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, 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

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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 * Jack Blades – bass, background vocals, co-lead vocals on "Everything Passes Away" ;Additional musicians * Brian Tichy – drums on tracks 1-9, 11, 14 * Cindy Blackman – 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"

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