Heart (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

Heart
Heart
Studio album by L'Arc-en-Ciel
Released	February 25, 1998
Genre	Alternative rock; pop rock;
Length	48:38
Label	Ki/oon
Producer	L'Arc-en-Ciel; Hajime Okano; Chieko Nakayama;
L'Arc-en-Ciel chronology
Singles from Heart
	"Niji"; Released: October 17, 1997; "Winter Fall"; Released: January 28, 1998;

Heart is the fifth album by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on February 25, 1998. It is the band's first album with yukihiro on drums and marked the band's return to mainstream attention following the arrest of the former drummer sakura. It reached number one on the Oricon chart and sold over a million copies, being certified by the RIAJ.^[1]

The first single to be released from this album was "Niji".

Track listing

All lyrics are written by hyde, except track 9 by tetsu

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Loreley"	hyde	5:58
2.	"Winter Fall"	ken	4:53
3.	"Singin' in the Rain"	hyde	4:34
4.	"Shout at the Devil"	ken	3:57
5.	"Niji (Album Version)" (虹)	ken	5:07
6.	"Birth!"	hyde	4:16
7.	"Promised Land"	ken	4:29
8.	"Fate"	ken	5:41
9.	"Milky Way"	tetsu	4:28
10.	"Anata" (あなた)	tetsu	5:15

Personnel

hyde – vocals, alto sax on track 1, "master devil" on track 7
ken – guitar, autoharp on track 1, tambourine on tracks 5 and 10
tetsu – bass guitar
yukihiro – drums, industrial noise on track 1, metal percussion on tracks 4 and 7
Hajime Okano – keyboards on tracks 1, 6 and 7, ARP 2600 on track 8
Hitoshi Saitou – keyboards on track 1
Shinri Sasaki – piano on track 2
Chieko Kanehara – strings on tracks 2 and 10
Shirou Sasaki – horns on track 2
Chinpaul Gorichie – female chorus on track 2
Hal-Oh Togashi – keyboards on track 3
Kyoya Kimura – "devil's voice" on track 7
Chinpaul Gilbert – "grand master devil" on track 7, 12-string guitar on track 9

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[2]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	15

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[3]	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 August 5, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^ "HEART | L'Arc～en～Ciel". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
^ "Japanese album certifications – L'Arc～en～Ciel – HEART" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1998年11月 on the drop-down menu

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

[2] "HEART | L'Arc～en～Ciel". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2024-05-17.

[JapanL'Arc～en～CielHEARTalbumCertRef-3] "Japanese album certifications – L'Arc～en～Ciel – HEART" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1998年11月 on the drop-down menu

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Compilations and remixes	Ectomorphed Works Clicked Singles Best 13 The Best of L'Arc-en-Ciel 1994–1998 The Best of L'Arc-en-Ciel 1998–2000 The Best of L'Arc-en-Ciel C/W Twenity 1991–1996 Twenity 1997–1999 Twenity 2000–2010
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