| Brand New Maid | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Band-Maid |
| Cover: | File:BandMaid_BrandNew.jpeg |
| Released: | May 18, 2016 |
| Recorded: | 2016 |
| Genre: | Hard rock[1] |
| Length: | 31:09 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Label: | Crown Stones (Japan), JPU (international) |
| Prev Title: | New Beginning |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | Just Bring It |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
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]
JaME gave the album a positive review, saying "...they are serious about and capable of realizing their goal of "world domination."[1] J-Generation noted that the album was "bigger, tougher, deeper" than the band's previous releases and that it "...proves Band-Maid’s ready to crush any protests that their cute persona disqualifies them from the "real rock" club.[7]
Chama and Chiaki of Gekirock listed the album as the fourth and sixth best album of 2016, respectively.[8]
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Japan Top Albums (Billboard) | 15 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 19 |