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{{Album
| title = RISKY
| type = studio
| count = fourth
| date = November 7th, 1990
| genre = Hard rock
| cover = 04a.jpg
| length = 44:36
| producer = [[Tak Matsumoto]]
| Last album  = '''3rd Album'''<br>[[File:03a.jpg|link=BREAK THROUGH|border|65px|right]]<br>''[[BREAK THROUGH]]''<br/>(1990)
| This album  = '''4th Album'''<br>[[File:04a.jpg|link=|border|65px|right]]<br>''[[RISKY]]''<br/>(1990)
| Next album  = '''5th Album'''<br>[[File:05a.jpg|link=IN THE LIFE|border|65px|right]]<br>''[[IN THE LIFE]]''<br/>(1991)
}}

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 [[B'z 30th Year Exhibition "SCENES" 1988-2018|"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 (Lyrics)|RISKY]]'''
#: [[File:a04_01.ogg]] <font color="white">.</font>
#'''[[GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER- (Lyrics)|GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER-]]''' — ''-Persistent LOVE DRIVER-'', -不屈のLOVE DRIVER-
#: [[File:a04_02.ogg]] <font color="white">.</font>
#'''[[HOT FASHION -Ryuukoukata- (Lyrics)|HOT FASHION -Ryuukoukata-]]''' — ''-Fashion Excess-'', -流行過多-
#: [[File:a04_03.ogg]] <font color="white">.</font>
#'''[[Easy Come, Easy Go! (Lyrics)|EASY COME, EASY GO! -RISKY Style-]]'''
#: [[File:a04_04.ogg]] <font color="white">.</font>
#'''[["Itoshii Hito yo" Good night... (Lyrics)|Itoshii Hito yo Good night... ]]''' — ''Lovely One, Good Night...'', 愛しい人よGood Night...
#: [[File:a04_05.ogg]] <font color="white">.</font>
#'''[[HOLY NIGHT ni Kuchizuke wo (Lyrics)|HOLY NIGHT ni Kuchizuke wo]]''' — ''A HOLY NIGHT Kiss'', HOLY NIGHTにくちづけを　
#: [[File:a04_06.ogg]] <font color="white">.</font>
#'''[[VAMPIRE WOMAN (Lyrics)|VAMPIRE WOMAN]]'''
#: [[File:a04_07.ogg]] <font color="white">.</font>
#'''[[Tashika na Mono wa Yami no Naka (Lyrics)|Tashika na Mono wa Yami no Naka]]''' — ''Certainly Something in the Dark'', 確かなものは闇の中
#: [[File:a04_08.ogg]] <font color="white">.</font>
#'''[[FRIDAY MIDNIGHT BLUE (Lyrics)|FRIDAY MIDNIGHT BLUE]]'''
#: [[File:a04_09.ogg]] <font color="white">.</font>
#'''[[It's Raining... (Lyrics)|It's Raining...]]'''
#: [[File:a04_10.ogg]] <font color="white">.</font>

== Reversion history ==
{{Main|B'z Reversioned Songs}}
{|class=wikitable width="90%"
|-
! width="30%"| Original Song
! width="70%"| Reversion History
|-
{{GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER- Versions}}
{{HOT FASHION -Ryuukoukata- Versions}}
{{Easy Come, Easy Go! Versions}}
{{Itoshii Hito yo Good Night... Versions}}
|}

== Live appearances ==
===Live Performances===
{{RISKY Live}}
{{GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER- Live}}
{{HOT FASHION -Ryuukoukata- Live}}
{{Easy Come, Easy Go! Live}}
{{Itoshii Hito yo Good Night... Live}}
{{HOLY NIGHT ni Kuchizuke wo Live}}
{{VAMPIRE WOMAN Live}}
{{Tashika na Mono wa Yami no Naka Live}}
{{FRIDAY MIDNIGHT BLUE Live}}
{{It's Raining... Live}}

===Home Videos===
{{RISKY Video}}
{{GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukutsu no LOVE DRIVER- Video}}
{{HOT FASHION -Ryuukoukata- Video}}
{{Easy Come, Easy Go! Video}}
{{Itoshii Hito yo Good Night... Video}}
{{HOLY NIGHT ni Kuchizuke wo Video}}
{{VAMPIRE WOMAN Video}}
{{Tashika na Mono wa Yami no Naka Video}}
{{FRIDAY MIDNIGHT BLUE Video}}
{{It's Raining... Video}}

== Sales data ==
{{Main|B'z Sales Records}}

{|class=wikitable width="85%"
|-
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff; width:50px;" rowspan="2" | No.
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff; width:45px;" rowspan="2" | Cover
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff; width:370px;" rowspan="2" | Album
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff; width:150px;" colspan="2" | Physical Copies Sold
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff; width:150px;" colspan="3" | Chart Positions
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff; width:110px;" rowspan="2" | Certification

|-
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff;" | <small>FIRST WEEK</small>
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff;" | <small>LIFETIME</small>

!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff;" | <small>WEEK</small>
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff;" | <small>MONTH</small>
!style="color:black; background-color:#e6f2ff;" | <small>YEAR</small>

{{RISKY Sales}} 

|}

== Personnel ==
'''B'z'''
*[[Tak Matsumoto]]: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
*[[Koshi Inaba]]: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement

'''Support Members'''
*[[Masao Akashi]]: Manipulator, Arrangement
*[[Jun Aoyama]]: Drums <small>(Tracks 2-6, 8, 9)</small>
*[[Akira Onozuka]]: Keyboards <small>(Track 10)</small>
*[[Toshihiko Furumura]]: Sax <small>(Track 8)</small>
*[[Yuiko Tsubokura]]: Chorus <small>(Track 7)</small>
*[[Paris]]: Chorus <small>(Track 10)</small>
*[[Jason Corsaro]]: Mixing