Highway X

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Highway X
B'z Highway X.png
Studio album by
B'z
ReleasedAugust 10, 2022 (2022-08-10)
Genre Hard rock
Length46:50
Label Vermillion
Producer Tak Matsumoto
B'z chronology
New Love
(2019)
Highway X
(2022)
Singles from Highway X
  1. "Unite"
    Released: October 1, 2021
  2. "Sleepless"
    Released: June 24, 2022

Highway X is the twenty-second studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on August 10, 2022, and was their first album released after the COVID-19 pandemic started.

Contents

The album was released in three editions: A standard edition, a first press edition with a DVD and a photo book, and a first production limited edition featuring the DVD and photo book as well as a cassette. [1]

The album debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly albums chart and number two on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums Chart. [2] [3]

Release and promotion

As it was their first album since the COVID-19 pandemic had started, the band said the album presented "the trajectory of two years that have been running through this chaotic era without stopping, and the current state of the present." [1] Unlike other albums, the album was released right before the supporting tour ended, meaning that most of the songs were first heard live. [1]

"Unite" was released as the first digital single on October 1, 2021, where it debuted at number 1 on the Oricon weekly digital singles chart. [4] [5] "Sleepless" was released as the second digital single on June 24, 2022, where it also debuted at number 1 on the Oricon weekly digital singles chart; [6] it was also used as an opening theme in the anime Detective Conan . [7] "Comeback -Itoshiki Hahen-" was used as the theme for the Asahi TV drama Mirai e no 10 Count. [8] "Live" was used in the film Lie Eater. [9]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Koshi Inaba; all music is composed by Tak Matsumoto

No.TitleLength
1."Sleepless"3:39
2."Hard Rain Love"4:18
3."Comeback -Itoshiki Hahen- (Comeback -愛しき破片-, Comeback -Dear Pieces-)"4:29
4."Yes Yes Yes"3:45
5."Highway X"4:56
6."Mamirena (マミレナ, Get Stained)"3:31
7."Yamate Doori ni Kaze (山手通りに風, Wind on Yamate-dori)"3:44
8."Live (リヴ, Live)"3:59
9."Daydream"4:56
10."Unite"5:18
11."You Are My Best"4:15
Total length:46:50
DVD: B'z Live-Gym 2022 -Highway X-
No.TitleLength
1."Sleepless" 
2."Hard Rain Love" 
3."Highway X" 
4."Comeback -Itoshiki Hahen- (Comeback -愛しき破片-, Comeback -Dear Pieces-)" 
5."Live (リヴ, Live)" 
6."You Are My Best" 

Cassette

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Live (リヴ, Live)" (Movie Size) 
2."Sleepless" (TV Size) 
3."Comeback -Itoshiki Hahen- (Comeback -愛しき破片-, Comeback -Dear Pieces-)" (TV Size) 
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Yes Yes Yes" (Live Ver. from 5 Eras) 
2."Unite" (Live Ver. from Unite #1) 

Personnel

B'z

Additional musicians

Production

B'z Live-Gym 2022 -Highway X- support members

Charts

Certifications

[13]

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [14] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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