Fake Star ~I'm Just a Japanese Fake Rocker~ (stylized in all caps; commonly abbreviated to Fake Star) is the seventh studio album by the Japanese rock band

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, released on May 26, 1996, by

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. The song "Pistol" won an International Viewer's Choice Award at the

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. Fake Star peaked at the number one on the

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and sold 203,660 copies in its first week.

Track listing

Personnel

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(清春) – singing * Hitoki (人時) – bass

References

Alternative rock albums by Japanese artists 1990s Japanese-language albums 1996 albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub