''Kowareta Piano to Living Dead'' (壊れたピアノとリビングデッド; ''Broken Piano and the Living Dead'') is the fourteenth studio album by the Japanese rock band
Mucc
is a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1997. The classic line up of Tatsuro on vocals, Miya on guitar, Yukke on bass, and Satochi on drums was solidified in 1999 following the departure of original bassist Hiro. Af ...
, released on February 13, 2019 by Danger Crue. It is a "
horror concept album.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the band had to cancel their ''Kowareta Piano to Living Dead'' European tour.
Recording and production
For ''Kowareta Piano to Living Dead'', Mucc recruited keyboardist Tooru Yoshida to the band for a limited time. The songs "Vampire" and "Countdown" were based on about 140 demos from the beginning of the band's career: "There were songs that I could hardly use, but some I could do. We listened to all of them, chose about 20 candidates and selected among them ", said guitarist
Miya.
Commercial performance
The album peaked at the sixteenth position on
Oricon Albums Chart
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.
Track listing
Personnel
* Tatsurou – vocals
*
Miya – guitar
* Yukke – bass guitar
* Satochi – drums
* Tooru Yoshida – keyboards
Charts
References
{{Mucc
2019 albums
Mucc albums
Japanese-language albums
Concept albums