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| This album = '''3rd Album'''<br>[[File:03a.jpg|link=|border|65px|right]]<br>''[[BREAK THROUGH]]''<br/>(1990) | | This album = '''3rd Album'''<br>[[File:03a.jpg|link=|border|65px|right]]<br>''[[BREAK THROUGH]]''<br/>(1990) | ||
| Next album = '''4th Album'''<br>[[File:04a.jpg|link=RISKY|border|65px|right]]<br>''[[RISKY]]''<br/>(1990) | | Next album = '''4th Album'''<br>[[File:04a.jpg|link=RISKY|border|65px|right]]<br>''[[RISKY]]''<br/>(1990) | ||
| Producer = [[Masao Nakajima]] | |||
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Almost no tracks on the album have been collected on [[B'z Albums#Compilation Albums|future compilations]] due to a legal entanglement stemming from the band leaving their original record label BMG, who retained the master recording rights to the band's first three albums and first [[BAD COMMUNICATION|mini album]]. However, seven tracks were collected on the unofficial 1997 compilation ''[[Flash Back -B'z Early Special Titles-]]'' without the band's express consent. Additionally, "[[LADY-GO-ROUND]]" would finally be collected within the official catalogue with the 2013 release ''[[B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998]]'' after a deal between B'z and BMG was reached. | Almost no tracks on the album have been collected on [[B'z Albums#Compilation Albums|future compilations]] due to a legal entanglement stemming from the band leaving their original record label BMG, who retained the master recording rights to the band's first three albums and first [[BAD COMMUNICATION|mini album]]. However, seven tracks were collected on the unofficial 1997 compilation ''[[Flash Back -B'z Early Special Titles-]]'' without the band's express consent. Additionally, "[[LADY-GO-ROUND]]" would finally be collected within the official catalogue with the 2013 release ''[[B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998]]'' after a deal between B'z and BMG was reached. | ||
At the time of its release, ''BREAK THROUGH'' proved to be aptly-titled with 41,700+ copies sold in its first week—ten times more than previous effort ''[[OFF THE LOCK]]''. This would see the band debut at number three on the Weekly Oricon Album chart, their first to reach the top ten. For the year-end chart, it would rank at number 49, behind fellow studio album ''[[RISKY]]'' released later in the year. With the band's surge in popularity, ''BREAK THROUGH'' would reach rank 58 for the year of 1991 as well. In time, the album has sold 724,640 copies, allowing it to be certified Triple Platinum 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 == | == Track listing == | ||
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{{Love & Chain Versions}} | {{Love & Chain Versions}} | ||
{{Tonari de Nemurasete Versions}} | {{Tonari de Nemurasete Versions}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:29, 25 May 2018
BREAK THROUGH | ||||
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Studio album by B'z | ||||
Released | February 21st, 1990 | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 48:17 | |||
Producer | Tak Matsumoto | |||
B'z chronology | ||||
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BREAK THROUGH is the third studio album by B'z, released on February 21st, 1990.
Almost no tracks on the album have been collected on future compilations due to a legal entanglement stemming from the band leaving their original record label BMG, who retained the master recording rights to the band's first three albums and first mini album. However, seven tracks were collected on the unofficial 1997 compilation Flash Back -B'z Early Special Titles- without the band's express consent. Additionally, "LADY-GO-ROUND" would finally be collected within the official catalogue with the 2013 release B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 after a deal between B'z and BMG was reached.
At the time of its release, BREAK THROUGH proved to be aptly-titled with 41,700+ copies sold in its first week—ten times more than previous effort OFF THE LOCK. This would see the band debut at number three on the Weekly Oricon Album chart, their first to reach the top ten. For the year-end chart, it would rank at number 49, behind fellow studio album RISKY released later in the year. With the band's surge in popularity, BREAK THROUGH would reach rank 58 for the year of 1991 as well. In time, the album has sold 724,640 copies, allowing it to be certified Triple Platinum 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.
- LADY-GO-ROUND
- B.U.M
- BREAK THROUGH
- BOYS IN TOWN
- GUITAR wa Naiteiru — The GUITAR is Crying, GUITARは泣いている
- LOVE & CHAIN
- Tonari de Nemurasete — Sleeping Next to You, となりでねむらせて
- HEY BROTHER
- Ima de wa... Ima Nara... Ima mo... — Right Now... If Now... And Now..., 今では・・・今なら・・・今も・・・
- SAVE ME!?
- STARDUST TRAIN
Reversion history
Original Song | Reversion History |
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LADY-GO-ROUND SINGLE & ALBUM SONG (1989) |
ENGLISH: Lady-Go-Round "W-40" Style (1990) |
Love & Chain B-SIDE & ALBUM SONG (1990) |
ENGLISH: Love & Chain ~Godzilla Style~ (1991) |
Tonari de Nemurasete ALBUM SONG (1990) |
KARAOKE: Tonari de Nemurasete [Karaoke Version] (1992) |
Ima de wa... Ima Nara... Ima mo... ALBUM SONG (1990) |
RE-RECORDING: Ima de wa... Ima Nara... Ima mo... -Mixture style- (2000) |
STARDUST TRAIN ALBUM SONG (1990) |
REMIX: STARDUST TRAIN [Introless Version] (1997) |
Live appearances
Live Performances
- LADY-GO-ROUND [41 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [22/22 SHOWS]
- B'z SHOWCASE 2008 -Kiyotake ACTION- [1/1 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 "ACTION" [18/53 SHOWS]
- B.U.M [22 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [22/22 SHOWS]
- BREAK THROUGH [22 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [22/22 SHOWS]
- BOYS IN TOWN [20 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [20/22 SHOWS]
- GUITAR wa Naiteiru [22 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [22/22 SHOWS]
- LOVE & CHAIN [22 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [22/22 SHOWS]
- Tonari de Nemurasete [71 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [22/22 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
- HEY BROTHER [71 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [22/22 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
- Ima de wa... Ima Nara... Ima mo... [22 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [22/22 SHOWS]
- SAVE ME!? [104 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [22/22 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM '94 "THE 9TH BLUES -Part2-" [32/32 SHOWS]
- Merry X'Mas ~ Mary Had a Little Lamb/Silent Night [1/1 SHOWS]
- STARDUST TRAIN [42 SHOWS]
- B'z LIVE-GYM "Pleasure'91" [41/41 SHOWS]
- B'z PARTY Presents B'z Pleasure in Hawaii [1/1 SHOWS]
Home Videos
- LADY-GO-ROUND
- B.U.M
- BREAK THROUGH
- BOYS IN TOWN
- GUITAR wa Naiteiru
- LOVE & CHAIN
- Tonari de Nemurasete
- HEY BROTHER
- Ima de wa... Ima Nara... Ima mo...
- SAVE ME!?
- STARDUST TRAIN
Sales data
No. | Cover | Album | Physical Copies Sold | Chart Positions | Certification | |||
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FIRST WEEK | LIFETIME | WEEK | MONTH | YEAR | ||||
3 |
BREAK THROUGH |
41,700+ |
724,640+ |
3 |
— |
49 (1990) |
3x Platinum |
Personnel
B'z
- Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
- Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement
Support Members
- Jun Aoyama: Drums (Tracks 4, 5, 9, 11)
- Takanobu Masuda: Keyboards (Track 11)
- Masao Akashi: Chorus, Arrangement
- Yuiko Tsubokura: Chorus
- Kaoru Abe: Chorus
- Yoko Hiromoto: Chorus