Real (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

Real is the eighth album by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on August 30, 2000. It was the band's last original studio album before a prolonged hiatus. It reached number one on the Oricon chart and sold over a million copies, being certified by the RIAJ.[1]

Real
Studio album by L'Arc-en-Ciel
Released	August 30, 2000
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	54:16
Label	Ki/oon
Producer	L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano
L'Arc-en-Ciel chronology
Ectomorphed Works (2000) Real (2000) Clicked Singles Best 13 (2001)

One of the singles from the album, "Stay Away", is a playable song in the computer game DrumMania 4th Mix.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by hyde, except track 4 by tetsu.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Get out from the Shell -Asian Version-"	yukihiro	4:16
2.	"The Nepenthes"	ken	3:26
3.	"Neo Universe"	ken	4:08
4.	"Bravery"	tetsu	5:27
5.	"Love Flies"	ken	4:54
6.	"Finale"	tetsu	6:26
7.	"Stay Away"	tetsu	3:59
8.	"Route 666"	hyde	4:28
9.	"Time Slip"	ken	5:00
10.	"A Silent Letter"	ken	6:39
11.	"All Year Around Falling in Love"	hyde	5:33

Personnel

• hyde – vocals, rhythm guitar on track 2, keyboards on track 11
• ken – guitar, keyboards on tracks 3, 5, 6, 10, 11
• tetsu – bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 6 and 7
• yukihiro – drums, keyboards on track 1
• K – female voice on tracks 1 and 10
• Hajime Okano – keyboards on tracks 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11
• Hitoshi Saitou – keyboards on tracks 6, 7 and 11
• Cheiko – backing vocals on track 3
• Nobuhiko Nakayama – synthesizer on track 4
• Ittetsu Gen – strings on track 6
• Yasushi Nakanishi – Hammond organ on track 8
• Chokkaku – keyboards on track 8

References

1. "RIAJ CERTIFIED MILLION SELLER ALBUMS". ocn.ne.jp. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2015.