Fire Bird (Miyavi album) explained
| Fire Bird |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Miyavi |
| Cover: | Fire Bird (Miyavi album).jpg |
| Released: | 31 August 2016 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Virgin Music |
| Producer: | Miyavi, Lenny Skolnik |
| Prev Title: | The Others |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | Samurai Sessions, Vol. 2 |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Fire Bird is the tenth studio album by Japanese musician Miyavi. It was released on 31 August 2016 in Japan.[1] It charted 11th on Oricon[2] and on Billboard Japan.[3]
Release
The album was followed up by a nationwide tour MIYAVI Japan Tour 2016 "NEW BEAT, NEW FUTURE", which included 10 stops.[4] The last performance was held at Makuhari Messe, and was broadcast live on Abema TV, with more than 100,000 viewers watching.[5]
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]
- Miyavi - vocals (1-4, 6-10), guitar (all tracks), writer (all tracks)
- Austin Massirman - backing vocals (1-4, 6-10)
- Lenny Skolnik - backing vocals (1-4, 6-10)
- Tony Rodini - backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6-10)
- Jonny Litten - keyboard (1-7, 10)
- Bobo - drums (1, 3, 4, 6)
- Brendan Buckley - drums (2, 5, 7, 10)
- Rosie Bones - vocals (3)
- Meron Ryan - backing vocals (2, 4, 7, 8, 10)
- Seann Bowe - backing vocals (2, 4)
- Sidnie Tipton - backing vocals (2, 4, 7, 8, 10)
- Doc Brittain - backing vocals (9), drums (9)
- Nick Long - writer (5)
- Meron Ryan - backing vocals (2, 4, 7-10)
- Adam-Kapit - keyboards (7), vocals (7),
- Melody - backing vocals (8-10)
- Ras - backing vocals (9)
- Elizabeth Cunningham - backing vocals (9)
- Ilan Kidron - backing vocals (9)
- Hatsukazu Hatch Inagaki - engineer
- Shojiro Watanabe - additional engineer (1-4, 6)
- Carl Stoodt - assistant engineer
- Shaun Ezrol - assistant engineer
- Howie Weinberg - mastering engineer (all tracks)
- Chris Lord-Alge - mixing engineer (1-3, 5-10)
- Jon Kaplan - mixing engineer (4)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: http://rollingstonejapan.com/articles/detail/26537. ja:MIYAVI、Beatsのルーク・ウッドPresidentと語るこだわりの音作り. 2016-09-01. 2017-02-23. Japanese. Rolling Stone Japan. https://web.archive.org/web/20170224052017/http://rollingstonejapan.com/articles/detail/26537. 2017-02-24. dead.
- Web site: Fire Bird. Oricon. 2017-03-15.
- Web site: Top Album Sales. Billboard Japan. 2017-03-15.
- Web site: New Single from MIYAVI. 2016-04-13. 2017-03-15. JaMe World.
- Web site: MIYAVI Japan Tour 2016 "NEW BEAT, NEW FUTURE" at Makuhari Messe. MusicJapanPlus. 2017-03-15. 2017-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024711/http://www.musicjapanplus.jp/specialfeatures/12880/miyavi-japan-tour-2016-new-beat-new-future-at-makuhari-messe/. dead.
- Fire Bird . Miyavi . 2016 . booklet . Universal Music . TYCT-60089 . Japan.
