Smile (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)

Smile is the ninth album by L'Arc-en-Ciel, released on March 31, 2004. It was the band's first original studio album after a prolonged hiatus. Smile was later given a United States release by Tofu Records, for which all Japanese song titles received English translations in the linear notes. The song "Ready Steady Go" was used as the second opening for the Fullmetal Alchemist anime.

Personnel

 * hyde – vocals, acoustic guitar on track 10
 * ken – guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10, lap steel guitar on track 10
 * tetsu – bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards on tracks 2, 5 and 9, guitar solo on track 5
 * yukihiro – drums, percussion, backing vocals, metal percussion on track 3
 * Hajime Okano – keyboards on tracks 2, 4, 5, 9 and 10, backing vocals on track 8
 * Hiroaki Sugawara – keyboards on track 6, synthesizer on track 10
 * Asuka Kaneko – strings on track 6
 * Jack Danger – backing vocals on track 8
 * Hal-Oh Togashi – acoustic piano