AWAKE Customer Reviews

L'arc-en-ciel is one the best J-rock bands around and they prove it with every album they bring out! Even if this one is a bit old, I'm addicted to "Killing me"!

I feel great this record, has strong songs, has songs that make you meditate and other songs that invite the love and passion

This is a strong hyde album as he composes most pieces and his most beautiful ballad Hoshizora.(Starry Sky). This is my favorite L'Arc album along with HEART. I enjoy all tracks and you can play this whole album without skipping no tracks as they all add to the theme of this artistic album. I have the U.S. Version but I will soon buy the Japanese version because it's such a great album I want two! A Dark and Anti War-ish album at times. I feel like this is their most interesting and beautiful work.

I bought this album 3 years after the release date, it's for me one of best L'Arc~en~Ciel album, you can't miss it!

Awake is a mix of good (New World, Killing Me) and... not so good (As One, Ophelia). It's an album where hyde as the primary composer is quite apparent, especially in tracks like Ophelia and My Dear, which sound like they're ripped straight from one of hyde's solo albums. Laruku fans will want to pick it up, but new fans would probably be better off starting with one of the older albums and working their way up.

this is a great album. the new songs are just pop/rock tunes but l'arc can make it sound perfect. I miss the old sound mixes, but this is definetly a worth buying.

It's not my favorite L'Arc album, but it has many strong songs and is probably their most "polished" album to date. The band is definitely older & their sound is changing along with it. Pretty much the only things I don't like about AWAKE are: 1) Too many synthesizers 2) For once, it was Hyde (and not Ken) who wrote the majority of the songs & in that sense it almost felt like a Hyde-solo-in-progress. "Trust" by Tetsu and "Jyojyoushi" by Ken are phenomenal songs, I sort of felt like "My Dear" was a tad superficial/filler but "Hoshizora" is Hyde's masterpiece. Amazing album, as are all of L'Arc's albums. Give it a try!

I love this album. This is one of my favourites. And besides I'm sentimental about New World because it is the first L'arc en Ciel's PV I saw year ago (yes, I'm quite fresh fan of Laruku) on Viva (German Television, something like MTV) and in the middle of the song I...changed the channel (oh gosh they have shemale on vocal, I thought) - I was young and stupid. Every song on this album is GREAT but I hate twinkle twinkle, it's total crap (Ken don't hurt my ears anymore, will you?). Soon I will order "Tierra" and "Heavenly" - I still prefer Miss Hyde more :P.

I still can't believe this album when I first listen to it. It's UNBELIEVABLE AMAZING. It made me so warm and fuzzy inside. After I listen to this album 13 times, I knew deep inside.... LARUKU IS BACK AND IS NEVER LEAVING AGAIN!!!! xDDDD~~~

Amazing album by Laruku. It's absolute love! The melodies and songs were well thought of and the lyrics are fantastic! You can tell that these guys have definitely matured from their older stuff. ^____^ Definitely a must have for any Laruku fan. ^^

One of my favourite album from the Band with smile. I particulary love the "hardest" title like "killing me" and "New world". But all songs are really good and fill me with energy.

A pesar del paso sin pena ni gloria del album Smile, del que solo se extrayeran dos singles, Laruku o L'arc en Ciel vuelve con fuerza, aunque el estilo pareciera mas a la musica de Hyde como solista, sencillamente este album es impactante y tiene bastante fuerza. Un consejo, Hyde, hermano, no vuelvas a hacer experimentos tan horrendos como el Smile, no es una buena carta de presentacion. Viva Laruku!!!

a good work of this band, there are many bright moments on this one. although jiyu.. sounds a little bit out of time on the tracklisting. New world, as one, trust, lost heaven, are my favs. its a good way to enter into the j rock world

ive been listening to these guys for awhile now, and I gotta say this isnt my favorite. Its not bad it just isnt their best.

This is my 2nd album of L'arc-en-ciel. There are 3 songs I like. The other songs are not bad either but there are better ones.

AWAKE offers a variety of different tunes from the beautiful ballad "Ophelia" to the upbeat sounds of "Killing Me" and "As One".

I was so glad to get this album because the singles released were so great. Every song is awesome. L'arc en Ciel rocks!

I admit that I have never been a fan of L'arc en Ciel, which is why I was so surprised that I've ended up liking AWAKE so much. 'New World' and 'Jojoushi' are just a few of the songs I like the best, but this album is one that I can listen to straight through without skipping a single song, which is rare. I recommend it for anyone who likes of j-pop or j-rock, whether they're L'arc fans or not.

Beautiful. Buy it. The piano solo in Ophelia almost made me stop breathing. Twinkle, Twinkle, was created entirely by Ken and sung by Hyde and damn they should do it more often. There's oboe in Jyojyoushi, and I don't know how anyone can pass up this combination of rock and orchestral music.

My first L'arc~en~Ciel cd, and I love it! I have a HYDE cd, and I really loved that too. But L'arc~en~Ciel has a different, yet good, sound from HYDE solo. HYDE has a great deep voice, although a little strained for the high notes. It has a variaty of sound, because no one person wrote all the songs. You can really tell that they work as a group, and it comes out very well. It makes me want to buy more of their work in the future. A must for Jrock lovers.