Brand New Maid

Brand New Maid
Studio album by
Band-Maid
ReleasedMay 18, 2016
Recorded2016
Studio
  • Studio Birdman West
  • Sound Crew Studio
  • St. Soul B1
  • Scrambles Studio
  • Nasoundra Palace Studio, Tokyo
  • Thomas Studio, Kyoto, Japan
GenreHard rock[1]
Length31:09
LanguageJapanese
LabelCrown Stones (Japan), JPU (international)
Band-Maid chronology
New Beginning
(2015) 		Brand New Maid
(2016) 		Just Bring It
(2017)
Music videos
"The Non-Fiction Days" on YouTube
"Before Yesterday" on YouTube
"Alone" on YouTube

Brand New Maid is the third studio album by Japanese all-female rock band Band-Maid. It was released on May 18, 2016, and was their first album to be released internationally.[2] Music videos were made for "The Non-Fiction Days," "Before Yesterday," and "Alone."[3] The album reached number 19 on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart,[4] selling 4,189 copies in its first week.[5]

The international album from JPU Records includes English lyric translations, Romaji lyric transliterations, and the live bonus track "Real Existence".[6]

  1. ^ "Band-Maid – Brand New Maid". JaME. June 11, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "BAND-MAID Release First International Album "Brand New MAID"". JPU Records. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Sahota, Shalimar (June 26, 2016). "Review:Brand New Maid". MYMBuzz. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Brand New Maid(Type-A) | Band-Maid" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales | Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. May 30, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "BAND-MAID - Brand New MAID [CD + Translations]". JPU Records. Retrieved August 10, 2021.