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{{ColAlbum
| title = CHUBBY GROOVE
| type = takalbum
| count = 
| producer = [[Koshi Inaba]] & [[Stevie Salas]]
| artist = [[Koshi Inaba]] & [[Stevie Salas]]
| date = January 18, 2017
| genre = Hard Rock
| cover = CHUBBY GROOVE Cover.jpg
| length = 45:36
| label = Vermillion Records
}}

'''''CHUBBY GROOVE''''' is a [[Solo Works#Koshi Inaba|collaborative studio album]] by [[Koshi Inaba]] and Native American rock guitarist [[Stevie Salas]], released on January 18, 2017. The album is the sixth for [[Koshi Inaba]] and is his most extensive collaboration with [[Stevie Salas]], with the two first working together on 2004's ''[[Peace Of Mind]]''. This would be the first of Koshi's non-[[B'z]] efforts to also be given an [https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chubby-groove/id1193919963 international iTunes release] when it was made available on the service shortly after launch.

The album was supported by [[CHUBBY GROOVE TOUR 2017]] that played throughout Japan in January and February of 2017. It was further supported with fall reunion dates at [[SUMMER SONIC 2017]], a special triple billing as [[INABA/SALAS, MIYAVI, Made in Asia]], and a final showing at [[SUMMER SONIC SHANGHAI 2017]].

== Track listing ==
All lyrics and vocals by [[Koshi Inaba]]. All music and guitar by [[Stevie Salas]].

#'''[[SAYONARA RIVER (Lyrics)|SAYONARA RIVER]]'''
#: [[File:is01_01.ogg]] 
#'''[[OVERDRIVE (Lyrics)|OVERDRIVE]]'''
#: [[File:is01_02.ogg]] 
#'''[[WABISABI (Lyrics)|WABISABI]]'''
#: [[File:is01_03.ogg]] 
#'''[[AISHI-AISARE (Lyrics)|AISHI-AISARE]]''' — ''Love, Be Loved''
#: [[File:is01_04.ogg]] 
#'''[[Shirase (Lyrics)|Shirase]]''' — ''The News'', シラセ
#: [[File:is01_05.ogg]] 
#'''[[ERROR MESSAGE (Lyrics)|ERROR MESSAGE]]'''
#: [[File:is01_06.ogg]] 
#'''[[NISHI-HIGASHI (Lyrics)|NISHI-HIGASHI]]''' — ''EAST-WEST''
#: [[File:is01_07.ogg]] 
#'''[[Kunou no Hate no Sore mo Kotae no Hitotsu (Lyrics)|Kunou no Hate no Sore mo Kotae no Hitotsu]]''' — ''What Lies at the End of Agony is Also an Answer'', 苦悩の果てのそれも答えのひとつ
#: [[File:is01_08.ogg]] 
#'''[[MARIE (Lyrics)|MARIE]]'''
#: [[File:is01_09.ogg]] 
#'''[[BLINK (Lyrics)|BLINK]]'''
#: [[File:is01_10.ogg]] A cover of the track "The Uprise" (feat.Gandhi) from Stevie Salas' solo record ''SET IT ON BLAST!!''. The track features Japanese lyrics compared to the original.
#'''[[MY HEART YOUR HEART (Lyrics)|MY HEART YOUR HEART]]'''
#: [[File:is01_11.ogg]] 
#'''[[TROPHY (Lyrics)|TROPHY]]'''
#: [[File:is01_12.ogg]] 

<br><big>'''Limited Edition (CD+DVD)'''<br>
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#'''[[SAYONARA RIVER (Lyrics)|SAYONARA RIVER]]'''
#'''[[OVERDRIVE (Lyrics)|OVERDRIVE]]'''
#'''[[AISHI-AISARE (Lyrics)|AISHI-AISARE]]'''
|}

== Personnel ==
'''INABA/SALAS'''
*[[Koshi Inaba]]: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Acoustic Guitar <small>(TRACK 1)</small>, Pow Wow Drums <small>(TRACK 12)</small>, Background Vocals <small>(TRACK 12)</small>
*[[Stevie Salas]]: Guitar, Music Composition, Keyboards <small>(TRACKS 1, 6)</small>, Background Vocals <small>(TRACKS 8, 10, 12)</small>, Drums & Percussion <small>(TRACKS 10, 12)</small>, Pow Wow Drums <small>(TRACK 12)</small>
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'''Drums & Percussion'''
*[[Matt Sherrod]]: Drums & Percussion <small>(TRACKS 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)</small>, Keyboards <small>(TRACKS 6 & 11)</small>, Electronic Treatment <small>(TRACK 7)</small>, Glockenspiel <small>(TRACK 11)</small>, Programming, Engineering
*[[Mark Shulman]]: Drums & Percussion <small>(TRACK 4)</small>
*[[Steve Ferrone]]: Drums <small>(TRACK 5)</small>
*[[David Leach]]: Percussion <small>(TRACK 5)</small>
*[[Denny Seiwell]]: Percussion <small>(TRACK 7)</small>
*[[Massimo Hernandez]]: Drums & Percussion <small>(TRACK 10)</small>
*[[Matt Sorum]]: Drums & Percussion <small>(TRACK 10)</small>
*[[Taylor Hawkins]]: Drums & Percussion <small>(TRACKS 10 & 12)</small>, Rock Drums <small>(TRACK 12)</small>, Background Vocals <small>(TRACK 12)</small>
*[[Adrian Harjo]]: Pow Wow Drums <small>(TRACK 12)</small>, Background Vocals <small>(TRACK 12)</small>
*[[Logan Staats]]: Pow Wow Drums <small>(TRACK 12)</small>, Background Vocals <small>(TRACK 12)</small>

'''Bass'''
*[[Armand Sabal-Lecco]]: Bass <small>(TRACKS 2, 3, 6, 7)</small>
*[[Shawn Davis]]: Bass <small>(TRACKS 5, 9)</small>
*[[Juan Alderete]]: Bass <small>(TRACK 8)</small>
*[[Abel Guier]]: Bass <small>(TRACK 10)</small>
*[[Dorian Heartsong]]: Bass <small>(TRACK 12)</small>, Engineering
*[[Stuart Zender]]: Bass <small>(TRACK 12)</small>, Engineering

'''Additional Guitar'''
*[[Nard Berings]]: Additional Guitar <small>(TRACK 4)</small>, Electronic Treatment <small>(TRACK 1, 3, 7, 12)</small>, Programming <small>(TRACK 4)</small>, Engineering
*[[Tim Palmer]]: Additional Guitar <small>(TRACKS 4, 6, 10)</small>, Keyboards <small>(TRACK 10)</small> Mixing, Engineering
*[[Federico Miranda]]: Additional Guitar <small>(TRACK 10)</small>

'''Keyboards'''
*[[Amp Fiddler]]: Keyboards <small>(TRACKS 1, 2, 6, 8, 9)</small>
*[[Hideyuki Terachi]]: Keyboards <small>(TRACKS 1, 6)</small>, Pre-Production Programming
*[[Lou Pomanti]]: Keyboards <small>(TRACK 5, 7, 9, 11, 12)</small>, Electronic Treatment <small>(TRACK 12)</small>, Engineering
*[[Ricky Peterson]]: Keyboards <small>(TRACK 7)</small>
*[[Luis Montalbert-Smith]]: Keyboards <small>(TRACK 10)</small>, Background Vocals <small>(TRACKS 8, 10, 12)</small>

'''Background Vocals'''
*[[ao]]: Voice <small>(TRACK 9)</small>
*[[Parthenon Huxley]]: Music Composition <small>(TRACK 10)</small>, Background Vocals <small>(TRACK 10)</small>
*[[Bernard Fowler]]: Background Vocals <small>(TRACKS 5, 7)</small>
*[[Rob Lamothe]]: Background Vocals <small>(TRACK 12)</small>, Engineering
*[[Jean Marie Horvat]]: Heartbeat <small>(TRACK 11)</small>

'''Engineering'''
*[[Justin Shturtz]]: Mastering
*[[Alberto Oritz]]: Engineering
*[[Erich Gobel]]: Engineering
*[[ET Thorngren]]: Engineering
*[[Hiroyuki Kobayashi]]: Engineering
*[[Mark Williams]]: Engineering
*[[Misha Pecheco]]: Engineering
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==External links==
[https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chubby-groove/id1193919963 ''CHUBBY GROOVE'' on International iTunes Store]