''Singing Bird'' is the fifth solo studio album by Japanese singer
Koshi Inaba
(born September 23, 1964 in Tsuyama, Okayama) is a Japanese vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He has also had a su ...
, of
B'z
are a Japanese rock duo, consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba, 佐伯明『B'z ウルトラクロニクル』ソニー・マガジンズ、2003年。新型光�B'zはなぜ ...
fame. It was released by
Vermillion Records
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on May 21, 2014 in Japan. The album debuted at #1 at the Japanese
Oricon
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weekly album charts and at #2 at the ''
Billboard Japan
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'' Top Albums chart, besides reaching 39# at Oricon's 2014 year-end chart. The song "Oh My Love" received a video and was used at a commercial of a new camera by
Olympus
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. The video featured Japanese football player
Keisuke Honda
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Track listing
Personnel
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Koshi Inaba
(born September 23, 1964 in Tsuyama, Okayama) is a Japanese vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He has also had a su ...
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vocals
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on all tracks,
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
on "Jimmy no Asa" and "Cross Creek",
acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
on "Tomoyo",
djembe
A djembe or jembe ( ; from Maninka language, Malinke ''jembe'' , N'Ko script, N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa.
According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...
on "Jimmy no Asa",
blues harp
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on "Route 53" and "Nensho",
electric sitar
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Session members
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Yoshinobu Ōga - guitar on tracks 2, 4, 6, 10, 12
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Rafael Moreira
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- guitar on "Cross Creek", "Bicycle Girl" and "Kodoku no Susume"
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Yogi Ronitchi - electric and acoustic guitar on "Tomoyo", guitar on "Route 53"
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Akihito Tokunaga
(born 22 September 1971) is a Japanese musical composer and arranger under Giza Studio label since 2000.
Biography
Since college he worked as orchestrator, then start working as a bassist. For artists as Zard, Mai Kuraki, B'z and many others f ...
- arrangement on "Stay Free" and "Kodoku no Susume",
bass
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** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
on tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
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- bass on "Oh My Love" and "Route 56"
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Corey McCormick
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- bass on "Bicycle Girl"
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Koichi Osame - bass on "Tomoyo"
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Shane Gaalaas
Shane Gaalaas (born August 8, 1967) is a Canadian-born drummer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known for his long running affiliation with Japanese rock superstars B'z, whom he joined in 2002, and his extensive work with guitar virtuo ...
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drums
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on all tracks except 1, 2, 4, 9, 11
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Hideo Yamaki
is a Japanese jazz drummer and percussionist. He is known for being the long time drummer for Toshinori Kondo's band Kondo IMA. He also collaborated with Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, Sakamoto Ryuichi, Hosono Haruomi, Robert Palmer and Bill Laswell
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- drums on "Tomoyo" and "Route 53"
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Satoko - drums on "Oh My Love"
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Akira Onozuka
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** ''Akira'' (vide ...
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organ
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* Organ (biology), a part of an organism
Musical instruments
* Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone
** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument
** Hammond ...
on "Oh My Love" and "Route 53",
piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
on "Nakinagara" and "Nensho", organ on "Stay Free"
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Yamamoto Takuo -
flute
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on "Jimmy no Asa", "Golden Road" and "Nakinagara"
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Yumiko Morooka -
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...
on "Jimmy no Asa"
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Hiroko Ishikawa and
Lime Ladies Orchestra
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Lime may also refer to:
Botany ...
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strings
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on "Nakinagara", "Tomoyo" and "Route 53"
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Hideyuki Terachi -
arrangement
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on all tracks except "Stay Free" and "Kodoku no Susume"
References
External links
Singing Birdat B'z official website
2014 albums
Being Inc. albums
Koshi Inaba albums
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