Butterfly (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

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Butterfly is the twelfth album by the Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was released on February 8, 2012, in two versions: regular and limited editions, with the latter including the first album by their alter ego band P'unk-en-Ciel, titled P'unk Is Not Dead, and a DVD. The album is also set to be released in several European countries, starting on March 5, 2012, with the United Kingdom and finishing on March 17 with Spain and Poland.

The band's first studio album in four years, it includes all six singles (including one double A-side single) released between "Drink It Down" in 2008 and "Chase" in 2011. Butterfly debuted at #1 on the Oricon chart, selling over 170,000 copies in its first week.

Butterfly track listing

All lyrics are written by hyde, except track 6 by yukihiro

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Chase"	ken / hyde	4:27
2.	"XXX"	hyde	4:05
3.	"Bye Bye"	tetsuya	3:36
4.	"Good Luck My Way -Butterfly Ver.-"	tetsuya	4:38
5.	"Bless"	hyde	4:57
6.	"Shade of Season"	yukihiro	4:11
7.	"Drink It Down"	yukihiro	4:07
8.	"Wild Flower"	ken	5:22
9.	"Shine"	tetsuya	4:05
10.	"Nexus 4"	tetsuya	3:52
11.	"Mirai Sekai" (未来世界)	ken	3:19

P'unk Is Not Dead track listing

All lyrics are written by hyde, except tracks 1 and 11 by tetsuya

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Natsu no Yuu-utsu [Sea in Blood 2007]" (夏の憂鬱 [SEA IN BLOOD 2007])	ken	4:08
2.	"Kasou Heisei 17 Nen" (花葬 平成十七年)	ken	4:34
3.	"Heaven's Drive 2005"	hyde	3:47
4.	"Round and Round 2005"	hyde	3:34
5.	"Dune 2008"	tetsuya	4:08
6.	"I Wish 2007"	tetsuya	4:19
7.	"Promised Land 2005"	ken	4:31
8.	"Honey 2007"	hyde	3:42
9.	"Feeling Fine 2007"	ken	3:48
10.	"Route 666 -2010-"	hyde	3:41
11.	"Milky Way 2004"	tetsuya	4:14
12.	"Metropolis -2011-"	ken	4:11

Personnel

Butterfly

• hyde – vocals, keyboards on tracks 1, 2 and 5
• ken – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 1, 6-8 and 11, tambourine on track 3, vibes on track 5
• tetsuya – bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 3, 4, 9 and 10
• yukihiro – drums, keyboards on tracks 6 and 7, tambourine on 8, grancassa on track 11
• Rie Eto – backing vocals on track 1
• Akira Nishihara – keyboards on tracks 2, 4, 9 and 10
• Hajime Okano – keyboards on track 3, 5, 9 and 10, Q-chord on track 4
• Chieko Kanehara – strings on tracks 2, 4 and 5
• Shiro Sasaki, Teppei Kawakami – trumpet on track 4
• Kanade Shishiuchi – trombone on track 4
• Masato Honda – alto saxophone on track 4
• Takayuki Mogami – oboe on track 5
• Hikoutsu Fujita, Shingi Takahashi – horn on track 5
• Yuji Sugiyama – keyboards on track 7
• Takashi Kusama – keyboards on track 10

P'unk is Not Dead

• T.E.Z P'UNK – vocals
• HYDE P'UNK – guitar
• YUKI P'UNK – bass guitar
• KEN P'UNK – drums