Phase 2 (album)

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Phase 2
FALILV Phase 2 cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released6 August 2014
Studio
  • Innig Studio
  • Prime Sound Studio Form
  • Parasight
Genre
Length40:15
Label VAP
Producer Yasuhisa Kataoka
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas chronology
Rave-up Tonight
(2014)
Phase 2
(2014)
Feeling of Unity
(2015)
Singles from Phase 2
  1. "Rave-up Tonight"
    Released: 25 January 2014

Phase 2 (stylised in all caps) is the third studio album by Japanese electronicore band Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas. It was released on 6 August 2014 through VAP. [1] It debuted at number 4 on Oricon chart with sales of 21,978 copies in Japan in its opening week. [2] The single for the album, "Rave-up Tonight", was released on 25 January 2014. Its music video was nominated for the 2014 Space Shower Music Awards for Best Video category. [3] "Rave-up Tonight" was used as theme song for arcade game Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Maxi Boost . [4] Other songs of the album, "Virtue and Vice", was featured as the opening theme for anime Brynhildr in the Darkness , while "Thunderclap" was chosen for the opening theme for anime Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement . [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Are You Ready to Blast Off?"1:52
2."Rave-up Tonight"3:22
3."Swing It!!"3:38
4."Thunderclap"3:39
5."Interlude"2:17
6."Virtue and Vice"3:25
7."Nail the Shit Down"3:32
8."Rain Inside Your Eyes"3:50
9."Counterattack by the Sesame Sized Bodies"3:39
10."Flutter of Cherry Blossom"3:35
11."Stay as Who You Are"7:21
Total length:40:15

Personnel

Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas

Additional personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Japanese Albums ( Billboard ) [7] 4
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [8] 4

Single

TitleYearPeak positions
JPN
Oricon
JPN
Billboard
"Rave-up Tonight"20143 [9] 7 [10]

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan31,995 [2] [11]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWork/NomineeResult
2014 Space Shower Music Awards Best Video"Rave-up Tonight"Nominated [3]

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