''Wicked Beat'' is the second mini-album by the
Japan
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ese rock duo
B'z
is 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 ...
, released on June 21, 1990. It consists of extended, English versions of previous hits. The album sold 1,111,230 copies in total, eventually being certified Triple Platinum by the
RIAJ
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969.
The RIAJ's activities include prom ...
. It debuted at No. 3 on the
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, being their last album of original material to not debut at No. 1.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes.
[''Wicked Beat'' liner notes. Air Records. 1990.]
B'z
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Koshi Inaba
is a Japanese singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He also has a successful solo career, with six studio albums and ...
– vocals
*
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 ...
– guitars
Production
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Masao Akashi
was a Japanese music arranger in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label B-Gram Records.
In 1988, he debuted as arranger in debut single '' Dakara Sono Te wo Hanashite'' by Japanese hard-rock band B'z. By 1998, his arrangement work had ...
– production, arrangement
* Masayuki Nomura – mixing
* Yuka Koizumi – mastering engineer
* Yoshiaki Kawakami – assistant engineer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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1990 EPs
B'z EPs
Japanese-language EPs
1990s Japanese-language albums