Mugen no Juunin (無限の住人; Blade of the Immortal) Album Discussion Thread Round #1
Mugen no Juunin (無限の住人; Blade of the Immortal)
Release Date: September 20, 1996
Running Time: 54m:26s
Label: ポニーキャニオン (Pony Canyon)
Album Cover: Mugen no Juunin
Genre:
Heavy Metal
Hard Rock
Doom Metal
Stoner Rock
| Performers | |
|---|---|
| Shinji Wajima | Guitar, Vocals |
| Ken-ichi Suzuki | Bass, Vocals |
| Iwao Tsuchiya | Drums, Vocals |
| Guests | |
|---|---|
| Toshiro Nagakawa | Keyboard |
| Shinohara Takeshi | Flute, Dragon Flute |
Listen
Streaming Services:
- Apple Music (US): Mugen no Juunin
- Last.fm: Mugen No Juunin
- Spotify: ?
- YouTube Music Premium: 無限の住人
Other:
- Youtube: 無限の住人（フルアルバム） 人間椅子（Ningen Isu
Track List
| Song | Romaji | English | Youtube | Setlist.fm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 晒し首 | Sarashi Kubi | Decapitated Head | 人間椅子 晒し首 | 17 |
| 無限の住人 | Mugen no Juunin | Blade of the Immortal | Ningen Isu - Mugen No Juunin | 8 |
| 地獄 | Jigoku | Hell | 人間椅子 地獄 | 79 |
| 蛮カラ一代記 | Bankara Ichidaiki | Stalwart Man Chronicle | 人間椅子 蛮カラ一代記 | 7 |
| 莫迦酔狂ひ | Bacchus Gurui | Bacchus Drunk Crazy | バッカス狂い-Ningen Isu | 20 |
| もっこの子守唄 | Mokko no Komori-uta | Cradlesong of Monster | 無限の住人（フルアルバム） 人間椅子（Ningen Isu): もっこの子守唄 | 3 |
| 刀と鞘 | Katana to Saya | Sword and Sheath | 刀と鞘-人間椅子 | 3 |
| 辻斬り小唄無宿編 | Tsujigiri Kouta Musyuku-hen | Street Murder Song of Outlaw | 人間椅子 辻斬り小唄無宿編 | 7 |
| 宇宙遊泳 | Uchuu Yuuei | Spacewalk | 無限の住人（フルアルバム） 人間椅子（Ningen Isu): 宇宙遊泳 | 10 |
| 黒猫 | Kuroneko | Black Cat | 黒猫(You Tube)-Ningen Isu | 47 |
Lyrics
See Lyrics post: Lyrics Translations - All Albums
Other Links
- Discogs: 人間椅子* – 無限の住人
- Encyclopedia Metallum - The Metal Archives: 無限の住人 人間椅子
- Metal Music Archives: NINGEN ISU — MUGEN NO JUUNIN
- Prog Archives: MUGEN NO JUNIN Ningen-Isu • Heavy Prog
Background
- The album cover was created by Hiroaki Samura, the artist who created the manga Mugen no Juunin/Blade of the Immortal.
Reviews and Articles
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Encyclopaedia Metallum/The Metal Archives: Still Rocking Out - 90%
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Cross-posted at Dudemanguy's Musings: 人間椅子 - 無限の住人 - Still Rocking Out
"But the biggest standout to me is easily the third track, 地獄, which is easily one of the most unique songs in Ningen-Isu's massive discography. It instantly slaps you in the face with this incredibly weird but ridiculously catchy riff from both Kenichi and Shinji. As icing on the cake, Kenichi makes a bunch of weird vocal noises and even does a madman laugh at some point. The middle section is a sharp contrast to all the madness and goes for a pretty spacey psychedelic vibe with a lot of weird guitar effects from Shinji. But really the main reason this song stands out so much is because of the aforementioned main riff. It's simple, but extremely unique, and I've not heard another band come up with anything that sounds like that."
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Cross-posted at Metal Music Archives: NINGEN ISU — MUGEN NO JUUNIN (REVIEW)
"As luck would have it, manga artist Hiroaki Samura was a fan of the band and contacted them about doing a collaboration project. The deal was that Wajima and Suzuki were free to write any songs they liked so long as the lyrics could be imagined as being part of Japan's Edo Period. Lyrics mentioning cars, phones, and pachinko machines were out. Samura would illustrate the album cover and inner sleeve. The album would be released by Pony Canyon, a major label, with a one-time-release contract. The two song writers threw themselves into their work, relishing the new experience of writing for someone else."
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ひよりの音楽自己満足: 人間椅子 6th 無限の住人 (Japanese)
Via Google Translate:
"As the savage is an image album of the hero's historical drama manga, it is dominated by dark and powerful Japanese songs. In addition, there is a moist atmosphere full of emotions. There was one song that was completely different, but the response was more than enough. Oh yeah, "Sword and Sheath" will be released as a single, but there is an unrecorded song called "Sakurashita Ondo". Unfortunately this single is not available yet. I've heard it only once at Fan Club Live."
Sources
Note: Some sources in Japanese; Google Translate used
- Wikipedia - Ningen Isu
- [Wikipedia (Japan) - 人間椅子 (Band)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%BA%E9%96%93%E6%A4%85%E5%AD%90_(%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89\))
- [Wikipedia (Japan) - 無限の住人 (Album)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%84%A1%E9%99%90%E3%81%AE%E4%BD%8F%E4%BA%BA_(%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%A0\))
- Setlist.fm - Ningen Isu (as of January 11, 2020)
Housekeeping
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Your comments will help make each album thread better. To put it another way, the threads are meant to start conversations around each album in the hopes of increasing our knowledge of each album.
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This information will come from a variety of sources, and could include misleading or incorrect information. Not surprising, given the reliance on a combination of other people's work and Google Translate. If you know something to be wrong, make a comment and appropriate action can be taken.
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Generally defaulted to earlier versions for the video chosen for each song on the track list; there can be big differences between early and later performances. Explore.
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Started: January 2020
Posted Jan 11, 2020, 9:55 PM UTC · edited