''Fact'' is the second full-length album by Japanese

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, and their first on a major label. It is also their first worldwide release. The only single from the album was "A Fact of Life", for which a music video was made. On the Japanese version of the album, the track "A Fact of Life (

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Track listing

#"Paradox" - 2:44 #"Los Angeles" - 2:38 #"A Fact of Life" - 3:04 #"Chain" - 0:24 #"Reborn" - 3:27 #"Purple Eyes" - 2:06 #"Lights of Vein" - 3:14 #"

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" - 3:19 #"CO3" - 2:03 #"Snow" - 2:51 #"Stretch My Arms" - 3:59 #"45 Days" - 4:21 #"Why..." - 3:23 #"1-2" - 1:57 #"Rise" - 3:33 #"A Fact of Life (

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Personnel

* Hiro –

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* Kazuki –

Backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

and

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* Eiji –

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* Tomohiro –

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, Backing vocals * Takahiro –

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, Backing vocals

References

External links

Amazon.com
2009 debut albums Fact (band) albums Avex Group albums Hassle Records albums Vagrant Records albums Albums produced by Michael Baskette {{2000s-punk-rock-album-stub