True (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

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Hajime Okano
Harunama Togashi
Takeshi Hadano
Takao Konishi
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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was also named one of the top albums from 1989 to 1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Track listing

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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