Abingdon Boys School is the self-titled debut album by rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Abingdon Boys School

Abingdon boys school

Abingdon Boys School, stylized as abingdon boys school and abbreviated as a.b.s, is a Japanese rock band fronted by Takanori Nishikawa....

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Overview

The initial release date was for October 10 but the album was delayed so the production staff could better promote the album. It was released on October 17, 2007 through Epic Records Japan. There are two versions, a standard edition and a limited edition

Special edition

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, the latter containing a DVD of music video

Music video

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s and live performance

Concert

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s. The album features their three previous singles, as well as a remix of b-side

A-side and B-side

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, "Lost Reason" featuring Micro of Home Made Kazoku

Home Made Kazoku

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. It also features a song used on a tribute album

Tribute album

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 for the Nana

Nana (manga)

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manga as well as a cover of a Buck-Tick

Buck-Tick

Buck-Tick is a rock band formed in 1983 in Fujioka, Japan. The band has consisted of Atsushi Sakurai , Hisashi Imai , Hidehiko Hoshino , Yutaka Higuchi and Toll Yagami for the majority of its existence...

 song, entitled .

Music Style

The music is mixture of hard rock guitar

Electric guitar

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s and drums

Drum kit

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 and electronic/techno beats. The lyrics of the songs are a mixture of English

English language

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 and Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

, with the exception of Rebirth + Reverse which is an instrumental track. Athena, Via Dolorosa, Howling, Nephilim & Innocent Sorrow are sung in Japanese, except for occasional English vocals.

Track listing

Charts

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
2	2	2	3	4	4	2	50,014
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	16	12,219
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	30	5,261
x	x	x	x	x	x	x	72	2,302

Total Reported Sales: 69,796}