Smile (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

Smile
Studio album by L'Arc-en-Ciel
Released	March 31, 2004 (JP) June 26, 2004 (US)
Genre	Alternative rock pop rock
Length	44:42
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
"Spirit Dreams Inside" Released: September 5, 2001 "Ready Steady Go" Released: February 4, 2004 "Hitomi no Juunin" Released: March 3, 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 in the linear notes. The song "Ready Steady Go" was used as the second opening for the Fullmetal Alchemist anime. ^[1]

Track listing

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

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

Personnel

• hyde – vocals, acoustic guitar on track 10
• ken – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10, lap steel guitar on track 10
• tetsu – bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 2, 5 and 9, guitar solo on track 5
• yukihiro – drums, percussion, backing vocals, metal percussion on track 3
• Hajime Okano – keyboards on tracks 2, 4, 5, 9 and 10, backing vocals on track 8
• Hiroaki Sugawara – keyboards on track 6, synthesizer on track 10
• Asuka Kaneko – strings on track 6
• Jack Danger – backing vocals on track 8
• Hal-Oh Togashi – acoustic piano on track 9

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2004) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon) [2] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 35

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [3]	Platinum	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Sockol, Ben (2023-10-23). "Every Fullmetal Alchemist Opening, Ranked". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
2. "SMILE | L'Arc～en～Ciel". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
3. "Japanese album certifications – L'Arc～en～Ciel – SMILE" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan.Select 2004年3月 on the drop-down menu