is the third studio album by
Japanese rock
, sometimes abbreviated to , is rock music from Japan. Influenced by American and British rock of the 1960s, the first rock bands in Japan performed what is called Group Sounds, with lyrics almost exclusively in English. Folk rock band Happy ...
band
Maximum the Hormone
is a Japanese heavy metal band from Hachiōji, Tokyo. Their lineup has consisted of vocalist Daisuke-han, drummer Nao, guitarist Maximum the Ryo-kun, and bassist Ue-chan since 1999. Each member alternates singing lead vocals, often within ...
. It was the band's first album to chart on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in ...
charts, debuting at number five and selling 70,000 copies in its first week, after which it remained on the charts for seventy-eight weeks. The
RIAJ certified the album Gold, selling more than 100,000 copies in Japan and 250,000 worldwide. In September 2007, ''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its ...
Japan'' rated ''Bu-ikikaesu'' #98 on their list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".
Three tracks went on for use in two
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
series. "What's Up, People?!" and "Zetsubō Billy" were used as the opening and ending, respectively, for episodes 20–37 of ''
Death Note''. The song "Akagi" was used for
the anime of the same name.
Track listing
Track information
* The track title "Chū Chū Lovely Muni Muni Mura Mura Purin Purin Boron Nururu Rero Rero" is based on an assortment of sound effects in Japanese, chū chū ''(meaning the sound of a kiss)'' lovely muni muni ''(the sound of someone squeezing something soft)'' mura mura ''(the sound of being horny)'' purin purin ''(the sound with which large breasts are emphasised in
Anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
)'' boron ''(the sound of something that pops out)'' nururu ''(the sound of moving around in something wet and dirty)'' rero rero ''(the sound made by the tongue going over something).''
Personnel
*
Daisuke
is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Daisuke can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*大輔, "big, assist"
*大介, "big, mediate"
*大祐, "big, bless"
*大助, "big, help"
*大典, "big, law/rule ...
– unclean lead and backing vocals
*
Maximum the Ryo – guitar, backing and clean lead vocals
*
Ue-chan – bass guitar, backing vocals
*
Nao – drums, backing and lead vocals
* Yasu-kun – recording engineer
* Takii – mastering
Charts and certifications
Album
Certification
References
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Maximum the Hormone albums
2007 albums