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True (L'Arc en Ciel album)

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Released
  
December 12, 1996

True (1996)
  
Heart (1998)

Release date
  
12 December 1996

Producers
  
Hajime Okano, 小西貴雄

Length
  
49:40

Artist
  
L'Arc-en-Ciel

Label
  
Ki/oon Music

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Genres
  
Pop rock, Alternative rock

Similar
  
L'Arc-en-Ciel albums, Pop rock albums

True is the fourth album by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on December 12, 1996. It was the band's last record with sakura on drums. It reached number one on the Oricon chart and sold over a million copies, being certified by the RIAJ. It was also named one of the top albums from 1989-1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics written by hyde, except track 5 by sakura.

Personnel

  • hyde – vocals, backing vocals, harmonica on track 4, handclaps on track 9
  • ken – guitar, backing vocals, vibraphone on track 2, tambourine on track 5, handclaps on track 9
  • tetsu – bass guitar, backing vocals, handclaps on track 9
  • sakura – drums, backing vocals, handclaps on track 9
  • Asuka Kaneko – violin on tracks 1 and 10, strings on track 7
  • Shinobu Hashimoto – cello on tracks 1 and 10
  • Take – tambourine on tracks 3 and 6
  • Shinri Sasaki – female chorus on track 4
  • Kimiyoshi Nagoya (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) – trumpet on track 6
  • Masahiko Kitahara (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) – trombone on track 6
  • Tatsuyuki Hiyamuta (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) – alto saxophone on track 6
  • Gamou (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) – tenor saxophone on track 6
  • Atsushi Yanaka (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) – baritone saxophone on track 6
  • Yasushi Nakanishi – piano, organ on track 9
  • Jake H. Concepcion – alto sax, clarinet on track 9
  • Susumu Kazuhara – trumpet on track 9
  • Kiyoshi Okatarou – trombone on track 9
  • Hirofumi Kinjou – tenor sax on track 9
  • Yusaku, Reiko, Nozomi, Yukari, Toshiyuki – children chorus on track 9
  • Takako Ogawa – female chorus on track 10

    • Songs

    1Fare Well4:57
    2Caress of Venus4:25
    3Round and Round3:26

    References

    True (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) Wikipedia
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