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Chubby Groove

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Chubby Groove
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2017[1]
GenreDance-rock, pop rock, funk rock, alternative rock, hard rock
Length45:31[1]
LabelVermillion
ProducerKoshi Inaba & Stevie Salas
Koshi Inaba chronology
Singing Bird
(2014)
Chubby Groove
(2017)
Maximum Huavo
(2020)
Stevie Salas chronology
Jam Power
(2010)
Chubby Groove
(2017)
Maximum Huavo
(2020)

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.

Overview

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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

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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

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Additional personnel

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Technical personnel

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  • Koshi Inabaproduction
  • Stevie Salas – production
  • Tim Palmermixing, 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

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[12] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "Hot Albums - 2017 January 30". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Year End 2017". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  11. ^ "CHUBBY GROOVE | INABA/SALAS". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  12. ^ "Japanese album certifications – Inaba/Salas – Chubby Groove" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan.