New Love (B'z album)

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New Love
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Studio album by
B'z
ReleasedMay 29, 2019
Recorded2018–2019
Genre
Length55:16
Label Vermillion
Producer Tak Matsumoto
B'z chronology
Dinosaur
(2017)		New Love
(2019)		 Highway X
(2022)

New Love is the twenty-first studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on May 29, 2019, about a year and a half after their previous album Dinosaur. It is the first B'z album to not have an accompanying single, though music videos were produced for "Tsuwamono, Hashiru", "Wolf", and "Majestic". [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The album debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly albums chart and on the Billboard Japan album chart. [4] [5]

The album comes in three editions: A standard CD edition, a vinyl edition, and a limited edition box set featuring the CD with a t-shirt featuring the album art. [6]

"Wolf" was used as the ending theme for the Japanese TV show Suits. [7] "Majestic" was used in a Pocky commercial and "Tsuwamono, Hashiru" was used in commercials for Lipovitan to support the Japan national rugby union team. [8] [9]

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."My New Love (マイニューラブ, My New Love)"3:19
2."Tsuwamono, Hashiru (兵、走る, Soldier, Run)"4:14
3."Wolf"3:51
4."Deus (デウス, Deus)"4:13
5."Majestic (マジェスティック, Majestic)"4:14
6."Mr. Armour"3:23
7."Da La Da Da"4:46
8."Koi Karasu (恋鴉, Love Crow)"3:35
9."Rain & Dream"6:20
10."Ore yo Karma wo Ikiro (俺よカルマを生きろ, Living My Karma)" 
11."Golden Rookie (ゴールデンルーキー, Golden Rookie)"4:48
12."Sick"4:05
13."Towa ni Wakaku (トワニワカク, Forever Young)"4:18
Total length:55:16

Personnel

B'z

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications

[12]

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [13] Platinum250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  2. ↑ "B'z / WOLF". YouTube.
  3. ↑ "B'z / マジェスティック". YouTube.
  4. ↑ "2019年05月27日～2019年06月02日 オリコン週間 アルバムランキング". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  5. ↑ "【ビルボード】B'z『NEW LOVE』が21万枚売り上げてALセールス首位獲得 椎名林檎/布袋寅泰が続く | Daily News". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  6. ↑ "B'z、5月に21枚目アルバム「NEW LOVE」". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  7. ↑ "B'z、織田裕二×JUMP中島裕翔の月9ドラマ「SUITS」主題歌書き下ろし". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  8. ↑ "B'z新曲「マジェスティック」がフルバージョンで流れる「ポッキー」Web限定動画公開（動画あり / 写真10枚）". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
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  10. ↑ "【オリコン年間ランキング 2019】嵐が18年ぶり200億円超えで総合首位、米津玄師、あいみょん、髭男がデジタルシーンを席巻 4ページ目". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
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