Faith (Hyde album)

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Faith
Studio album by Hyde
Released April 26, 2006
Recorded 2005-2006
Genre Alternative rock, Hard Rock
Length 48:36
Label Haunted Records, Ki/oon Records
Producer Hyde, K.A.Z
Hyde chronology
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(2004)		 Faith
(2006)

Faith is Japanese vocalist Hyde's third solo album.

Contents

[edit] Release

The original Japanese version of Faith was released April 26, 2006 and features two singles: Countdown (2005) and Season's Call (2006).

The overseas version of "Faith" was released on June 27, 2006 and includes a bonus DVD featuring music videos for both "Countdown" and "Season's Call".

The album's music contains influences of British heavy metal, new wave, and power pop.

[edit] Themes

The Western press has noted Faith for its lyrics' spiritual subject matter as the album contains references to Christianity. In an interview with the German dark music subculture magazine, Orkus, the interviewer asked Hyde: "What can we hear from your latest release?" Hyde replied:

“ "The religious expressions and aspects. I am not a member of a special religion but when I was in Europe and visited some churches there, I felt this enormous power and I felt like my soul was being purged. And I wanted to create this atmosphere on my album.[1] ”

[edit] Tour

A five-month tour promoting Faith was scheduled, beginning in April of 2006. Most locations are in Japan; however, after Hyde and Itachi signed on with Sony's North American-based Tofu Records, two concerts in the United States were added to the line up.

The first concert announced was scheduled for July 5, 2006, located in San Francisco, California. Shortly after tickets sold out for the event, rumors of a second concert were confirmed, to be held July 2nd, in Anaheim, California. In the end, two US concerts as well as an appearance for a Question and Answer session in Anaheim, California at the anime convention, Anime Expo, were added to Hyde's US minitour.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Jesus Christ"
  2. "Countdown"
  3. "Made in Heaven"
  4. "I Can Feel"
  5. "Season's Call"
  6. "Faith"
  7. "Dolly"
  8. "Perfect Moment"
  9. "Mission"
  10. "It's Sad"

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Hyde: Giving Faith" (December/January 2006). Orkus (4): 108. ISSN 1863-5350. 
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