With 13 original albums and 35 singles, plus mini-albums, and compilation
albums, it takes a while to listen through everything B'z! Luckily, it's always
a pleasure, and with so many excellent songs, fans are always rediscvering numbers. I've done my best to ensure as much accuracy and information as possible here, since, ultimately, this is what B'z are about. I've added a few notes throughout ~ hopefully this helps round out the picture.
1st: 9/21/1988: Dakara Sono Te Wo Hanashite/Heart mo nureru number
~ Stay Tonight ~ Dakara was re-made Mixture style in 2000; Heart mo nureru became an all English
song, "Stay Tonight,"in The 7th Blues album.
2nd: 5/21/1989: Kimi no Naka de Odoritai/SAFETY LOVE
3rd: 2/21/1990: LADY-GO-ROUND/Love & Chain
4th: 5/25/1990: BE THERE/Hoshifuru Yoru ni sawagou Ending theme for Asahi's Super Guest program
5th: 6/13/1990: Taiyou no Komachi Angel/Good-Bye Holy Days Kamerya diamond image song;
6th: 10/3/1990: EASY COME, EASY GO!/GO! NUDE! GO! �J�����A�_�C�������h�C���[�d�\���O Um, same as above!
8th: 3/27/1991: LADY NAVIGATION/Pleasure '91~jinsei no kairaku~ 1991 Kanebo Cosmetics Summer Image song. Lady Navigation is re-made
into a bluesy English version in The 7th Blues album. A new version of Pleasure
is included in the best of Pleasure album (Pleasure '98).
9th: 10/30/1991: ALONE/GO-GO-GIRLS Fuji TV suspense "Hotel Woman" theme
10th: 5/27/1992: BLOWIN'/TIME Calbee Potato Chips CF Image song
11th: 10/7/1992: ZERO/Koi Gokoro
12th: 3/17/1993: Ai no mama ni waga mama ni boku wa kimi dake wo kizutsukenai/JOY NHK 40th anniversary [Saiyuki] (Journey to the West) theme song
13th: 6/2/1993: Hadashi no Megami/KARA*KARA Toyota Corolla CF song
14th: 2/9/1994: Don't Leave me/Mannequin Village Asahi dorama ������ʪ�� theme
15th: 11/21/1994: MOTEL/hole in my heart �֥ƥ��å� image song
16th: 5/31/1995: Negai/YOU & I All Japan 25 channels Netto [J-rock Countdown 50] ending theme
17th: 7/7/1995: love me, I love you/Tokyo Asahi Dorama [ɢ����ϯ] theme
18th: 10/11/1995: LOVE PHANTOM/FUSHIDARA 100% X-Files theme song (in Japan!)
19th: 3/6/1996: Mienai Chikara~INVISIBLE ONE~/MOVE Asahi dorama theme and CM song
20th: 5/15/1996: Real Thing Shakes NHK dorama theme
21st: 3/5/1997: FIREBALL/Kanashiki dreamer ����Ʋ CF song
22nd: 7/9/1997: Calling/Gimme Your Love (Live @ Tokyo Dome) Asahi dorama [Glass no Kamen] theme song
23rd: 10/8/1997: Liar! Liar!/Biri Biri
PerfecTV! ch. 199 [Music Freak TV] CM song
30th: 10/4/2000: RING/Guilty Theme for dorama [Ashita wo Dakishimete]
31st: 3/14/2001: ultra soul/Swimmer Yo 2001!!/ROCK man Theme song for 2001 World Swimming Championship in Fukuoka
32nd: 8/8/2001: GOLD/ultra soul ~ splash style ~/Makkana Silk Theme song for 2001 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka
33rd: 2/6/2002: Atsuki Kodou no Hate/Yoruyo Akenaide/Idomeyo Hakana
Kono toki ni TV Asahi Network Sports 2002 theme song/Yokohama Pan Pacific Swim Championship
2002 theme song
34th: 3/26/2003: IT'S SHOWTIME!!/New Message Theme for TV Asahi Network Sports 2003
35th: 7/16/2003: Yasei no ENERGY/Tabi *Everyday
Notes: Every single since Komachi Angel has debuted at #1. Yasei no ENERGY was
the 31st single to continue this consecutive streak, the longest in Japanese
musical history. I also did not list that on March 26, 2003, along with IT's
SHOWTIME!!, B'z released 10 old singles in maxi format (1990 ~ 1993), which
dominated the charts for a while.
Songs not availabe on any other CD but the above listed singles:
Tabi*Everyday, New Message, Yoruyo Akenaide, Idomeyo, Makkana Silk, ROCK man,
Guilty, You Pray I Stay, UBU, Kanashiki Dreamer, Mannequin Village, Goodbye
Holy Days, Go! Nude! Go!, Go-Go Girls, Hoshifuru
1. Dakara sono te wo hanashite 2. Half Tone Lady 3. Heart mo nureru
number 4. Yuube no Crying~This is my truth~ 5. Nothing to change 6. Kodoku
ni Dance in vain 7. It's not a dream 8. Kimi wo ima dakitai 9. Fake Lips
2nd: 5.21.1989: [OFF THE LOCK]
1. Kimi no naka de odoritai 2. HURRY UP! 3. NEVER LET
YOU GO 4. SAFETY LOVE 5. GUITAR KIDS RHAPSODY 6. Yoru ni furaretemo 7. LOVING
ALL NIGHT 8. OH! GIRL 9. Rosy 10. OFF THE LOCK
3rd: 2.21.1990: [BREAKTHROUGH]
1. LADY-GO-ROUND 2. B*U*M 3. BREAKTHROUGH 4. Boys In
Town 5. GUITAR wa Naiteiru 6. Love&Chain 7. Tonaride nemurasete 8. HEY BROTHER
9. Ima dewa...Ima nara...Ima mo... 10. SAVE ME!? 11. STARDUST TRAIN
4th: 11.7.1990: [RISKY]
1. RISKY 2. GIMME YOUR LOVE -fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER- 3. HOT FASHION~ryoukoukata~
4. EASY COME, EASY GO! ~RISKY style~ 5. Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night... 6.
HOLY NIGHT ni kuchizukewo 7. VAMPIRE WOMAN 8. Tashikana mono wa yami no
naka 9. FRIDAY MIDNIGHT BLUE 10. It's Raining...
5th: 11.27.1991: [IN THE LIFE]
1. Wonderful Opportunity 2. TONIGHT (Is the Night) 3. [Kairaku no Heya]
4. Urei no GYPSY 5. Crazy Rendezvous 6. Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta 7. WILDLIFE 8. Soredemo Kimi ni wa Modorenai 9. Aikawa Razuna Bokura 10. ALONE
6th: 10.28.1992: [RUN]
1.THE GAMBLER 2. ZERO 3. Akai Kageroh 4. RUN 5. Out of Control 6. NATIVE
DANCE 7. MR. ROLLING THUNDER 8. Sayonara Nankawa Iwasenai 9. Gekkoh 10.
Baby, You're My Home.
7th: 3.2.1994: [The 7th Blues]
Disc 1: 1. LOVE IS DEAD 2. Odekake Shimashou 3. Miseinen 4. Yami no
ame 5. MY SAD LOVE 6. Queen of Madrid 7. Himitsu na Futari 8. Strings of
My Soul 9. Akai Kawa 10. WILD ROAD
Disc 2 : 1. Don't Leave Me 2. Sweet Lil' Devil 3. THE BORDER 4. JAP
THE RIPPER 5. SLAVE TO THE NIGHT 6. Haru 7. Yaburenu yume wo hikizutte 8.
LADY NAVIGATION 9. Moukarimakka 10. farewell song
8th: 11.22.1995: [LOOSE]
1. spirit loose 2. the*loose 3. Negai ("BUZZ!!" style) 4. Yume mi ka
oka 5. BAD COMMUNICATION (000-18) 6. Kienai Niji 7. love me, I love you
(with G bass) 8. LOVE PHANTOM 9. Tekiga inakerya 10. Suna no Hanabira 11.
Kireina ai jya nakutemo 12. BIG 13. drive to MY WORLD
9th: 11.19.1997: [SURVIVE]
1. DEEP KISS 2. Swimmer Yo!! 3. Survive 4. Liar! Liar! 5. Happiness
6. FIREBALL 7. Do Me 8. Naite Naite Nakiyandara 9. CAT 10. Dattara Agechyaeyo
11. Shower 12. Calling
10th: 7.14.1999: [Brotherhood]
1. F*E*A*R 2. Giri Giri Chop (version51) 3. Brotherhood 4. Nagai Ai
5. Yume no Youna Hibi 6. Gin no Tsubasa de tobe 7. Sono Te de furete goran
8. Nageru Yuku Hibi 9. SKIN 10. Ikasete Okure! 11. SHINE
11th: 12.6.2000: [ELEVEN]
01. [I] 02. Seventh Heaven 03. Shinjiru kurai ii darou 04. RING 05.
Ai no prisoner 06. Kirameku Hito 07. May 08. juice (pm mix) 09. Raging River
10. TOKYO DEVIL 11. Kobushi wo Nigire 12. Thinking of you 13. Tobira 14.
Konya tsuki no mieru okani (alternative guitar solo ver.)
12th: 7.3.2003: [GREEN]
1. Stay Green ~mijyuku na tabi wa tomaranai~ 2. Atsuki Kodou no Hate
3. Warp 4. SIGNAL 5. SURFIN' 3000GTR 6. Blue Sunshine 7. ultra soul 8. Utsukushiki
Sekai 9. Everlasting 10. FOREVER MINE 11. The Spiral 12. GO*FIGHT*WIN
13th: 9.17.2003 [BIG MACHINE]
1. Arakure 2. Yasei no ENERGY 3. Wake Up, Right Now 4. Hakanai Diamond
5. I'm in Love? 6. IT'S SHOWTIME!! 7. ai to nikushimi no hajimari 8. BIG
MACHINE 9. Nightbird 10. Bluesy na asa 11. Mabushii Sign 12. CHANGE THE
FUTURE 13. ROOTS
BEST-OF COMPILATION ALBUMS
1st Best: 5.20.1998: [B'z The Best "Pleasure"]
1. Love Phantom 2. love me, I love you 3. Easy Come, Easy Go! 4.
ZERO 5. ALONE 6. Hadashi no Megami 7. Ai no mamani wagamamani boku wa
kimi dake wo kizuzukenai 8. LADY NAVIGATION 9. Taiyou no Komachi Angel
10. BE THERE 11. Don't Leave Me 12. Bad Communication E. Style 13. Calling
14. Samayoeru Aoi Dangan
2nd best: 9.20.1998: [B'z The Best "Treasure"]
1. BLOWIN' 2. KOI-GOKORO 3. TIME 4. Liar! Liar! 5. Negai 6. Itoshii
Hitoyo Good Night... 7. Pleasure '98 8. Mienai Chikara ~ INVISIBLE ONE
~ 9. Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta 10. FIREBALL 11. Real Thing Shakes 12.
MOTEL 13. Itsuka no Merry Christmas 14. RUN ~ 1998 style ~ (secret track:
short acoustic version of HOME)
Must (3rd best): 2.23.2000: [B'z The "Mixture"]
1. Dakara sono te wo hanashite-Mixture style- 2. YOU&I -Mixture mix-
3. OH! GIRL -Mixture style- 4. NEVER LET YOU GO -Mixture style- 5. JOY
-Mixture mix- 6. Ima dewa...Ima nara...Ima mo... -Mixture style- 7. Kodoku
no Runaway -Mixture style- 8. MOVE 9. Tokyo -Mixture mix- 10. hole in
my heart -Mixture mix- 11. KARA*KARA -Mixture mix- 12. FUSHIDARA 100%
13. Biri Biri -Mixture mix- 14. Hi 15. The Wild Wind 16. Anata nara kamawanai
1. Itsuka no Merry Christmas 2. ALONE 3. Konya Tsuki no Mieru Okani
4. HOME 5. Calling 6. TIME 7. KIenai NIji 8. Gekkoh 9. Happiness 10. Mou
Ichido Kiss Shitakatta 11. Naite Naite Nakiyandara 12. ONE 13. Everlasting
14. GOLD 15. SNOW (secret track: Itsuka no Merry Christmas new version)
MINI-ALBUMS
1st Mini: 10.21.1989: [BAD COMMUNICATION]
1. BAD COMMUNICATION 2. OUT OF THE RAIN~OFF
THE LOCK STYLE~ 3. DA.KA.RA.SO.NO.TE.WO.HA.NA.SHI.TE~OFF
THE LOCK STYLE
2nd Mini: 6.21.1990: [WICKED BEAT]
1. I Wanna Dance Wicked Beat Style 2.
Komachi-Angel Red Hot Style 3. Bad Communication E. Style 4. Lady-Go-Round
"W-40" Style
3rd Mini: 5.29.1991: [MARS]
1. Kodoku no Runaway 2. Mars 3. Loving
All Night~Octopus Style~ 4. Love&Chain ~Godzilla Style~ 5.LADY NAVIGATION
~Cookies&Car Stereo style~
4th Mini: 12.9.1991: [Friends]
Prologue Friends/SCENE 1 Itsuka no Merry
Christmas SCENE 2/Boku no tsumi 2-2 Love is.../SCENE 3 Koi Jyanaku naru
hibi/SCENE 4 SEASONS/SCENE 5 Doushitemo wo takunai/SCENE 6 Itsuka no Merry
Christmas (Reprise)
5th Mini: 11.25.1996: [Friends II]
1. Friends II 2. SNOW 3. Shoushin 4. BABY MOON
5. sasanqua~fuyu no hi 6. Aru hiso kana koi 7. Kimi wo tsurete
In addition, there are 2 instrumentals only albums: [TV Style] 2.19.92
1. Dakara sono to o hanashite 2. Kimi no nakade odoritai 3. OH! GIRL
4. ROSY 5. BAD COMMUNICATION 6. tonari de nemurasete 7. BE THERE 8. Taiyou
no Komachi Angel 9. Easy Come, Easy Go! 10. Itoshii hitoyo Good Night...
11. HOT FASHION 12. LADY NAVIGATION 13. Kodoku no RUNAWAY 14. ALONE
[TV STYLE II] 12.20.95
1. BLOWIN' 2. ZERO 3. Koi Gokoro 4. TIME 5. ai no mama ni waga mama
ni boku wa kimi dake wo kizutsukenai 6. mou ichido kiss shitakatta 7.
Wonderful Opportunity 8. GIMME YOUR LOVE 9. Hadashi no megami 10. Don't
Leave Me 11. MOTEL 12. Negai 13. love me, i love you 14. LOVE PHANTOM
15. Itsuka no Merry Christmas
There is also a Korea-only mini-album that is not listed in the official
discography. It has the Liar!Liar! cover picture and contains English numbers
only. It was released during the FIFA World Cup co-hosted by Korea and Japan
summer 2002.
1. DEVIL (re-worked English version of TOKYO DEVIL off the ELEVEN
album) 2. Real Thing Shakes 3. Bad Communication E. Style 4. Slave to
the Night 5. Lady Navigation.
Hours later...It's amazing how many wonderful songs B'z have though. At this
point I also want to ask Koshi what determines whether a song title is in
all capital letters or not!
Quick note: B'z have released their concerts in DVD format only since 2001.
This included re-releases of their VHS videos on DVD. The DVD versions each
have a couple of bonus tracks not on the VHS versions. And I'll tell you a
secret: even though the DVD packaging says Region 2, and even though stores
list them as Region 2...the B'z concert DVDs so far have all been region-free.
Regrettably, B'z are not in the habit of releasing many concert videos, and
many great tours remain in Tak's vaults!
If only they would release The 9th Blues, SURVIVE, spirit loose! Since it
will take me a long-azz time to review these videos, I've added nutshells
in boxes under each one for now.
VHS only
1st: 12.16.90 [FILM RISKY]
1. BAD COMMUNICATION ~ E-style~ 2. RISKY 3. HOT FASHION 4. GIMME
YOUR LOVE 5. EASY COME, EASY GO!~ RISKY STYLE~ 6. VAMPIRE WOMAN 7. GUITAR
KIDS RHAPSODY CAMDEN LOCK STYLE 8. Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night
This is one of my favorites, but I would not recommend it to anyone
as their first B'z video. This is old school 80s style B'z, and the outfits
are kind of...not cool, and Tak is doing a lot of posing while young Koshi
earnestly does the most awful dancing in public. This is not a concert,
but kind of a series of music videos set in New York and London. With
that said, I find this video hilariously entertaining and the sincerity
and focus of the performances certainly still accompany the B'z of today.
Don't miss HOT FASHION and Easy Come, Easy Go! as well as Guitar Kids,
where a small London boy sells B'z cassettes in the street, follows his
idol Tak around, and UK firefighters shout "Hold On!" to the
chorus.
2nd: 12.11.91 [JUST ANOTHER LIFE]
1. Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night 2. LADY NAVIGATION 3. BAD COMMUNICATION
4. Loving All Night 5. OH! GIRL 6. SAFETY LOVE 7. Love Ya 8. Dakara sono
to o hanashite 9. Taiyou no Komachi Angel 10. Kodoku no RUNAWAY 11. Pleasure
'91 12. HOT FASHION 13. EASY COME, EASY GO!
This is still the old school B'z era. This is an indoor concert video
and the gang have a lot of fun. To be honest, I don't watch it that much.
SAFETY LOVE is my favorite track, and of course Yoko Hiromoto is great.
VHS AND DVD VERSIONS (tracks listed in this color
mean they are DVD version only. First release date is for VHS, 2nd date is
for DVD)
3rd: 12.9.93/3.14.01 [LIVE RIPPER]
1. Introduction ~ Sayonara Nankawa Iwasenai 2. JAP THE RIPPER 3.
ZERO 4. NATIVE DANCE 5. TIME 6. STAY TONIGHT 7. Gekkou 8. Wanna Go Home
9. GIMME YOUR LOVE 10. Kairaku no heya 11. Hadashi no Megami 12. BLOWIN'
13. RUN 14. ONE FOR THE ROAD 15. Sayonara Nankawa
Iwasenai
This is an outdoor concert at Nagisa-en (the same setting for Typhoon
No. 15, 10 years later). It contains some hotpants wearing, only they
look ok, and some scenes are annoyingly black and white with only certain
things in color for an arty effect. But, it's a great concert and you
can see how much B'z have changed since Just Another Life and are evolving
still. I especially love Native Dance, Gekkou, Sayonara, and Stay Tonight.
This is also my favorite version of ZERO.
4th: 1.1.96/3.14.01 [BUZZ!! THE MOVIE]
1. BLOWIN' 2. Pleasure '95 3. OH! GIRL 4. love me, i love you 5.
TIME 6. Taiyou no Komachi Angel 7. Koi Gokoro 8.
Mou ichido kiss shitakatta 9. Don't Leave Me 10. LOVE PHANTOM 11.
Negai 12. BAD COMMUNICATION 13. JAP THE RIPPER 14. ZERO 15. ALONE 16.
Hadashi no megami
Cartoony and exuberant fun, complete with...hotpants, Tak on top of
a piano, and an operatic Love Phantom centrepiece that is not to be missed.
Contains backstage scenes, and footage is assembled from various stadium
shows. Excellence!
5th: 12.8.99/3.14.01 [The true meaning of Brotherhood]
Including 1999 Key Word/ February Cross Bone Lounge Pre-production/
February Tokyo Recording/ February Osaka Recording/ April Los Angeles
recording/ June Tokyo Live Rehearsal/ June Sapporo Live Rehearsal/ 6.30
Showcase "B'zepp" in Zepp Sapporo/ July Live-Gym '99 "Brotherhood"/
August Live-Gym '99 "Brotherhood"/Intermission/ 8.28-29 Live-Gym
'99 "Brotherhood" in Yokohama/ September Live-Gym '99 "Brotherhood"
Extra/ 9.25 Live-Gym '99 "Brotherhood" Extra-Final in Kyoto/
EPISODE I - Tour Member Audtion/ EPISODE II Demo Making/ 9.25 JAP THE
RIPPER
An insightful and candid look at all the hard work and fun that went
into making the Brotherhood album and preparing for Live-Gym 1999 "Brotherhood."
Clips of secret lives. Lots of B'z in their natural environment, and a
nice companion to once upon a time (below).
6th: 8.2.2000/3.14.01 [once upon a time in Yokohama ~ B'z LIVE-GYM '99
"Brotherhood"~]
1. Giri Giri Chop 2. F.E.A.R. 3. Liar! Liar! 4. HOME 5. TIME 6.
Easy Come, Easy Go! 7. Nagai Ai 8. Gin no tsubasa de tobe 9. SKIN 10.
SHINE 11. Tokumade 12. GO FURTHER 13. Calling
14. FREEWAY JAM 15. Real Thing Shakes 16. LOVE PHANTOM 17. Samayoeru
aoi dangan 18. 18. ZERO 19. ONE 20. RUN 21. BAD COMMUNICATION
22. Brotherhood 23. [bonus track] SWIMMER YO!! from B'z Live-Gym '99
"SURVIVE"
My favorite ~ if you haven't ever watched any B'z videos, you can't
go wrong with this one. An uncut concert as sleek and magnificent as
B'z. There are no backstage scenes, but the perfection and intensity
of the performances will grab all of your attention. Due perhaps to
the setlist, this one is a bit more serious than the other videos. I
love every track. And Tokumade is a rare and beautiful performance
of a Koshi solo song, while Go Further is one of Tak's best.
7th: 11.27.02 [a BEAUTIFUL REEL]
1. GO*FIGHT*WIN 2. STAY GREEN 3. ZERO 4. love me, i love you 5. Warp
6. SURFIN' 3000GTR 7. Blue Sunshine 8. Koi Uta 9. Koi Gokoro 10. Hadashi
no megami (acoustic) 11. DEVIL 12. Everlasting 13. FIREBALL 14. Liar!Liar!
15. Samayoeru aoi dangan 16. Giri Giri Chop 17. ultra soul 18. Atsuki
kodou no hate 19. juice Bonus disc 3 with Rock N'
California Roll footage
Another terrific video (they all seem to be...). Easygoing and energetic,
with the best backstage scenes of all. Tak has a great solo number, the
acoustic Hadashi and Koi Gokoro lend a sweet nostalgic touch, and songs
like ultra soul and juice have the crowd rocking out as gleefully as B'z.
2.25.2004 [Typhoon No. 15]
01. Arakure 02. Pleasure 2003 03. BLOWIN' 04. OH! GIRL 05. Wonderful Opportunity 06. Yasei no ENERGY 07. TIME 08. Taiyou no Komachi Angel 09. GIMME YOUR LOVE 10. Konya tsuki no mieru okani 11. Brotherhood 12. Easy Come, Easy Go! 13. Gekkou 14. KOI-GOKORO 15. Real Thing Shakes 16. LOVE PHANTOM 17. ZERO 18. juice 19. ultra soul 20. IT'S SHOWTIME!! 21. BAD COMMUNICATION 22. Ai no mama ni waga mama ni boku wa kimi dake wo kizutsukenai 23. Hadashi no megami 24. RUN Extra disc "The Days of Pleasure"
15th anniversary video filmed at outdoors lives in Nagisa-en during rainy Sept. 20 and 21, 2003. Little is known right now since it's not out yet! Except that it's bound to be terrific.
FANCLUB ONLY
1998 B'z OFFICIAL BOOTLEG
This was a free present mailed out to B'z fans in honor of B'z 10th
anniversary. It is a little over an hour in length and is surely one of
B'z most entertaining and insightful videos. There are clips from all
their Live-Gyms, many never released, and behind the scenes looks at music
video shoots and studio recordings. Tak and Koshi sit on a couch and observe,
analyze, and laugh at the footage of themselves. This video includes everything
from hotpants and Takmullets to B'z modern sexy cool. Some of my favorite
moments: Young Koshi's atrocious but enthusiastic dancing, which 1998
Tak bursts out laughing at; Koshi about to fall off the couch from laughing
at footage of Tak wimping out under the fake rain for the Calling PV;
the making of the Deep Kiss PV; Koshi's ordeal dressing up as Love Phantom;
rare footage from The 9th Blues and SURVIVE tours; all the different kinds
of mind boggling concert outfits; and just seeing how old school B'z gradually
changed. Great overview.
TV ONLY
December 2002 Rock N' California Roll Documentary
B'z had their first North American concerts in 2002, in Los Angeles
and San Diego. This is basically the Los Angeles show, interspersed with
backstage scenes, B'z interviews, and fan interviews. It ends with the
Rock N' Cali Roll concert in Tokyo, and Shane and Billy saying goodbye
(but Shane is still around!). The arena rock kings perform splendidly
in small club venues.
December 2003 Banzai in North America Documentary
B'z came back to North America and embarked on a 6 show West Coast tour,
hitting Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver.
Again, the concert footage is taken mostly from the LA show, with clips
from the other venues, some history about the venues, B'z comments, fan
comments (fewer than in Cali Roll), and rehearsal and backstage clips.
B'z first photobook released outside of B'z Party. Actually it's more
like a tourbook, packed with page after page of glossy photos capturing
moments from 15 years of concerts. Some of them are on this site.
B'z LIVE-OFF- 1988~ 2003 December 2003 . FANCLUB ONLY (FREE)
Remember how when B'z 10th anniversary rolled around, they gave all their
fans a free video? Well, LIVE-OFF- is their gift to fans on occasion of
their 15th anniversary, and it's another generous one, too! LIVE-OFF- complements
LIVE-ON- by providing page after glossy page of photos capturing B'z backstage
over 15 years. It's just as thick and high quality as LIVE-ON-, which cost
3800 yen, so you can imagine what money went into providing this gift for
the largest fanclub in Japan. The pair of books (ON and OFF) are exceedingly
charming, but then again, they are my favorite band...
Band scores
There are band scores available for almost every album, though I'm not absolutely
positive about which specific ones. The ones I've seen are SURVIVE and BIG MACHINE.
You can try to buy them online at stores like www.jamall.com, or perhaps order
them through your local Asahiya or Kinokuniya bookstore, if you have one near.
CDs
4.26.1997: Flashback - B'z Early Special Special Titles
This compilation album was released by B'z old label BMG. It has 2 discs,
24 tracks, and includes songs from their first 4 albums. I've been told
it's a better choice to simply purchase the 4 albums yourself (they're quite
cheap used), as the packaging and quality of this set is mediocre. And so
I'm not listing the tracks here.
9.7.1999 The Ultra Zone ~ Steve Vai
Koshi sings on track 13, "Asian Sky,", while Tak plays guitar.
B'Z MUSIC ALBUMS NOT DONE BY B'Z. If anyone
knows anything about these, please let me know:
4.21.1991 DA.KA.RA.SO.NO.TE.WO.HA.NA.SHI.TE (Emotion/BCCY-9)
1. Komachi Angel Red Hot Style 2. I Wanna Dance 3.
DA.KA.RA.SO.NO.TE.O.HA.NA.SHI.TE type I 4. BAD COMMUNICATION 5. OUT OF THE RAIN
6. LADY GO ROUND 7. DA.KA.RA.SO.NO.TE.O.HA.NA.SHI.TE type II
10.21.1992 Lady Navigation (H!PPOKRATES/MRCA20003)
1. BAD COMMUNICATION E.Style -Female vocal style-
2.DA.KA.RA.SO.NO.TE.O.HA.NA.SHI.TE -Off the lock style- 3.Lady Navigation ~
Cookies and Car Stereo style ~ 4.LOVING ALL NIGHT ~Octopus style~ 5. '88 Love
Story ~Instrumental style~ 6.LOVE & CHAIN ~Godzilla style~ 7.#1090 THOUSAND
DREAMS 8. BAD COMMUNICATION E.style ~Male vocal style~ 9. ALONE ~ instrumental
style~
I also have 2 piano versions of Blowin' and Lady Navigation, done in a jazz
style. I don't know which albums these are from, but they're really terrific.
If anyone comes across the source, please let me know?
Finally, there is W-Nao. There is a special W-nao section on this
site here.
STUFF THAT DOESN'T FIT INTO B'Z OR TAK AND KOSHI SOLO
WORKS
These are random extras that are hard to find. They include early early works
and collaborations. There are so many (especially for Tak) that I'm not going
to list them all. In my notes, I'll indicate the ones I've managed to listen
to and think are worth checking out. For full album listings and exhaustive
documentation, please look at this excellent Japanese site. Click
here! (opens in new window).
KOSHI: OTHER STUFF
1995.01.19 J-BLUES BATTLE Vol. 1
Koshi sings TRAMP, track 6. It's all in English and Koshi works
it. It's sexy and kind of funny. So try to find it! "Grandma was! Grandpa
too..."
1995 Don't Ask Me, Baby (Tak's demo for The Changing)
I actually like this a lot more than The Changing. The lyrics, written
by Kosh for Tak, hilariously depict a beer guzzling man with bad coping
skills when it comes to crying women. Koshi sings backup. It's great ~ you
can clearly hear him chiming in with Tak, who belts out the song with gusto.
1999.12.22 Next 100 years/J-FRIENDS
J-Friends are a group composed of Johnny's (KinKi Kids, Tokio, V6) who
released stuff for charity. Koshi wrote the lyrics for their single Next
100 Years. Melody by Bon Jovi. Who would have thought Koshi would write
lyrics for Johnnys? There is also a poor quality mp3 of Koshi singing this
song floating around somewhere, which I put on repeat a lot. Now I have
the J-Friends one. I like this song. :P
11.21.1989 DANCE TO THE CHRISTMAS CAROL PLAYERS POLE POSITION Vol.3 (BMG)
Koshi sang track 4: "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," and
track 8 -- "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." I've never heard the latter,
but there is an mp3 of I Saw Mommy online. Yes! It contains rapping!
11.30.1984 BURNING album (Matsukawa RAN ??, EMI label)
He participated under the name Mr. Crazy Tiger on all the tracks.
I think he was a backup vocalist but not 100% sure. This is 20 yr. old Koshi
doing occasional studio work pre-B'z, while he was a student at Yokohama
University.
4.20.1985 METAL VERSION album (Megumi Hayakawa, EMI label)
He was in the chorus for tracks 2 and 4 (Goodbye T'Jane and I Wanna Rock).
Again, work done during his university days. Note that Tak worked on the
same album (see his section below), but I don't think they were acquainted
with each other at that point yet. Remember the story goes that a colleague
of Tak's later mentioned Koshi's name when Tak was looking for a vocalist,
and colleague knew Koshi because he'd done a bit of studio work.
11.21.1988 FEEL ME album (Maeda Nobuteru (TUBE), Sony label)
Koshi composed 2 songs on this album: Feel Me, Touch Me (track
5) and LONESOME TOWN (track 6). And yet it's not till 1997 that he releases
his first solo album and reveals his skills.
01.21.1989 DANGER album (Blizard, Sony label)
06.21.1989 Players Pole Position Vol. 2 Surfin' U.S.A. (BMG)
Koshi sang track 8, "I GET AROUND." Yeah, I bet he did.
11.21.1989 Tough Banana (Platz)
Koshi participated in the chorus for:
Track 3. L'esprit d'Afrique, 5. Crashin' Over You 6. J'en ai mare 7. Ca
va pas, and 10. Silver Machine.
1990.03.21 Loving You/Tsubokura Yuiko
Chorus for track 2, Shooting Star. Lyricist for track 4, Heaven in My
Heart
Yuiko has shown up in B'z CDs a few times since, as a part of the background
chorus in some songs.
. TAK : OTHER STUFF (Highlights only; for complete list please click here
)
9.26.2002 KISS IN THE SKY/MISIA
Tak composed track 5 (Koi Uta) and track 6 (Don't Stop Music!). He played
guitar for both. In addition, he and Akihito Tokunaga (does that ring a
bell?) arranged those 2 tracks. Koi Uta is track 1 in Tak's own solo album
Hana, but MISIA's version has vocals, of course.
11.25.1997 Guitar Monster vol. 2
Performed track 7, Romeo and Juliet ~ What is a youth~ . Romeo and Juliet
makes another appearance in Tak's solo album Hana, but I don't know
how different it is, as I don't have Guitar Monster.
5.21.1997 Koi wa mai oriru/Nanao Kaori (ZAIN)
Tak wrote both songs for this single, played guitar, and co-arranged with
Akihito Tokunaga (frequent Tak prisoner, I mean collaborator, and B'z bassist
behind the scenes). He doesn't often compose for other artists, does he?
8.20.1997 Iinjyanai!!/Nanao Kaori
Tak wrote Iinjyanai!! and the c/w song Be All Right, played guitar, and
co-arranged with Tokunaga.
12.03.1997 Mineral single/Nanao Kaori
Tak composed both songs for this single, guitar, co-arrange with Toku-chan.
My gosh, Tak spent all of 1997 writing songs for this woman. Who is she??
1.28.1998 Seven Sounds/Nanao Kaori
Tak composed all 7 songs on this mini-album (includes most of singles
above), played guitar, and co-arranged with Toku-chan.
01.20.2000 FXXXED UP!/Kuni
Tak played guitar on track 3 (Cybernation Jam) and track 6 (Mystify Guitars).
I list this because some of you hardcore fans may remember Kuni as a long-time
B'z staff member, who was in a Beautiful Reel and Cali Roll ~ the guy with
red/green hair who speaks English fluently.
12.22.2002 Q/Yamamoto ??
Tak produced, composed, and played guitar on track 4, CAESAR'S SORROW.
11.07.1990 Early Takes (VICTOR)
Tak performed on the first 4 tracks: Touch Operation, Deadline, Storm
Belt, Falling Tide. The other person on this cd is someone called Kenji
Kitajima. I don't know if this is the same Touch Operation that appears
on Tak's first solo album Thousand Wave. Maybe!
12.9.1989 Digitalian is eating breakfast/Tetsuya Komuro (Epic/Sony)
Tak on guitar for 4. I want you back 5. Gravity of Love 9. Running to
Horizon. TK was part of TM Network, and was behind a lot of idols, including
Namie Amuro, for whom he wrote the techno tracks that became massively successful
in the 90s.
1989 Player's Pole Position (BMG)
Tak plays guitar on: Track 1 It's My Treat/ Track 4 Mixed Up Track 9 Wait
Forever
12.9.1988 Carol A Day in a Girl's Life 1991/TM Network (Epic/Sony)
Tak on guitar for 2. Carol 3. Chase in Labyrinth 5. Come On Everybody
11. Carol's Theme II 12. Just one Victory
Just one of a few TMN CDs Tak worked on. Tak also toured with them, though
he stood mostly in the back. ^^:
4.20.1985 METAL VERSION album (Megumi Hayakawa, EMI label)
Guitar on C'mon and Love Me, Goodbye, Sons and Lovers, and I Wanna Rock
(Koshi was bg in this one).
8.21.1983 Four Seasons/Naomi Akimoto
Tak played guitar on 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8 (Dance Shall We Dance, He's so
trendy, Bad Imagination, Honey Bee, and Jinx)
1. Reiketsu 2. Kuchibiru 3. So no Switch wo ose 4. Nami 5. Nemurenai no
wa dare no sei 6. Soul Station 7. arizona 8. Fuusen 9. Taifuu demo kurya
ii 10. Shakunetsu no hito 11. Nanimonai machi 12. Chopsticks 13. JEALOUS
DOG 14. Ai naki michi 14. Little Flower
1st maxi single 12.16.98 [Tokumade]
1. Tokumade 2. CHAIN 3. Not Too Late
2nd album 10.9.02 [Shian]
1. O.NO.RE 2.LOVE LETTER 3. Touch 4. TRASH 5. Overture 6. GO 7. Famiresu
gozen 3ji 8. Anata wo yobu koe wa kaze ni sarawarete 9. Here I Am!! 10.
Honno 11. Seno de Revolution 12. Todokimasu youni
Overture was used as a Detective Conan theme song and is on the Detective
Conan soundtrack as well.
2nd maxi single 6.11.03 [KI]
1. AKATSUKI 2. Shizuka no ame 3. AKATSUKI Version S.S.S. 4. I'm on Fire
5. AKATSUKI Version 0
Akatsuki was the theme song for the K-1 sports show on TV.
And I know this isn't the reviews section, but every one of Koshi's solo works
is worth getting.
That was the easy part, now for Tak. :P
TAK MATSUMOTO
1st album: 5.21.1988 [Thousand Wave]
1. Thousand Wave 2.Touch Operation 3. SPAIN 4. "99" 5. So Long
6. Vampire Hunter "D" 7. Play It So Loud 8. Teaser 9. Take Five
10. No Way Out
2nd album: 4.22.92 [Wanna Go Home]
1. Wanna Go Home 2. 99 3. Long Distance Call 4. Love Ya<interlude>
5. Air Port 6. Life II 7. '88 ~ Love Story 8. Love Ya 9. #1090~Thousand
Dreams 10. Jammin' of the Guitar 11. Speed 12. Wanna Go Home ~reprise~
3rd album: 4.14.1999 [KNOCKIN' T AROUND]
1. THE CHANGING~Electric Lady Mix~ 2. Nothin' But the Blues 3. Heaven
4. SAKURA 5. GO FURTHER 6. two of us 7. kamisama e 8. fuyu no hi 9. ai~ai~ai
10. Zero yori zero kara 11. Believin' You
2nd single: 3.18.1992 [#1090~Thousand Dreams~/LIFE] Asahi TV Music Station opening theme ~ from 1992 to the present!
1st maxi single: 3.25.1999 [THE CHANGING]
1. THE CHANGING 2. ONE FOR THE ROAD 3. THE CHANGING [orginal TV style]
4. THE CHANGING [vocal and guitar less]
5.15.1996 (collaboration album?) [Rock'n Roll Standard Club]
1. I GOT THE FIRE 2. FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING 3. CAUSE WE'VE ENDED AS LOVERS
4. INTO THE ARENA 5. ROCK AND ROLL, HOOCHIE KOO 6. MOVE OVER 7. LIFE FOR
THE TAKING 8. SUNSET 9. WISHING WELL 10. COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN 11. MISTREATED
1st album remix/re-master [Thousand Wave Plus]
1. Thousand Wave 2.Touch Operation 3. SPAIN 4. "99" 5. So Long
6. Vampire Hunter "D" 7. Play It So Loud 8. Teaser 9. Take Five
10. No Way Out 11. '88~ Love Story 12. Love Ya
4th album: 2.27.2002 [Dragon from the West]
1. SACRED FIELD 2. FIGHTING BULL 3. DRAGON FROM THE WEST 4. NOTTEKE 5.
Riverside Blues 7. Trinity
Trinity is Fuji TV's Formula 1 Grand Prix image song, and Sacred Field is a
Fuji dorama theme.
5th album: 2.27.2002 [Hana]
1. Koi Uta 2. #1090 One night one thousand dreams 3. Hana 4. Machi 5.
Midosouji Blue 6. Aka ~ 7. Little Wing 8. Romeo & Juliet 9. hallelujah
10. ENGAGED 11. You know... 12. 2011
Note: An overseas version of Hana was released under Steve Vai's label. It
contains one bonus track, Trinity, and the disc contains the Koi Uta PV, watchable
on your PC. The main difference between the Japanese and the overseas versions
is the price.
3rd maxi single: 10.08.2003 [Imitation Gold] featuring Kuraki Mai
1. Imitation Gold 2. Watashi wa kaze
6th album: 11.26.03 [The Hit Parade]
1. Shatte ni shyagare feat. Koshi Inaba 2. Ihoujin feat. ZARD 3. Namida
no taiyou feat. Rina Aiuchi 4. Sono ki ni sasenai de feat. u-ka Saegusa,
aiko kitahara, ai takaoka 5. Imitation Gold feat. Kuraki Mai 6. 7. ame no
machi wo feat. akiko matsuda 8. Paper Doll feat. fayray 9 [ichigo wo hakushyo]
wo mouichido feat. Akane Sugazaki 10. Foggy Night feat. yumi shizukusa 11.
Shoujo A feat. Ami Uehara 12. byun*byun feat. daria kawashima 13. Purple
Town feat. Shiori Takei 14. Toki ni ai wa feat. Keiko Utoku 15. Spinning
Toe-hold 16. Hitotsu~ I stand alone feat. Jeffrey Qwest 17. Watashi wa kaze
feat. Yuri Nakamura
All songs in The Hit Parade are covers of classic Japanese pop songs ~ golden
oldies.
Additions, comments, or corrections? Please
feel free to drop me a line.
