| The Living Dead | ||||
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| Released | March 25, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
| Genre | J-pop, rock | |||
| Length | 41:48 | |||
| Label | High Line Records HLR-011 | |||
| Bump of Chicken chronology | ||||
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The Living Dead is the second studio album by Bump of Chicken, first released on March 25, 2000, on High Line Records. It was released again on April 28, 2004, on Toy's Factory.
All tracks written by Fujiwara Motoo, except where noted.
Bump of Chicken is a Japanese alternative rock group from Sakura, Chiba. The band members are Motoo Fujiwara, Hiroaki Masukawa (guitar), Yoshifumi Naoi (bass) and Hideo Masu (drums). Since their conception in 1994, they have released 27 singles and 10 albums. They are a popular group in Japan; every release since their third single, "Tentai Kansoku", has charted in the top ten on the Oricon Weekly Charts. Their music has been used in various video games and as theme songs for movies, television shows and anime in Japan.
Yggdrasil is the fourth studio album by Bump of Chicken, released on August 25, 2004. It included the singles "Snow Smile", "Lost Man/Sailing Day", "Only Lonely Glory", and "Sharin no Uta". The album peaked at #1 on Oricon Weekly Charts and was #19 on the 2004 Oricon Top 100 Albums.
"Planetarium" is the tenth single by Bump of Chicken, released on July 21, 2005. The title track is from the album Orbital Period.
Orbital Period is the fifth studio album by Bump of Chicken, released on December 19, 2007. The album features the singles "Planetarium", "Supernova/Karma", "Namida no Furusato", "Hana no Na", and "Mayday". Orbital period became the best-selling album two days in a row at debut, according to Oricon Style. It was the second best-selling album on its debut week.
Flame Vein is the first studio album by Bump of Chicken, released on March 18, 1999. One track, "Arue", was later released as a limited print single. Another, "Little Braver", was later released on the "Lamp" single as a B-side. It was re-released on April 28, 2004, as Flame Vein +1 and included the song "Battle Cry" from B-side of the "Lamp" single.
"Tentai Kansoku" (天体観測) is the third single by Bump of Chicken. The title track is from the album Jupiter. "Tentai Kansoku" was used as the second ending theme for Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie (2022), covered by the main character's voice actress, Rie Takahashi. A parody of this song was sung by Tadano from Komi Can't Communicate (2021).
"Harujion" (ハルジオン) is the fourth single by Bump of Chicken. The title track is from the album Jupiter.
"Snow Smile" (スノースマイル) is the fifth single by Bump of Chicken. The title track is from the album Yggdrasil (ユグドラシル).
"Lost Man/Sailing Day" is the sixth single by Bump of Chicken. The title tracks are from the album Yggdrasil (ユグドラシル). "Lost Man" is the song that writing took time most from summer of 2002 to the end of the year. Also "Sailing Day" featured as the end theme to the animated movie One Piece The Movie: Dead End no Bōken.
"Arue" (アルエ) is the seventh single by Bump of Chicken. The title track is from the album Flame Vein. The B-side is an acoustic version of "Ever Lasting Lie", from the album The Living Dead. The song's lyrics were inspired by the fictional character Rei Ayanami from the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.
"Only Lonely Glory" is the eighth single by Bump of Chicken. The title track was on the album Yggdrasil (ユグドラシル). It is their first number one single on Oricon Weekly Charts.
"Sharin no Uta" (車輪の唄) is the ninth single by Bump of Chicken. The title track is from the album Yggdrasil (ユグドラシル). The second B-side is a remix of "Snow Smile", also from Yggdrasil.
"Supernova/Karma" (supernova/カルマ) is the eleventh single by Bump of Chicken, released on November 23, 2005. The title tracks are from the album Orbital Period. "Karma" was used as the opening theme for the video game and animated series Tales of the Abyss.
"Namida no Furusato" (涙のふるさと) is the twelfth single by Bump of Chicken, released on November 22, 2006. The title track is from the album Orbital Period.
"Hana no Na" (花の名) is the thirteenth single by Bump of Chicken, released on October 24, 2007. The title track is from the album Orbital Period. The single peaked at #1 on the Oricon Weekly Charts in front of "Mayday" (メーデー), which was released on the same day.
"Mayday" (メーデー) is the fourteenth single by Bump of Chicken, released on October 24, 2007. The title track is from the album Orbital Period. The single peaked at #2 on the Oricon Weekly Charts, behind "Hana no Na" (花の名), which was released on the same day. The B-side is a remix of "Glass no Blues" from the album Flame Vein.
Present from You is a B-side collection by Bump of Chicken, released on June 18, 2008.
"R.I.P./Merry Christmas" is the fifteenth single by Bump of Chicken that was released on November 25, 2009.
"Happy" is the sixteenth single by Bump of Chicken, released on April 14, 2010. It peaked at number-one on the Oricon weekly charts and Japan Hot 100.
"Mahō no Ryōri " is the seventeenth single by Bump of Chicken, released on April 21, 2010, just 1 week after the preceding single "Happy". It was written just before Fujiwara turned 30, based on the concept of him talking to his younger self. It was also used by NHK's Minna no Uta between April and May 2010.
