''Butterfly'' is the twelfth album by the Japanese rock band

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. It was released on February 8, 2012, in two versions: regular and deluxe edition, with the latter including the tracks of the first album by their

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band P'unk-en-Ciel, titled ''P'unk Is Not Dead'', and a DVD. The album was released in several European countries, starting on March 5, 2012, with the United Kingdom and finishing on March 17 with Spain and

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. The band's first studio album in four years, it includes all six singles (including one double A-side single) released between " Drink It Down" in 2008 and "

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" in 2011. ''Butterfly'' debuted at number one on the

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chart, selling over 170,000 copies in its first week. It also debuted at number eight on

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Track listing

All lyrics are written by hyde, except track 6 on standard edition by

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, and track 11 on deluxe edition by tetsuya.

Personnel

;''Butterfly'' * hyde – vocals, keyboards on tracks 1, 2 and 5 *

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– guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 1, 6–8 and 11,

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on track 3, vibes on track 5 * tetsuya – bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 3, 4, 9 and 10 *

– drums, keyboards on tracks 6 and 7, tambourine on 8, grancassa on track 11 *

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– backing vocals on track 1 * Akira Nishihara – keyboards on tracks 2, 4, 9 and 10 * Hajime Okano – keyboards on track 3, 5, 9 and 10, Q-chord on track 4 * Chieko Kanehara – strings on tracks 2, 4 and 5 * Shiro Sasaki, Teppei Kawakami – trumpet on track 4 * Kanade Shishiuchi – trombone on track 4 *

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–

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on track 4 * Takayuki Mogami – oboe on track 5 * Hikoutsu Fujita, Shingi Takahashi –

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on track 5 * Yuji Sugiyama – keyboards on track 7 * Takashi Kusama – keyboards on track 10 ;''P'unk is Not Dead'' * T.E.Z P'UNK – vocals * HYDE P'UNK – guitar * YUKI P'UNK – bass guitar * KEN P'UNK – drums

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References