SMILE / L'Arc~en~Ciel / SMILE / L'Arc~en~Ciel / SMILE / L'Arc~en~Ciel

Promo version in mini-jacket format.

Notes from Parent Album:
Track 01
Words by hyde
Music, Keyboard & Programming by ken
Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel & Hajime Okano
Recorded by Hitoshi Hiruma, Keiko Koizumi
Mixed by Hitoshi Hiruma

Track 02: TV Anime "Fullmetal Alchemist" 2nd Opening Theme
Words by hyde
Music by tetsu
Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel & Hajime Okano
Keyboard & Programming: ken, tetsu, Hajime Okano
Background Vocal: tetsu
Recorded & Mixed by Hiroshi Hiruma

Track 03
Words & Music by ken
Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel & Hajime Okano
Metal Percussion: yukihiro
Recorded & Mixed by Hiroshi Hiruma

Track 04
Words by hyde
Music by ken
Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel & Hajime Okano
Keyboard & Programming: ken, Hajime Okano
Percussion: yukihiro
Recorded by Hitoshi Hiruma, Keiji Kondo
Mixed by Hiroshi Hiruma

Track 05
Words & Music by tetsu
Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel & Hajime Okano
Keyboard & Programming: ken, tetsu, Hajime Okano
Keybaord & Manipulate: Atsushi Koike
Guitar Solo, Six Strings Bass & Background Vocal: tetsu
Recorded by Hitoshi Hiruma, Keiji Kondo
Mixed by Hiroshi Hiruma

Track 06
Words by hyde
Music by ken
Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel, Hajime Okano & Hiroaki Sugawara
Strings Arrangement: Hiroaki Sugawara
Strings: Aska Kaneko Strings
Keyboard & Programming: Hiroaki Sugawara, ken
Background Vocal: ken, tetsu
Recorded by Hitoshi Hiruma, Keiji Kondo
Mixed by Hiroshi Hiruma

Track 07
Words & Music by hyde
Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel & Hajime Okano
Keyboard & Programming: ken
Recorded & Mixed by Hitoshi Hiruma

Track 08
Words by hyde
Music by yukihiro
Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel & Hajime Okano
Right Side Guitar, Keyboard, Programming & Metal Percussion by yukihiro
Background Vocal: ken, tetsu, yukihiro, Hajime Okano, Jack Danger
Recorded by Hitoshi Hiruma, Keiji Kondo
Mixed by Hiroshi Hiruma

Track 09
Words by hyde
Music & Six Strings Bass by tetsu
Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel & Hajime Okano
Strings Arrangement: David Campbell
Acoustic Piano: HAL-Oh Togashi
Keyboard: tetsu, Hajime Okano
Keyboard & Manipulate: Jin Saito
Recorded by Yasuaki "V" Shindo, Keiji Kondo
Mixed by Hiroshi Hiruma

Track 10: Movie "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within" Ending Theme
Words, Music & Acoustic Guitar by hyde
Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel & Hajime Okano
Lap Steel: ken
Keyboard: ken, Hajime Okano
Manipulate: Jin Saito
Recorded by Hitoshi Hiruma, Tatsuhito Naruse
Mixed by Hiroshi Hiruma


L'Arc~en~Ciel are:
hyde (vocal) x ken (guitar) x tetsu (bass) x yukihiro (drum)

Produced by L'Arc~en~Ciel & Hajime Okano

Directed by Hajime Okano, Jack Danger
Associated by Michiyo Kobayashi (MAVERICK D.C.,INC.)
Guitar & Bass Technician: Kazutaka Minemori
Instruments Coordination: Nobuyuki Akani (MAVERICK D.C.,INC.)
Assistant Engineers:
  Akinori Kaizaki, Keiko Koizumi, Yuki Mitome, Hitomi Suzuki
  Hiromitsu Takasu, Mitsuru Shibamoto
English Translation: Lynne Hobday (On Track 01-02,04,06,10)

Mastered by Howie Weinberg (Masterdisk)

Art Direction & Design: NAMAIKI
Photographer: Mika Ninagawa
Styling: Koji Yukisaida (KiKi inc.)
Hair & Make: Hisako Araki (Oct.)

Line Direction: Kaichiro Shirai (Ki/oon Records Inc.)

Record Company: Ki/oon Records Inc.
  Atsuya Iwasaki, Kazuo Kinoshita, Soh Fukuda, Toru Yamamoto, Chisako Iizuka, Izumi Okamura
  Katsuma Kanbe, Kazunori Sakamoto, Kenichi Hirose, Masahito Ishikawa, Satoshi Seki, Shunsuke Arita
  Yasuaki Aoyagi, Yuki Ishida, Yuuji Matsushiro

Artist Management: MAVERICK D.C.,INC.
  Kenichi Iida, Ryuichi Kato, Chikashi Momma, Nobuyuki Akani, Kiyoshi Fukushima (THEO)
  Atsushi Fujiwara (THEO), Shoji Suzuki, Naoya Ohashi, Yuko Takagi

Executive Producer: Masahiro Oishi (MAVERICK D.C.,INC.), Michihiko Nakayama (Ki/oon Records Inc.)

Special Thanks to:
  Kumi Aoki (YAMAHA SHIBUYA), Kunio Asakura (ESP), Yukihiro Hayashi (Pacifix), Tomoya Hiruma (MUSETEX)
  K.M., Yutaka Kusano (Fernandes), Tomoaki Nagata, Takayuki Nishizawa (Pearl), Takeshi Okuno (Pacifix)
  Jin Saito (Palms), Ryoko Sato, Takashi Shinji (ESP), Yuji Sugiyama, Tsuyoshi Uematsu (Ikebegakki)
  Wine, Naoyuki Yanagishima (Okada International Inc.), Shigeru Yoshida (Fernandez)