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| Released | January 18, 2017 [1] | |||
| Genre | Dance-rock, pop rock, funk rock, alternative rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 45:31 [1] | |||
| Label | Vermillion | |||
| Producer | Koshi Inaba & Stevie Salas | |||
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Chubby Groove is a collaborative studio album by Japanese singer Koshi Inaba,of B'z fame,and Native American musician Stevie Salas. It was released by Vermillion Records on January 18,2017.
The album debuted at #2 at the Japanese Oricon weekly album charts, [2] while #2 at Top Albums Sales and #4 Hot Albums chart list by Billboard Japan . [3] [4] It also reached #44 at the Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year End 2017, [5] and #47 at Oricon's year end chart, [6] being certified Gold by RIAJ. [7]
The song "Overdrive" was used in Japan in a commercial for the new Porsche Panamera [8] and "Trophy" was the image song for the 2017 Wowow Tennis Season. [9] "Aishi-Aisare" peaked at #62 in the Japan Hot 100 Singles chart,spending one week there. [10]
All lyrics are written by Koshi Inaba; all music is composed by Stevie Salas, except "Blink", co-written by Parthenon Huxley
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Sayonara River" | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Overdrive" | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Wabisabi" | 3:14 |
| 4. | "Aishi-Aisare" (Love, Be Loved) | 3:33 |
| 5. | "シラセ (Shirase)" (The News) | 4:19 |
| 6. | "Error Message" | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Nishi-Higashi" (East-West) | 3:18 |
| 8. | "苦悩の果てのそれも答えのひとつ (Kunou no Hate no Sore mo Kotae no Hitotsu)" (What Lies at the End of Agony is Also an Answer) | 3:29 |
| 9. | "Marie" | 3:29 |
| 10. | "Blink" | 4:53 |
| 11. | "My Heart Your Heart" | 3:49 |
| 12. | "Trophy" | 4:35 |
| Total length: | 45:31 [1] | |
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Japan (RIAJ) [12] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
B'z is a Japanese rock duo consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba, known for their energetic hard rock tracks and pop rock ballads. B'z is one of the best-selling music artists in the world and the best-selling in their native Japan by certifications, having released 49 consecutive No. 1 singles, 25 No. 1 albums, and 3 No. 1 EPs on the Oricon music charts, and have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Koshi Inaba is a Japanese singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He also has a successful solo career, with six studio albums and five singles topping the Japanese music charts. Inaba collaborated with Slash on the latter's 2009 single "Sahara", and with Stevie Salas on the albums Chubby Groove (2017) and Maximum Huavo (2020).
Stevie Salas is an American guitarist, author, television host, music director, record producer, film composer, and former advisor of contemporary music at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Salas was born in Oceanside, California, United States.
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