Kiss (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

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
Awake (2005) Kiss (2007) Quadrinity: Member's Best Selections (2010)
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. 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