''TMG I'' is the first studio album by the Japan-based supergroup

Tak Matsumoto Group Tak Matsumoto Group (often abbreviated as TMG) is a supergroup consisting of members from several bands around the world. It includes Tak Matsumoto, Eric Martin, and Jack Blades. From July to September 2004, they embarked on their "Dodge the Bul ...

, released on June 23, 2004. Eric Martin and

Jack Blades Jack Martin Blades (born April 24, 1954) is an American rock musician. He has worked in the bands Rubicon (American band), Rubicon, Night Ranger (as bassist and one of the lead vocalists), and Damn Yankees (band), Damn Yankees (as one of the f ...

, of Mr. Big and

Night Ranger Night Ranger is an American hard rock band from San Francisco, California. The band formed in 1982 and experienced a surge of popularity during the 1980s with the release of several successful albums and hit singles. Guitarist Brad Gillis and ...

fame respectively, wrote all of the lyrics, while

Tak Matsumoto is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist and main composer of the Rock music, rock duo B'z, the List of best-selling music artists in Japan, best-selling music act in their native Japan by certif ...

, the founder of the band and of B’z fame, was responsible for all of the music. The album topped the

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, selling over 90,000 copies, while the single " Oh Japan ~Our Time Is Now~" reached number 3 on the

Oricon Singles Chart The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard Single (music), singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track down ...

with 98,346 copies and was the 95th best-selling single of the year.

Track listing

Personnel

Tak Matsumoto Group *

– guitars, rap on "Oh Japan ~Our Time Is Now~" * Eric Martin – lead vocals *

– bass, background vocals, co-lead vocals on "Everything Passes Away" ;Additional musicians *

Brian Tichy Brian Tichy ( ; born August 18, 1968) is an American musician, best known as having been the drummer for Whitesnake, Billy Idol, Foreigner, Sass Jordan, and Ozzy Osbourne. He was the drummer of Whitesnake from 2010 to 2013. His surname means ...

– drums on tracks 1–9, 11, 14 *

Cindy Blackman Cindy Blackman (born November 18, 1959), known as Cindy Blackman Santana since she married guitarist Carlos Santana in 2010, is an American jazz and Rock music, rock drummer performing since the 80s. Blackman has recorded several jazz albums as ...

– drums on tracks 10, 12–13 * Akira Onozuka – organ on "Two of a Kind" * Shinichiro Ohta – background vocals on "Trapped" * Aimee Joy Misaki – voice on "Everything Passes Away"

Charts

Certifications

References

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