RISKY
| RISKY | ||||
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| Studio album by B'z | ||||
| Released | November 7th, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 44:36 | |||
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto | |||
| B'z chronology | ||||
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RISKY is the fourth studio album by B'z, released on November 7th, 1990.
It would be with this album that Tak Matsumoto assumed his role as the band's sole producer for all releases that followed.
The album's titular "risk" undertaken by the band proved fortuitous at release. At last, RISKY secured the band their first number one hit with 314,770 copies sold at launch. This would be over seven times as many copies sold as previous effort BREAK THROUGH that had released earlier in the same year. Unusually, with the band's increased profile in ensuing years, RISKY would unusually sell even more copies in 1991, having it rank in at number 10 on the year-end chart compared to its finish at rank 26 for 1990. Copies continued to be moved en masse into 1992, with the album ranking in at 50 for 1992. Over time, RISKY has sold over 1,695,900 physical copies, enough to be certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. Later, in 2018, the album was reissued as a two vinyl set made available to visitors of their thirtieth anniversary public exhibition entitled "SCENES" alongside all other studio albums to that point.
Track listing
All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. All lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba.
- RISKY
- GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER- — -Persistent LOVE DRIVER-, -不屈のLOVE DRIVER-
- HOT FASHION -Ryuukoukata- — -Fashion Excess-, -流行過多-
- EASY COME, EASY GO! -RISKY Style-
- Itoshii Hito yo Good night... — Lovely One, Good Night..., 愛しい人よGood Night...
- HOLY NIGHT ni Kuchizuke wo — A HOLY NIGHT Kiss, HOLY NIGHTにくちづけを
- VAMPIRE WOMAN
- Tashika na Mono wa Yami no Naka — Certainly Something in the Dark, 確かなものは闇の中
- FRIDAY MIDNIGHT BLUE
- It's Raining...
Reversion history
| Original Song | Reversion History |
|---|---|
| GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER- ALBUM SONG (1990)
|
KARAOKE: GIMME YOUR LOVE [Karaoke Version] (2007) |
| HOT FASHION -Ryuukoukata- ALBUM SONG (1990)
|
KARAOKE: HOT FASHION [Karaoke Version] (1992) |
| Easy Come, Easy Go! SINGLE & ALBUM SONG* (1990)
|
RE-RECORDING: EASY COME, EASY GO! -RISKY STYLE- (1990) |
| Itoshii Hito yo Good Night... SINGLE & ALBUM SONG (1990)
|
KARAOKE: Itoshii Hito yo Good Night... [Karaoke Version] (1992) |
Live appearances
Live Performances
- RISKY
- GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER- [268 SHOWS]
B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]- B'z LIVE-GYM '91~'92 "IN THE LIFE" [66/66 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'93 "JAP THE RIPPER" [2/2 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '94 "THE 9TH BLUES -Part2-" [32/32 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'97 "FIREBALL" [9/9 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2003 "IT'S SHOWCASE!!" [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM The Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!" [22/23 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 "ACTION" [42/53 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2020 -5 ERAS 8820- [1/5 SHOWS]
- HOT FASHION -Ryuukoukata- [117 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "Pleasure'91" [41/41 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'92 "TIME" [12/12 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'93 "JAP THE RIPPER" [2/2 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2007 -19- [6/6 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2007 -B'z In Your Town- [7/7 SHOWS]
- Easy Come, Easy Go! [372 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "Pleasure'91" [41/41 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '91~'92 "IN THE LIFE" [66/66 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'92 "TIME" [12/12 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '93 "RUN" [15/49 SHOWS] (Acoustic Version)
- B'z LIVE-GYM '94 "THE 9TH BLUES -Part1-" [55/55 SHOWS] (Rock Version)
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'95 "BUZZ!!" [12/12 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'97 "FIREBALL" [9/9 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '99 -Brotherhood- SHOWCASE "B'zepp" [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '99 "Brotherhood" [24/24 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM in Taipei & Hong Kong 2001 [4/4 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2001 "ELEVEN" -Intermission-/-EXTRA- [5/46 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2003 "IT'S SHOWCASE!!" [1/1 SHOWS] (Acoustic Version)
- B'z LIVE-GYM The Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!" [23/23 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2003 "BANZAI IN NORTH AMERICA" [7/7 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 "ACTION" [34/53 SHOWS]
- Pepsi NEX presents B'z PREMIUM LIVE [2/2 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- [11/11 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2020 -5 ERAS 8820- [1/5 SHOWS]
- "Itoshii Hito yo" Good Night... [108 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "Pleasure'91" [41/41 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'92 "TIME" [12/12 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'93 "JAP THE RIPPER" [2/2 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- EXTRA [4/11 SHOWS]
- HOLY NIGHT ni Kuchizuke wo [41 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "Pleasure'91" [41/41 SHOWS]
- VAMPIRE WOMAN [131 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
- Z'b LIVE TOUR [4/4 SHOWS, PLAYED TWICE]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '91~'92 "IN THE LIFE" [66/66 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B'z In Your Town- [8/8 SHOWS]
- Tashika na Mono wa Yami no Naka
- FRIDAY MIDNIGHT BLUE [64 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'92 "TIME" [12/12 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2008 -Kiyotake ACTION- [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 "ACTION" [2/53 SHOWS]
- It's Raining...
Home Videos
- RISKY
- GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER-
- HOT FASHION -Ryuukoukata-
- Easy Come, Easy Go!
- "Itoshii Hito yo" Good Night...
- HOLY NIGHT ni Kuchizuke wo
- VAMPIRE WOMAN
- Tashika na Mono wa Yami no Naka
- FRIDAY MIDNIGHT BLUE
- It's Raining...
Sales data
| No. | Cover | Album | Physical Copies Sold | Chart Positions | Certification | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST WEEK | LIFETIME | WEEK | MONTH | YEAR | ||||
| 4 | 
|
RISKY |
314,770+ |
1,695,900+ |
1 |
— |
26 (1990) |
Million |
Personnel
B'z
- Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
- Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement
Support Members
- Masao Akashi: Manipulator, Arrangement
- Jun Aoyama: Drums (Tracks 2-6, 8, 9)
- Akira Onozuka: Keyboards (Track 10)
- Toshihiko Furumura: Sax (Track 8)
- Yuiko Tsubokura: Chorus (Track 7)
- Paris: Chorus (Track 10)
- Jason Corsaro: Mixing