copies in its first week. The international album from JPU Records includes English lyric translations, Romaji lyric transliterations, and the live bonus track "Real Existence".

Critical reception

JaME gave the album a positive review, saying "...they are serious about and capable of realizing their goal of "world domination." 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.

Accolades

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

Track listing

Personnel

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

Charts

References

External listings

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at JPU Records {{Authority control Band-Maid albums 2016 albums Nippon Crown albums Japanese-language albums