Ray (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

Ray is the seventh album by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on July 1, 1999, simultaneously with Ark. It reached number two on the Oricon chart, behind only Ark, and sold over two million copies, being certified by the RIAJ.^[1]

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Quick facts Studio album by L'Arc-en-Ciel, Released ...

Track listing

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No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Shi no Hai" (死の灰)	tetsu	4:08
2.	"It's the End"	ken	3:25
3.	"Honey"	hyde	3:48
4.	"Sell my Soul"	hyde	4:39
5.	"Snow Drop (Ray Mix)"	tetsu	4:33
6.	"L'heure"	yukihiro	4:04
7.	"Kasou" (花葬)	ken	5:13
8.	"Shinshoku ~Lose Control~" (浸食～lose control～)	ken	4:45
9.	"Trick"	yukihiro	3:47
10.	"Ibara no Namida" (いばらの涙)	hyde	5:22
11.	"The Silver Shining"	ken	5:40

Covers

"Shinshoku ~lose control~" was covered by Fantôme Iris, a fictional visual kei band from multimedia franchise Argonavis from BanG Dream! on their first solo live Fantôme Iris 1st LIVE -C'est la vie!-.^[2] "Honey" and "Snow Drop" were covered by Eric Martin and Boyz II Men, respectively, on L'Arc-en-Ciel Tribute; a different mix of Martin's cover was later included on his cover album Mr. Rock Vocalist.^[3]^[4]

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Personnel

hyde – vocals
ken – guitar, chromaharp on track 1, keyboards on tracks 2, 7, 8 and 11, tambourine on tracks 3, 5 and 11
tetsu – bass guitar, backing vocals
yukihiro – drums, tambourine and shaker on track 2, guitar and keyboards on track 9
Hajime Okano – keyboards on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11
Hitoshi Saitou – keyboards on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11
Shinri Sasaki – piano on track 4
Sylvie – fills on track 6

Charts

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[7]	2× Million	2,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Ray (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

Track listing

Covers

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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