True (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

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True
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 12, 1996
Genre
Length49:40
Label Ki/oon
Producer L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano, Harunama Togashi, Takeshi Hadano, Takao Konishi, Akira Nishidaira
L'Arc-en-Ciel chronology
Heavenly
(1995)
True
(1996)
Heart
(1998)
Singles from True
  1. "Kaze ni Kienaide"
    Released: July 08, 1996
  2. "Flower"
    Released: October 17, 1996
  3. "Lies and Truth"
    Released: November 21, 1996
  4. "The Fourth Avenue Cafe"
    Released: August 30, 2006

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. [1] It was also named one of the top albums from 1989 to 1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze. [2]

Contents

Track listing

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

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Fare Well" ken 4:57
2."Caress of Venus"ken4:25
3."Round and Round"hyde3:25
4."Flower"hyde4:58
5.""Good-Morning Hide""hyde5:02
6."The Fourth Avenue Cafe"ken5:03
7."Lies and Truth ("True" Mix)"ken5:52
8."Kaze ni Kienaide ("True" Mix)" (風にきえないで) tetsu 4:37
9."I Wish"tetsu4:35
10."Dearest Love"tetsu6:47

Personnel

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