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ese pop rock band

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, released on 2 October 2019. The album's details were announced on 17 August 2019 and it references the new

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to the

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, replacing his father

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era. According to guitarist and leader Takuro, the title alludes to the fact that democracy is yet to be established around the world due to issues such as war and religious conflicts. The album's bonus material includes live footage of their Glay Live Tour 2019 -Survival- tour which revisited their sixth album ''

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''. It reached #2 at both the ''

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'' Hot Albums chart and the

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weekly charts, staying on the latter for 17 weeks. In the end of the year, it reached #79 at the ''

'' Year End Top Albums Sales and #87 at Oricon's. The song "Kōri no Tsubasa" was used in the Japanese dub of the 2019 film '' Wings Over Everest''. "Hajimeri no Uta" was featured as the opening theme of the anime '' Ace of Diamond Act II''. "Colors" became the theme song of the film adaptation of the ''Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light'' series.

Track listing

DVD and Blu-ray bonus tracks (Glay Live Tour 2019 -Survival-)

# "JUST FINE" # "Young oh! oh!" # "HEAVY GAUGE" # "FATSOUNDS" # "SURVIVAL" # "ここではない、どこかへ" # "HAPPINESS" # "summer FM" # "LEVEL DEVIL" # "BE WITH YOU" # "Winter, again" # "Will Be King" # "生きがい" # "Savile Row ～サヴィルロウ 3番地～" # "COLORS" # "はじまりのうた" # "愁いのPrisoner" # "元号" # "Missing You" # "SHUTTER SPEEDSのテーマ" # "彼女の"Modern..."" # "誘惑"

Blu-ray Disc 2 bonus tracks

# "ドキュメンタリー映像" # "あなたといきてゆく" (Music Video） # "愁いのPrisoner" (Music Video) # "YOUR SONG" (Music Video) # "JUST FINE" (Music Video) # "COLORS" (Music Video) # "元号" (Music Video)

Blu-ray Disc 3 bonus tracks

# "GLAY SPECIAL LIVE ROPPONGI HILLS ARENA"（全曲） # "超プレミアムライブ GLAY × ゴールデンボンバー in 超音楽祭2019"（全曲） # "GLAY DAY JAPAN PREMIER LIVE in Chitose Powered by HOTEL GLAY" (全曲)

References

External links

Album profile
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