The Beautiful People (album)

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The Beautiful People
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Studio album by
SiM
ReleasedApril 6, 2016 (2016-04-06)
Genre
Length49:22
Label EMI Records [1]
SiM chronology
Pandora
(2013)
The Beautiful People
(2016)
"Thank God, There are Hundreds of Ways to Kill Enemies"
(2020)
Singles from The Beautiful People
  1. "Existence"
    Released: November 12, 2014
  2. "Crows"
    Released: October 7, 2015

The Beautiful People is the fourth full-length album by Japanese reggae punk band SiM, released on April 6, 2016. [2] It reached sixth place on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for 12 weeks. [3]

Contents

The song from the album, "No Future", was featured in arcade game Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs Maxi Boost ON opening. [4] [5] Their single "Existence" was used as Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis anime theme song, [6] [7] [8] while "Crows" used on Crows: BURNING EDGE PS4/PSVita game song. [9] "Existence" peaked at #20 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 and "Crows" reached #18 on Billboard Japan Hot 100, stayed for 2 weeks. [10]

Track listing

All tracks written by MAH.

No.TitleLength
1."Make Me Dead!"3:57
2."No Future"3:30
3."The King"3:20
4."Abel and Cain"4:07
5."Paradox"3:22
6."If I Die"3:30
7."I Dub U"3:50
8."Dance in the Dark"4:02
9."Gunshots"3:50
10."Crows"3:50
11."The Problem"4:05
12."Existence"4:04
13."Life is Beautiful"3:55
Total length:49:22

Personnel

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