B Album

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B Album
B Album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 12, 1998 (1998-08-12)
Genre J-pop
Length63:30
Label Johnny's Entertainment
JECN-0004
KinKi Kids chronology
A Album
(1997)
B Album
(1998)
C Album
(1999)
Singles from B album
  1. "Garasu no Shōnen"
    Released: July 21, 1997
  2. "Aisareru yori Aishitai"
    Released: November 12, 1997
  3. "Jet Coaster Romance"
    Released: April 22, 1998

B Album is the second studio album of the Japanese duo KinKi Kids. It was released on August 12, 1998, and debuted at the top of the Oricon charts, selling 524,540 copies in its first week. [1] The album was certified Million by RIAJ. [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Suppin Girl" (スッピンGirl)Masami Tozawa (戸沢暢美)Takehiko Iida (飯田建彦) 
2."Kebyō Wo Tsukaō" (仮病をつかおう)TozawaMasayuki Iwata (岩田雅之) 
3."Aisareru yori Aishitai" (愛されるより 愛したい)Hiromi Mori (森浩 美)Kōji Makaino (馬飼野康二) 
4."My Wish" (Koichi Domoto solo)Koichi DomotoKoichi Domoto 
5."Ai Nante Kotoba Ja Ienai" (愛なんてコトバじゃ言えない)Anzuki Mana (真名杏樹)Iwata 
6."Zutto Dakishimetai" (ずっと抱きしめたい)Takeshi Aida (相田 毅), Tsuyoshi DomotoIchirō Terada (寺田一郎) 
7."Innocent Wars" (イノセント・ウォーズ) Masao Urino (売野雅勇) Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本龍一) 
8."Borderline" (ボーダーライン)KinKi Kids, AidaFace 2 Fake 
9."Message"Hidemi Yamamoto (山本英美)Hitoshi Haba (羽場仁志) 
10."Slowly" (Tsuyoshi Domoto solo)Tsuyoshi DomotoTsuyoshi Domoto 
11."Kono Mama Te Wo Tsunaide" (このまま手をつないで) Takashi Matsumoto (松本 隆)Makaino 
12."Jet Coaster Romance" (ジェットコースター・ロマンス)Matsumoto Tatsuro Yamashita (山下達郎) 
13."Garasu no Shōnen" (硝子の少年)MatsumotoYamashita 

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References

  1. 1998年08月第4週のアルバムランキング情報 (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved October 31, 2009.
  2. "1998 Million-Seller List" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
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