[Standard] isn't that bad. It's simple yet something I can't explain haha .sweat. Maybe it will be a great album, who knows right?  New songs.. It will be awesome!

but wait...
if the album is goint to be release on the 2/10 according to the rumor, and the single two weeks earlier, should we get the official news during the next two weeks? .omg. 
two weeks before the release date of the single should be good enought, shouldn't they?

anyway, I truly hope next scandal album will be a 'concept' one. as for the covers, the pvs and all the music/lyrics being focus on one particular concept. baby action was quite a concept album (to me) as it was a simbol of 'scandal growing up', but the music wasn't their best.
as with queens, they truly made a big step forward musically talking, and I wish the time for a full concept album will come soon ;___;'' even more the pvs who are coming with the releases. latetly, with kagen no tsuki pv story-line (who is not that simple and crystal clear lol), I miss storylines pv, pvs with some meaning in them :\

edit: rina posted this twitpic


are they shooting something? .hmmm. 

reilachii wrote:edit: rina posted this twitpic


are they shooting something? .hmmm. 

Probably the new PV. Well, I'm just guessing don't have your hopes high. LOL. If it were true then it means another studio type PV. I do hope they would someday hire Shiga Takumi as the director. I really like his abstract themed PVs.

Well yeah probably the new PV. We should get more infos and details soon, only one month away from release date.

visit haruna's twitter acct as translated by google she answered "shooting" when asked what she's up to right now. well we still need an official confirmation posted by them 

truly hope is a photoshooting. another studio pv will totally make me sad ahah

Hope the tshirt is cool, just so I can have an excuse to grab that edition. Thank thosguiltyeyes for the heads up. ............................... 

Maybe the title 'Standard' refers to the status of the band itself ? Seeing more and more SCANDAL copy-band every year and more girls joining to form rock bands, they see SCANDAL as the new standard for Japanese rock girls bands ?

This might be a little presumptuous but I believe they are currently the most successful all-girls rock band in Japan (correct my if I'm wrong).

Anyway, me neither, I can't wait for this new album to be released !

It's official!

https://twitter.com/scandal_band/status/369958268971384832
10/2（水）に5thアルバム「STANDARD」のリリースが決定しました！！
"On 10/2 (Wed.), 5th album 「STANDARD」 will be released!!"

They also officially announced the new single as well.

I can't wait longer   

Thanks for the info!! :D Yeah! Looking forward for both the album and single.

Then, the info has been confirmed officially  


the new album will be released on 2 october

Glad to get the official confirmation. I hope we get more information soon about the design, number of songs, per-order, etc .clap.

this is gonna be a nice birthday present for me .clap.

thoseguiltyeyes wrote:

macdyne73 wrote:And again, please refrain from being too harsh. Some of us here have been very harsh lately regarding the band.

I agree; I can't believe some of the comments I'm seeing these days, and some are bordering on almost being rude.

Regarding the title, the girls always say they choose the title for an album before they start working on it, and they build the album around that title/theme. People shouldn't be judging it already when we currently have no idea why they chose it in the first place.

And about you guys wondering about what songs will be on it, it's way too early to speculate that, especially when it hasn't even been officially announced. However, all that we can be sure about right now is that the single songs (AwaTsumo; Kagen; and the new, still unnamed single) will be included.

I second this~ I really don't care what the title is, I'm just excited for some new music .love. It's all gonna be awesome I bet~

http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/scandal/info/429590 here is from sony music :3

Thanks for the link, tasupo. Here's the info:

＜5th ALBUM 「STANDARD」 10/2 Release!!＞

■Deluxe Limited Edition　　Catalog Number: ESCL-4105　　Price: 4,500 yen
SPECIAL ORIGINAL T-shirt included!

■Limited Edition (CD+DVD)　　Catalog Number: ESCL-4107　　Price: 3,500 yen
【DVD content】
・「Awanai Tsumori no Genki de ne」－MUSIC VIDEO－
・「Kagen no Tsuki」－MUSIC VIDEO－
・「SCANDAL IN THE HOUSE」－MUSIC VIDEO－

■Regular Edition (First Press)　　Catalog Number: ESCL-4109　　Price: 3,059 yen
【Bonus】
1 random member solo sticker out of 4 kinds included! A limited number of stickers with the SCANDAL member's signatures will be included!
※The signatures correspond to each member's sticker

「SCANDAL IN THE HOUSE」 - New song title? haha all right then

Edit: It looks like said song^ will be a B-side on the OVER DRIVE single.

Pretty sure I'm gonna take the Limited Edition with the 3 PV. Despite the sticker I see no point in taking the Regular version. And the one with the t-shirt... yeah would be great but can't order both so have to choose.

「SCANDAL IN THE HOUSE」 sounds interesting ^_^

Does that means pre-orders will be up soon??

I feel like the Scandal In the House sounds like Dobondobondo haha or something

That promo picture posted earlier was actually for STANDARD, not the new single. I posted 2 of the covers here too:

https://www.scandal-heaven.com/t9282-standard


Also, here's the track listing!

01. Brand new wave
02. OVER DRIVE
03. Uchiagehanabi (打ち上げ花火; Skyrocket)
04. Orange Juice (オレンジジュース)
05. Metronome (メトロノーム)
06. Weather report
07. Hachigatsu (8月; August)
08. Awanai Tsumori no, Genki de ne (会わないつもりの、元気でね; I Don't Plan On Seeing You; Take Care)
09. Kagen no Tsuki (下弦の月; Waning Moon)
10. Koi no Gestalt Houkai (恋のゲシュタルト崩壊; The Collapse of Love's Gestalt)
11. Kimi to Mirai to Kanzen Douki (キミと未来と完全同期; Fully Synchronized With You and the Future)
12. Namida yo Hikare (涙よ光れ; Shining Tears)
13. STANDARD

http://www.sonymusicshop.jp/m/item/itemShw.php?associate=SMO&cd=ESCL000004109

Wow, they posted the tracklist already! That's quick. So they have the normal 13 songs, and a few of the unreleased songs are there. The songs sound cool and have nice names. I can't wait for it to come out. A little weird that they'd put a song called August on an album that's coming out in October, but that's fine. Can't wait for this!

Wow that's alot of new songs, 10/13

edit: well technically 9/13 are new since "brand new wave" is probably gonna be on the new single...Not sure I'm going to get it though...

@kaitanuva: Only 2 songs are going to be on the single, OVER DRIVE & SCANDAL IN THE HOUSE.

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CDJ links:

Regular: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ESCL-4109

CD+DVD: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ESCL-4107

T-shirt: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ESCL-4105


It doesn't seem like they'll have any options size wise for the t-shirts, so it's probably a one size kind of thing. As for the design, it says on Sony Music Shop that it's a "member print t-shirt."

Just preodered the album w/ t-shirt along with  Over Drive RE

Can't wait to get it!.clap.

The titles of the new songs are very interesting!  I can't wait for its release! And, shouldn't the 10th track be translated as "The Collapse of Gestalt's Love"?