''Real'' is the eighth album by

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, released on August 30, 2000. It was the band's last original studio album before a prolonged hiatus. It reached number one on the

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chart and sold over a million copies, being certified by the RIAJ. One of the singles from the album, "

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Track listing

Personnel

* hyde –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

, rhythm guitar on track 2, keyboards on track 11 *

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–

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, keyboards on tracks 3, 5, 6, 10, 11 * tetsu –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

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 ...

, keyboards on tracks 6 and 7 *

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– drums, keyboards on track 1 * K – female voice on tracks 2 and 10 * Hajime Okano – keyboards on tracks 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11 * Hitoshi Saitou – keyboards on tracks 6, 7 and 11 * Cheiko – backing vocals on track 3 * Nobuhiko Nakayama – synthesizer on track 4 * Ittetsu Gen – strings on track 6 * Yasushi Nakanishi – Hammond organ on track 8 * Chokkaku – keyboards on track 8

References

2000 albums L'Arc-en-Ciel albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub