"Passenger" is the third full-length album released by the band

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in Japan on April 6, 2011, through

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. The album features the hit single " Diver", the eighth opening song to the popular anime '' Naruto: Shippuden'', the single "Sudden Death Game" and the song "Matryoshka" that was used as the opening theme for the anime '' C''. The album is available in a limited "CD+DVD" edition which features an exclusive documentary on the making of the album. It was announced that "Passenger" would also be released in the US, but no official American release date has been announced.

Title

During the band’s split tour with "Flumpool", vocalist Mitsumura Tatsuya revealed the meaning of the name "Passenger" for the album:

Releases and promotion

The album contains most of the songs played during the 2010 tour "Michi Naki Michi", but the result of singles released from the album was only two. "Sudden Death Game" was the band's only release in 2010, that was announced as a single during the tour "Michi Naki Michi". " Diver" single was released on January 12, 2011, previously featured as the eighth opening for the anime Naruto: Shippuden months before. Although a number of singles smaller than their previous albums, two promotional songs from "Passenger" were released: "Mosou taiin A" and "Matryoshka", chosen to be the opening for the anime C, aired in April 2011, by

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Track listing

Limited edition

Chart position

The album reached number 15 on the Oricon chart and number 16 on the Billboard Japan chart.

Tour

On January 21, the band announced that they would be embarking on a nationwide tour titled "Nico Touches the Walls Tour 2011 Passenger: We Are Passionate Messenger”, in April, in order to promote their newest album. The tour began on April 13, in Chiba, counting twelve concerts at announcement time, added a few extra performances later.

References

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