is the eighth album by Japanese rock band

Mucc is a Japanese visual kei Rock music, rock band, formed in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1997. The classic line up of Tatsuro (singer), Tatsuro on vocals, Miya (musician), Miya on guitar, Yukke on bass, and Satochi on drums was solidified in 1999 foll ...

, released on March 26, 2008. It was released in the

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on November 25, 2008, and in the

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on October 13, 2008. The UK edition features a live version "Libra" (previously released on the "Flight" single), and the music video for "Fuzz". The album reached number 13 on the

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. The song "Fuzz" also appears in the American film ''

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''.

Reception

''Shion'' reached number 13 on the

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''ムックのアルバム売り上げランキング'' Retrieved May 16, 2011 Mucc re-recorded of "Fuzz" for their 2017 self-cover album ''Koroshi no Shirabe II This is Not Greatest Hits'', and "Nuritsubusunara Enji" for their 2021 compilation album ''Myojo''. "Flight" and "Libra" were covered by

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and Junko Yano respectively, for the 2017 Mucc tribute album ''Tribute of Mucc -En-''.

Track listing

Personnel

*Mucc ** Tatsuro - vocals ** Miya - guitar and chorus **Yukke - bass **Satochi - drums *Atsushi Koike - manipulation (tracks 8 & 12) *

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- percussion (tracks 3 & 8 ) *Crusher Kimura - strings (track 8) *Shinji Asakura - percussion (track 10)

References

External links

* * * Mucc albums 2008 albums {{2000s-alt-metal-album-stub