''Butterflies'' is the eighth studio album by Japanese band
Bump of Chicken
is a Japanese alternative rock group from Sakura, Chiba, Japan. The band members are Motoo Fujiwara (Vocalist, vocals, Rhythm guitar, rhythm), Hiroaki Masukawa (guitar), Yoshifumi Naoi (Bass guitar, bass) and Hideo Masu (Drum kit, drums). Since ...
, released through
Toy's Factory on February 10, 2016. It debuted atop the
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albu ...
, selling 197,160 copies in its first week.
"Go" was used as the opening theme for ''
Granblue Fantasy The Animation'', "Hello, World!" was used as the opening theme for ''
Blood Blockade Battlefront'', and "Fighter" was used as the ending theme for ''
March Comes in Like a Lion''.
Critical reception
Writing for ''
The Japan Times'', Ronald Taylor called ''Butterflies'' "nothing new", comparing it to the sound of the band's previous album, 2014's ''Ray'', in that it is "like a giant retread of its usual
alternative rock". Taylor also wrote that with the track "Butterfly", the band "blending"
EDM
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into their sound 2016 feels "dated", and that other Japanese bands "are getting better results" when doing so. Acclaim was reserved for the tracks "Hello, World!" and "Parade", with the former noted for its "complicated melody" on which vocalist Motoo Fujiwara "really shine
, and the latter for its "captivating piano melody" with an "explosive climax".
Track listing
Charts
References
2016 albums
Bump of Chicken albums
Japanese-language albums
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