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''Faces Places'' (stylized as ''FACES PLACES'') is the second studio album by
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released in 1997.


Album information

Singles from the album were " Is This Love", " Can't Stop Fallin' in Love", "
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", " Faces Places" and " Anytime Smokin' Cigarette". Globe recorded the three songs "Is This Love", "Can't Stop Fallin' in Love" and "Face" by new arrangements on the album. ''Faces Places'' debuted at the number-one position within its first week with sales of over 1,648,000 copies on the Japanese
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weekly album charts. The album sold over three million copies and became the third best-selling album on the Oricon yearly album charts of 1997 behind
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's album ''
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'' and Mr. Children's album ''
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''. The album won the 12th
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for 'Pop Album of the Year'.


Track listing

All composed and arranged by:
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Lyric: Tetsuya Komuro &
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(track: 2–4, 6–12), Mark (track: 5) #"Overdose" #"Degenerate" #"Faces Places" #"Is This Love" #"So Far Away From Home (Beautiful Journey)" #"A Temporary Girl" #"Because I Love the Night" #"Anytime Smokin' Cigarette" #"Watch the Movie" #"A Picture on My Mind" #"Face" #"Can't Stop Fallin' in Love" #"Can't Stop" (Piano Solo) #"Faces Places" (Remix)


References

1997 albums 1990s Japanese-language albums Albums produced by Tetsuya Komuro Avex Group albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub