Smile (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

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Smile
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 31, 2004 (JP)
June 26, 2004 (US)
Genre
Length44:42
Label Ki/oon (JP)
Tofu (US)
Producer L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano
L'Arc-en-Ciel chronology
The Best of L'Arc-en-Ciel C/W
(2003)
Smile
(2004)
Awake
(2005)
Singles from Smile
  1. "Spirit dreams inside"
    Released: September 05, 2001
  2. "Ready Steady Go"
    Released: February 04, 2004
  3. "Hitomi no Juunin"
    Released: March 03, 2004

Smile is the ninth album by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on March 31, 2004. It was the band's first original studio album after a prolonged hiatus. Smile was later given a United States release by Tofu Records, for which all Japanese song titles received English translations. The song "Ready Steady Go" was used as the second opening for the Fullmetal Alchemist anime.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by hyde, except track 3 by ken; track 5 by tetsu

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Kuchizuke" (接吻Kiss)ken4:25
2."Ready Steady Go"tetsu3:45
3."Lover Boy"ken4:45
4."Feeling Fine"ken4:17
5."Time Goes On"tetsu4:44
6."Coming Closer"ken5:14
7."Eien" (永遠Forever)hyde4:39
8."Revelation" yukihiro 3:18
9."Hitomi no Jūnin" (瞳の住人Living in Your Eyes)tetsu5:55
10."Spirit Dreams Inside"hyde3:47
11."Ready Steady Go (hydeless Version)" (US release only)tetsu3:47

Personnel


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