Just Bring It (album)

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Just Bring It
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 11, 2017 (2017-01-11) (Japan)
Recorded2016
Studio
  • Studio Birdman West
  • Nasoundra Palace Studio
  • Sunshine Studio
  • Scrambles Studio
  • Studio Fine, Tokyo
  • Thomas Studio, Kyoto, Japan
Length49:55
LanguageJapanese
Label Crown Stones (Japan), JPU Records (International)
Producer
  • Junji Hayashi
  • Yasutaka Wada
  • Koji Goto
Band-Maid chronology
Brand New Maid
(2016)
Just Bring It
(2017)
World Domination
(2018)
Singles from Just Bring It
  1. "YOLO"
    Released: November 16, 2016
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Don't You Tell Me"Miku Kobato, Saiki AtsumiBand-MaidBand-Maid3:10
2."Puzzle"KobatoBand-MaidBand-Maid, Tienowa4:19
3."Moratorium" (モラトリアム)KobatoBand-MaidBand-Maid4:15
4."YOLO"KobatoBand-MaidBand-Maid4:25
5."Cross"Nora, KobatoNoraMiraisonic3:45
6."OOPArts"EndcapeNoraSpinstealthspike4:06
7."Take Me Higher!!"Kobato, AtsumiBand-MaidBand-Maid, Tienowa3:18
8."So, What?"Miwa SasakiKoji Goto (ck510)Goto3:48
9."Time"Kobato Hitoshi Okamoto Okamoto3:29
10."You."KobatoBand-MaidToshinari Ohnishi3:43
11."Awkward"KobatoBand-MaidBand-Maid3:32
12."Decided by Myself"Kobato, AtsumiBand-MaidBand-Maid3:54
13."Secret My Lips"KobatoBand-MaidBand-Maid4:11
Total length:49:55

Personnel

Band-Maid

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Japan Top Albums ( Billboard ) [3] 20
Japanese Albums ( Oricon ) [2] 16
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [22] 49
UK Independent Breakers Albums (OCC) [23] 13
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [24] 17

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