Kiss (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

Kiss
Studio album by L'Arc-en-Ciel
Released November 21, 2007
Genre Pop rock, alternative rock, progressive rock
Length 53:07
Label Ki/oon
Producer L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano, Akira Nishidaira
L'Arc-en-Ciel chronology
Awake
(2005)
Kiss
(2007)
Quadrinity: Member's Best Selections
(2010)

Kiss is the eleventh album released by L'Arc-en-Ciel on November 21, 2007. Its first-press edition comes with a 23 page photobook and had sold out in less than a week of its official release. The album also reached the #1 spot on the Oricon album chart.[1]

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Seventh Heaven"   hyde hyde 5:01
2. "Pretty Girl"   ken ken 3:17
3. "My Heart Draws a Dream"   hyde ken 4:16
4. "Sunadokei" (砂時計) tetsu tetsu 4:35
5. "Spiral"   yukihiro yukihiro 4:01
6. "Alone en la Vida"   hyde ken 5:12
7. "Daybreak's Bell"   hyde ken 4:11
8. "Umibe" (海辺) hyde tetsu 4:33
9. "The Black Rose"   hyde hyde 3:38
10. "Link -Kiss Mix-"   hyde tetsu 4:46
11. "Yuki no Ashiato" (雪の足跡) hyde ken 4:47
12. "Hurry Xmas"   hyde hyde 4:49
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Personnel

  • hydevocals, keyboards on track 12
  • kenguitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 tambourine on track 2
  • tetsubass, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 4, 8, 10, handclap on track 10
  • yukihirodrums, metal percussion on track 2
  • Akira Nishidaira – keyboards on tracks 1, 4, 10, handclap on track 10
  • Hajime Okano – keyboards on track 2, handclap on track 10, tambourine on track 12
  • Toshihiko Komura – saxophone on track 2
  • Harunam Togashi – keyboards on tracks 3, 11, acoustic piano on track 3, 7, 11
  • Chieko Kanehara – strings on tracks 10 and 12
  • Jeremy Lubbock – conductor on track 6
  • Bruce Dukov, Becky Bunnell, Darius Campo, Pip Clarke, Charles Everett, Armen Garabedian, Pat Johnson, Peter Kent, Miran Kojian, Dennis Molchan, Anatoly Rosinski, Haim Shtrum, Mari Tsumura, Shari Zippert – violin on track 6
  • Marilyn Baker, Dennyse Buffum, Pam Goldsmith, Jimbo Ross – viola on track 6
  • Larry Corbett, Ernie Ehrhardt, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Suzie Katayama, Steve Richards, Dan Smith – cello on track 6
  • Masahiro Kobayashi – trumpet on tracks 9 and 12
  • Ta Kobayashi, Isao Sakuma, Mikio Saitou – trumpet on tracks 9
  • Hikoutsu Fujita, Yuji Uesato – horn on track 9
  • Kiyoshi Satou – tuba on track 9
  • Takeshi Hatano – keyboards on track 12
  • Masahiko Sugasasa – trumpet on track 12
  • Youichi Murata, Masanori Hirohara – trombone
  • Kazuhiko Kondou – alto saxophone and flute on track 12
  • Ooji Miyamoto – tenor saxophone on track 12
  • Yoshiaki Satou – accordion on track 12
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