Misplaced Pages

True (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (December 2024) Click for important translation instructions.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 1,400 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|ja|True (L'Arc〜en〜Cielのアルバム)}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
1996 studio album by L'Arc-en-Ciel
True
Studio album by L'Arc-en-Ciel
ReleasedDecember 12, 1996
Genre
Length49:40
LabelKi/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. It was also named one of the top albums from 1989 to 1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze.

Track listing

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

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Fare Well"ken4:57
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)tetsu4:37
9."I Wish"tetsu4:35
10."Dearest Love"tetsu6:47

Personnel

  • hydevocals, backing vocals, harmonica on track 4, handclaps on track 9
  • kenguitar, backing vocals, vibraphone on track 2, tambourine on track 5, handclaps on track 9
  • tetsubass guitar, backing vocals, handclaps on track 9
  • sakuradrums, 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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 18
Chart (1998) Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 87

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) 4× Platinum 1,600,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "RIAJ CERTIFIED MILLION SELLER ALBUMS". ocn.ne.jp. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  2. "Top 44 Albums from 1989 - 1998". jame-world.com. 2004-05-09. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  3. "True | L'Arc~en~Ciel". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  4. "Japanese album certifications – L'Arc~en~Ciel – TRUE" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2000年6月 on the drop-down menu
L'Arc-en-Ciel
Studio albums
Compilations
and remixes
Singles
Video game
Related articles


Stub icon

This 1990s rock album–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: