Kowareta Piano to Living Dead

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, released on February 13, 2019 by Danger Crue. It is a "horror concept album.^[1]

Kowareta Piano to Living Dead
Studio album by Mucc
Released	February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)
Length	41:08
Language	Japanese
Label	Danger Crue
Mucc chronology
Myakuhaku (2017) Kowareta Piano to Living Dead (2019) Aku (2020)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the band had to cancel their Kowareta Piano to Living Dead European tour.^[2]

Recording and production

For Kowareta Piano to Living Dead, Mucc recruited keyboardist Tooru Yoshida to the band for a limited time.^[3] 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.^[1]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at the sixteenth position on Oricon Albums Chart.^[4]

Track listing

Kowareta Piano to Living Dead track listing^[5]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Kowareta Piano" (壊れたピアノ)	Instrumental	Miya	2:01
2.	"Psycho" (サイコ)	Miya	Miya, Yukke	4:00
3.	"Iris" (アイリス)	Miya	Miya	4:03
4.	"Vampire" (ヴァンパイア)	Miya	Miya	4:45
5.	"In the shadows"	Tatsurou	Miya	5:48
6.	"Sekisou" (積想)	Tatsurou	Tatsurou	5:22
7.	"Yuri to Tsubasa" (百合と翼)	Tatsurou, Satochi	Miya, Satochi	4:26
8.	"Countdown" (カウントダウン)	Miya	Miya	6:02
9.	"Living Dead"	Tatsurou	Tatsurou	4:38
Total length:				41:08^[6]

Personnel

• Tatsurou – vocals
• Miya – guitar
• Yukke – bass guitar
• Satochi – drums
• Tooru Yoshida – keyboards

Charts

Chart performance for Kowareta Piano to Living Dead

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[7]	16

References

1. "【インタビュー】逹瑯＆ミヤ [Mucc]、「世に出るタイミングをずっと待っていた曲がある」" [[Interview] Tatsurou & Miya [Mucc], "There is a song that has been waiting for the timing to come out."]. BARKS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
2. Sizergyia (2020-03-22). "Mucc cancels Europe tour amid coronavirus pandemic". JROCK NEWS. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
3. "Mucc teams up with Tooru Yoshida in concept album Kowareta Piano to Living Dead". JRock News. January 14, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
4. "壊れたピアノとリビングデッド | Mucc" [Broken Piano to Living Dead | Mucc]. ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-11-26.
5. "歌詞検索サービス" [Lyrics search service]. Uta Net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-09.
6. "Kowareta Piano to Living Dead on Spotify". Retrieved 2020-11-11.
7. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-02-25" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 31, 2021.