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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. | ||
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