''Recitation'' is the fifth

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from

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. Recitation continues to expand upon the band's previous albums by using further elements of

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and

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while also maintaining screamed vocals, and is often seen as an album of further growth for Envy that improves upon the predecessors by perfecting their mix of

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and

. They also continue to use

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lyrics. It is the only Envy release to feature no clean singing, only screaming and spoken word.

Track listing

Personnel

*Dairoku Seki - Drums *Tetsuya Fukagawa - Sequencer, Vocals *Nobukata Kawai - Guitar *Masahiro Tobita - Guitar *Manabu Nakagawa - Bass Guitar *Takashi Kitaguchi - Recording, Mixing

References

2010 albums Envy (band) albums {{2010s-rock-album-stub