Idol Is Dead

Idol is Dead (stylized IDOL is DEAD) is the second studio album released by Japanese idol group BiS on October 28, 2012. It is their first original album released on a major label, as well as the first (and only) full album released with the "Quintet" lineup (Pour Lui, Nozomi Hirano, Yufu Terashima, Rio Michibayashi, and Yurika Wakisaka). The album continues the style of BiS's previous releases, containing songs of different types of rock.^[1] It also continues the tradition of their studio albums containing a cover, in this case Shinichi Osawa's "Our Song", arranged in a Shoegaze style.^[2] The four tracks ("nerve", "My Ixxx", "primal." and "IDOL") from their independent label days have been re-recorded.

Releases

Three basic types of the album were released; A standard edition with 1 CD (limited pressings also contained a random photo); A "Movie" edition with 1 CD and a DVD containing the film "IDOL is DEAD -The Movie-" which the group starred in, as well as live footage from their performance at "MOOSIC LAB Re:KICK OFF PARTY!"; A "MV" edition with 1 CD and a DVD containing all of the group's music videos released at the time. In addition, limited editions of the "Movie" and "MV" editions featuring alternate paper sleeve covers and including a random photo were released, bringing the total number of versions to 5. ^[3]

Cover art

The artwork for this album, being BiS's first album on a major label, helped identify and emphasise the shock oriented "Un-Idol like" image that they would go on to be known for. The artwork for the limited editions of the "MV" and "Movie" editions show the members posing while being placed in a Guillotine. The artwork for the standard versions shows the members trapped behind bars resembling a jail cell. These covers, combined with the album title, produced an image quite different from other idol groups when released.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"IDOL is DEAD"	CHARLeS STeART.jr	Kenta Matsukuma	Kenta Matsukuma	2:50
2.	"ASH"	BiS	Kenta Matsukuma	Kenta Matsukuma	3:25
3.	"PPCC"	BiS	Kenta Matsukuma	Buzz72+	3:35
4.	"BLEW"	Rio Michibayashi	Kenta Matsukuma	Kenta Matsukuma	3:51
5.	"CHELSEA"	Iku Ryukyuji	Takumi Asada	Kenta Matsukuma	3:19
6.	"nerve"	Yoji Kubota	mifuu	Schtein&Longer	4:29
7.	"Our Song"	Akihiro Namba	Shinichi Osawa	Schtein&Longer	5:42
8.	"My Ixxx"	BiS	Kenta Matsukuma	Kenta Matsukuma	3:43
9.	"I wish I was SpecIaL"	JxSxK	Ichirou Iguchi	Ichirou Iguchi	2:24
10.	"hitoribochi"	BiS	mifuu	Hidetoshi Miyai	4:55
11.	"IDOL"	Iku Ryukyuji	Kenta Matsukuma	Kenta Matsukuma	3:44
12.	"urge over kill of love"	Yufu Terashima	Kenta Matsukuma	Kenta Matsukuma	3:17
13.	"primal."	BiS	Kenta Matsukuma	Kenta Matsukuma	4:25

Movie Edition Disc 2: Movie + Live DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"IDOL is DEAD -The Movie-" (アイドル・イズ・デッド（映画）)
2.	"Give me your love Zembu" (BiS in MOOSIC LAB Re:KICK OFF PARTY!(LIVE))
3.	"IDOL" (BiS in MOOSIC LAB Re:KICK OFF PARTY!(LIVE))
4.	"BiS" (BiS in MOOSIC LAB Re:KICK OFF PARTY!(LIVE))
5.	"primal." (BiS in MOOSIC LAB Re:KICK OFF PARTY!(LIVE))

MV Edition Disc 2: Music Video DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"BiS"
2.	"Paprika" (パプリカ)
3.	"nerve"
4.	"My Ixxx"
5.	"primal."
6.	"Aidoru" (アイドル (Idol))
7.	"IDOL"
8.	"PPCC"
9.	"IDOL is DEAD"

Personnel

BiS - Lyrics on Tracks 2, 3, 8, 10 and 13
- Pour Lui – vocals
- Nozomi Hirano – vocals
- Yufu Terashima – vocals; Lyrics on Track 12
- Rio Michibayashi – vocals; Lyrics on Track 4
- Yurika Wakisaka – vocals
Kenta Matsukuma – Sound producer; all instruments
Takumi Asada – Guitar and Bass Guitar on Track 5
Sho Sakafumi – Guitar on Track 5
Satoshi Aoki – Guitar on Track 6
Keita Kitajima - Bass Guitar on Tracks 3 and 9
megane – Bass Guitar on Track 11
Takashi Todoroki – Drums on Tracks 3, 4, 5, 8 and 13
Takuya Kusunose – Drums on Tracks 9 and 10
Studio-Novel – Art Direction and Design
Katsuto Matsuura – executive producer
Hikaru Yamaguchi – executive producer

Notes

All writing, arrangement and personnel credits taken from the album insert.^[9]

References

↑ MAY-E. "手にはタバコと釘バット。一際異彩を放つアイドル・グループBiSが、最強のロック・アルバム『IDOL is DEAD』をリリース!!". 激ロック. Geki-Rock Entertainment Inc. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
↑ boykun. "Idols Are Dead According to BiS". nandake/. The Pink Octopus Media. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
↑ "ALBUM「IDOL is DEAD」エモいアイドルBiS最強のROCK ALBUM完成!!". BiS official website. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ "BiS ギロチン＆くわえタバコに釘バットの衝撃ジャケ写＆アー写が解禁！". アメーバニュース. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ 逆井, マリ. "Artist File #40 "アイドルシーンの革命児"BiS". sibch.tv. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ retriever （レトリバー）. "新生アイドル研究会ＢｉＳ　横浜アリーナにて解散と思ったら・・・・明日もライブ（笑）". north-forest. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ 平賀, 哲雄. "BiS 『IDOL is DEAD』インタビュー". billboard-japan. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ "Ｂｉｓ／IDOL is DEAD【映画盤（CD+DVD）】（通常盤）". Village Vanguard Online Store. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
↑ Idol is dead (CD liner). BiS. Japan: Avex Trax. 2012. AVCD-38752.

BiS

Pour Lui Kika Front Frontalle Aya Eightprince Peri Ubu Go Zeela Rina Yokoyama Yukiko Nakayama Yufu Terashima Yurika Wakisaka Rio Michibayashi Junko Koshino Nozomi Hirano First Summer Uika Saki Kamiya Tentenko Megumi Koshouji

Albums	Brand-new idol Society IDOL is DEAD WHO KiLLED IDOL? Brand-new idol Society 2

EPs	ABiSCDiS

Compilations	Bisukete Otameshi BEST!! Urya-Oi!!!

Singles	My Ixxx nerve primal. IDOL PPCC BiSimulation DiE Fly / Hi STUPiG FiNAL DANCE / nerve

Collaboration Singles	Get You Denden Passion / IDOL

Digital Singles	Taiyou no Jumon Interaction Tofu

Related groups	BiS Kaidan BiSH

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