Chubby Groove

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.

Chubby Groove
Studio album by
Inaba/Salas
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2017[1]
GenreHard rock, pop rock, funk rock, alternative rock
Length45:31[1]
LabelVermillion Records (Japan)
ProducerKoshi Inaba & Stevie Salas
Koshi Inaba chronology
Singing Bird
(2014)		 Chubby Groove
(2017)
Stevie Salas chronology
Jam Power
(2010)		 Chubby Groove
(2017)

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.TitleLength
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

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
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References
  1. "Chubby Groove". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "オリコン週間 CDアルバムランキング 2017年01月09日～2017年01月15日". Oricon. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. "Top Albums Sales - 2017 January 30". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. "Hot Albums - 2017 January 30". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  5. "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year End 2017". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. "CDアルバムランキング - 2017年度". Oricon. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2017年3月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  8. "B'z稲葉浩志×PORSCHE、コラボによるスペシャルムービー公開". Barks (in Japanese). 14 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  9. "B'z稲葉×錦織圭、テニスについて語り合う特番がWOWOWで". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. "Inaba/Salas - Chart History". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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