Chubby Groove
2017 studio album by Inaba/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.
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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^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||