Fun! Fun! Fanfare!

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Fun! Fun! Fanfare!
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 24, 2014
Genre Pop-rock
Length71:46
Label Epic
Ikimono-gakari chronology
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(2013)
Fun! Fun! Fanfare!
(2014)
Chō Ikimonobakari - Tennen Kinen Members BEST Selection
(2016)

Fun! Fun! Fanfare! (stylized as FUN! FUN! FANFARE!) is the seventh album by the Japanese pop-rock band Ikimono-gakari. It was released on December 24, 2014, and reached number one on the Oricon Albums Chart. [1]

Track list

No.TitleLength
1."FUN! FUN! FANFARE! -The Beginning-" (instrumental)0:40
2."Golden Girl"4:59
3."Love Song wa Tomaranai yo" (ラブソングはとまらないよ)5:33
4."Netsujou no Spectrum" (熱情のスペクトラム)3:44
5."Kirari" (キラリ)5:03
6."Life"4:54
7."Haru" (春)5:54
8."Ashita Hareru ka na" (明日ハレルカナ)4:50
9."Jump!" (ジャンプ!)4:42
10."Niji" (虹)4:22
11."Kagerou" (陽炎)5:02
12."Snow Again"6:43
13."One Goal" (ワンゴール)4:04
14."Namida ga Kieru Nara" (涙がきえるなら)4:30
15."My Stage" (マイステージ)5:35
16."LIGHTS OUT -The Ending-" (instrumental)1:00

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