Fake Star ~I'm Just a Japanese Fake Rocker~

{{Infobox album

| name = Fake Star ~I'm Just a Japanese Fake Rocker~

| type = studio

| artist = Kuroyume

| cover = Fake Star ~I'm Just a Japanese Fake Rocker~.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1996|05|26}}

| genre = Rock

| length = 56:00

| language = Japanese

| label = EMI

| prev_title = Feminism

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Drug Treatment

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Fake Star

| type = studio

| single1 = Beams

| single1date = October 13, 1995

| single2 = See You

| single2date = February 21, 1996

| single3 = Pistol

| single3date = April 17, 1996}}}}

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 Kuroyume, released on May 26, 1996, by EMI.{{Cite web|title=FAKE STAR~I'M JUST A JAPANESE FAKE ROCKER {{!}} 黒夢|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/208773/products/269583/1/|access-date=2020-10-14|website=ORICON NEWS|language=ja}} The song "Pistol" won an International Viewer's Choice Award at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards.{{Cite web|title=Kuroyume {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kuroyume-mn0001475906/biography|access-date=2020-10-14|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}} Fake Star peaked at the number one on the Oricon Albums Chart and sold 203,660 copies in its first week.{{Cite web|last=Ronald|date=2016-06-13|title=Oricon Flashback: Week of 6/13|url=https://aramajapan.com/news/music/oricon-flashback-week-of-613/59821/|access-date=2020-10-14|website=ARAMA! JAPAN|language=en-US}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 56:00

| all_lyrics = Kiyoharu

| note14 = ピストル; Fake Star Version

| length6 = 4:57

| length7 = 5:22

| length8 = 0:13

| length9 = 3:27

| length10 = 4:38

| length11 = 3:20

| length14 = 4:44

| length4 = 4:13

| length17 = 1:26

| length16 = 3:37

| length12 = 0:12

| length15 = 4:44

| length13 = 5:12

| note15 = 夢

| note6 = Fake Star Version

| length5 = 0:25

| length3 = 4:54

| title1 = Noise Low3

| title9 = Sex Symbol

| title2 = Fake Star

| title3 = Beams

| title4 = Barter

| title5 = I "Sunny's Voice"

| title6 = See You

| title7 = Reason of Myself

| title8 = II

| title10 = Cool Girl

| length2 = 2:40

| title11 = S.O.S

| title12 = III

| title13 = Hysteria's

| title14 = Pistol

| title15 = Yume

| title16 = 「H・L・M」is Original

| title17 = IV "Either Side"

| length1 = 0:49

| note3 = Fake Star Version

}}

Personnel

  • Kiyoharu (清春) – singing
  • Hitoki (人時) – bass

References

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Category:Alternative rock albums by Japanese artists

Category:1990s Japanese-language albums

Category:1996 albums

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