Butterfly (Deen album)

Butterfly is the sixteenth studio album by Japanese pop band Deen. It was released on 1 June 2016 under the Epic Records Japan label.

Butterfly
Studio album by
Released1 June 2016
Recorded2016
GenreJapanese pop
Length50:35
LabelEpic Records Japan
ProducerDEEN
Deen chronology
Zenkai Koigokoro!! ~Missing you~
(2015)
Butterfly
(2016)
Parade
(2017)

Background

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This album doesn't consist of any single. The single Zutto Tsutaekatta I love you didn't make it in this album, instead it will be included in their seventeenth studio album Parade which released in August 2017.

According to official website, it's the continuation of their studio album Crawl as the Summer Special Album Vol.2.

This album includes completely new tracks with several tracks of their big hits such as Hitori Janai, Smile Blue and coconuts feat.kokomo with completely new arrangement of the summer feeling.

Shinji and Kouji in this album performs their own original songs Climb High and Walking on Sunshine. The album includes as well the covers of Yumi Matsutoya's song Mannatsu no Yoru no Yume and The Boom's song Kaze ni Naritai.[1]

This album was released in three formats: regular CD edition and limited A/B CD+DVD edition. The limited A edition includes DVD footage of their live performance Deen Live Joy - Break19 ~Zenkai Koigokoro!!~. The limited B edition includes CD with seven live recordings from their live performance Deen AOR Night Cruisin' ~3rd Groove~[2]

Charting

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The album reached #23 in its first week and charted for 3 weeks, selling 5,000+ copies.[3]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Shuuichi Ikeda (expect of #4 (Yumi Matsutoya), #8 (Kouji Yamane) #9 (Kazufumi Miyazawa))

No.TitleMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Hitori Janai ~Ska Style~" (ひとりじゃない ~SKA Style~)Tetsurō OdaYutaka Sone4:15
2."Summer Lovers 2016" (サマー・ラバーズ 2016)Kouji YamaneKouji Yamane3:54
3."Episode wo Tsukuridase!" (エピソードをつくりだせ!)Shinji TagawaShinji Tagawa4:07
4."Mannatsu no Yoru no Yume" (真夏の夜の夢)Yumi MatsutoyaYumi Matsutoya4:51
5."Amalfi" (アマルフィ)Shinji TagawaShinji Tagawa5:11
6."Smile Blue~SKA Style~"Shinji TagawaYutaka Sone5:06
7."Climb High"Shinji TagawaShinji Tagawa4:26
8."Walking on Sunshine"Kouji YamaneKouji Yamane4:18
9."Kaze ni Naritai" (風になりたい)Kazufumi MiyazawaYutaka Sone5:05
10."coconuts feat. butterfly"Kouji YamaneYutaka Sone4:34
11."Himawari" (ひまわり)Kouji YamaneKouji Yamane4:49

References

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  1. ^ "DEEN Discography". dee.gr.jp.
  2. ^ "DEEN Discography". Sonymusic.co.jp.
  3. ^ "バタフライ (DEEN)". Oricon News.