Chubby Groove
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.
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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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Overview
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]
Track listing
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] |
Personnel
- Koshi Inaba – lead vocals, lyrics, acoustic guitar on "Sayonara River", Pow wow drums and backing vocals on "Trophy"
- Stevie Salas – guitar, music, keyboards on "Sayonara River" and "Error Message", backing vocals on tracks 8, 10 and 12, drums and percussion on "Blink" and "Trophy", pow wow drums on "Trophy"
Additional personnel
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Technical personnel
- Koshi Inaba – production
- Stevie Salas – production
- Tim Palmer – mixing, engineering
- Justin Shturtz – mastering
- Alberto Oritz – engineering
- Erich Gobel – engineering
- ET Thorngren – engineering
- Hiroyuki Kobayashi – engineering
- Mark Williams – engineering
- Misha Pecheco – engineering
- Rob Lamothe – engineering
- Nard Berings – engineering
- Dorian Heartsong – engineering
- Stuart Zender – engineering
- Matt Sherrod – engineering
- Lou Pomanti – engineering
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Japan (RIAJ)[12] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- "Chubby Groove". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年01月09日~2017年01月15日". Oricon. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "Top Albums Sales - 2017 January 30". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Hot Albums - 2017 January 30". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year End 2017". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "CDアルバムランキング - 2017年度". Oricon. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2017年3月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "B'z稲葉浩志×PORSCHE、コラボによるスペシャルムービー公開". Barks (in Japanese). 14 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- "B'z稲葉×錦織圭、テニスについて語り合う特番がWOWOWで". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- "Inaba/Salas - Chart History". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- "CHUBBY GROOVE | INABA/SALAS". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- "Japanese album certifications – Inaba/Salas – Chubby Groove" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan.