Kiss (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

Kiss
Kiss
Studio album by L'Arc-en-Ciel
Released	November 21, 2007
Genre	Pop rock; alternative rock;
Length	53:07
Label	Ki/oon
Producer	L'Arc-en-Ciel, Hajime Okano, Akira Nishidaira
L'Arc-en-Ciel chronology
Singles from Kiss
	"Link"; Released: July 20, 2005; "Seventh Heaven"; Released: May 30, 2007; "My Heart Draws a Dream"; Released: August 29, 2007; "Daybreak's Bell"; Released: October 10, 2007; "Hurry Xmas"; Released: November 14, 2007;

Kiss is the eleventh album by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on November 21, 2007. Its first-press edition had a 23-page photobook and sold out in less than a week. The album reached No. 1 on the Oricon album chart.^[1] The song Daybreak's Bell was used as the first opening song for the Gundam 00 series.

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

Personnel

hyde – vocals, keyboards on track 12
ken – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 1–3, 5-9 and 11, tambourine on track 2
tetsu – bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 4, 8 and 10, handclap on track 10
yukihiro – drums, 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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[2]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	39

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[3]	Platinum	250,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "2007年11月25日のCDアルバム週間ランキン" (in Japanese). oricon. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ "KISS | L'Arc～en～Ciel". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
^ "Japanese album certifications – L'Arc～en～Ciel – KISS" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2007年11月 on the drop-down menu

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[hmv-1] "2007年11月25日のCDアルバム週間ランキン" (in Japanese). oricon. Retrieved February 11, 2012.

[2] "KISS | L'Arc～en～Ciel". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

[JapanL'Arc～en～CielKISSalbumCertRef-3] "Japanese album certifications – L'Arc～en～Ciel – KISS" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2007年11月 on the drop-down menu

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