True (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

True
True
Studio album by L'Arc-en-Ciel
Released	December 12, 1996
Genre	Alternative rock; pop rock;
Length	49:40
Label	Ki/oon
Producer	L'Arc-en-Ciel; Hajime Okano; Harunama Togashi; Takeshi Hadano; Takao Konishi; Akira Nishidaira;
L'Arc-en-Ciel chronology
Singles from True
	"Kaze ni Kienaide"; Released: July 08, 1996; "Flower"; Released: October 17, 1996; "Lies and Truth"; Released: November 21, 1996; "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]

Track listing

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

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

Personnel

hyde – vocals, backing vocals, harmonica on track 4, handclaps on track 9
ken – guitar, backing vocals, vibraphone on track 2, tambourine on track 5, handclaps on track 9
tetsu – bass guitar, backing vocals, handclaps on track 9
sakura – drums, 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)^[3]	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]	4× Platinum	1,600,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "RIAJ CERTIFIED MILLION SELLER ALBUMS". ocn.ne.jp. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^ "Top 44 Albums from 1989 - 1998". jame-world.com. 2004-05-09. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
^ "True | L'Arc～en～Ciel". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
^ "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

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[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.

[JapanL'Arc～en～CielTRUEalbumCertRef-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

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