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Fact (album)

album by Fact

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ5428669 ↗
Source-derived summary

Fact is the second album by Japanese post-hardcore band FACT, and their first on a major label. It is also their first worldwide release. The only single from the album was "A Fact of Life", for which a music video was made. On the Japanese version of the album, the track "A Fact of Life (Boom Boom Satellites Remix)" does not appear.

Track listing

"Paradox" - 2:44

"Los Angeles" - 2:38

"A Fact of Life" - 3:04

"Chain" - 0:24

"Reborn" - 3:27

"Purple Eyes" - 2:06

"Lights of Vein" - 3:14

"Merry Christmas, Mr.

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The public source identifies “Fact (album)” as album by Fact. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Fact and album.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current 95-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2009. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Fact and album providing the first useful test.
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