Bad Communication Explained

Bad Communication
Type:EP
Artist:B'z
Cover:B'z_BC.jpg
Released:October 21, 1989
Studio:Studio Birdman (Brown & Gray Room)
Length:22:15
Language:Japanese, English
Label:Air
Producer:Masao Nakajima
Next Title:Wicked Beat
Next Year:1990

Bad Communication is the first mini-album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released in 1989. The album was the first hit album for the band, debuting at number 15. The album also includes the band's first two English versions of previous songs—in this case, "Out of the Rain" and "Dakara Sono Te Wo Hanashite", both from their debut album—dubbed "Off the Lock Style". It peaked at number 12 on the Oricon weekly albums chart in 1991, and by 1993, was certified million by the RIAJ.[1] It was eventually certified 3x platinum, selling over 1,200,000 copies.[2] The song was used in a commercial for Fujitsu's FM Towns computers.[3]

"Bad Communication" has been remade three times: an edited "E-Style" version with English lyrics, which appeared on Wicked Beat and B'z The Best "Pleasure", the "(000-18)" bluesy unplugged version from the album Loose, and one version called "-Ultra Pleasure Style-" as the opening of B'z The Best "Ultra Pleasure".

The song is played very often in concert.

Writing

According to vocalist Koshi Inaba, he wanted the song title to mean "communication that is not half-baked or half-hearted." He also said he wrote the lyrics in a "thankless" manner, hoping people would hear them and think, "Oh, communication is necessary after all".[4]

Controversy

The guitar riff has been noted to be similar to Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Under Foot", which has led to accusations of plagiarism.[5] [6] [7]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes.[8]

B'z

Additional Musicians

Production

Charts

Year-end charts

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015-03-04 . B'z、歴代No.1アーティストまでの軌跡! . 2024-08-08 . . ja.
  2. 1996-10-01 . 日本レコード協会 ミリオン以上認定作品 . The Record . ja . 443 . 4 . RIAJ.
  3. Web site: 2018-12-12 . 平成のテレビを彩ったCMキング&クイーン|ニホンモニターCM起用社数ランキングまとめ ニホンモニター株式会社 . 2024-08-08 . ja.
  4. Book: B'z TWELVE . . 2000 . 4-396-61118-8 . 171.
  5. Book: Tsuzuki, Kyoichi . Marco Polo . October 1994 . . ja.
  6. Book: E., Tak . 音楽誌が書かないJポップ批評14 「B'zの不思議」再考! . 2001-07-01 . . 978-4796623353 . ja . J-Pop Critisism that Music Magazines Don't Write 14: "The Wonder of B'z" Revisited!.
  7. Book: Natsushi, Akari . 「パクリ・盗作」スキャンダル読本 . . 2006 . 978-4796650724 . ja . "Practice/Plagiarism" Scandal Reader.
  8. "Bad Communication" liner notes. Air Records. 1989
  9. Web site: 1990年 アルバム年間TOP100 . Oricon Album Top 100 1990 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190331143622/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1990a.html . 2019-03-31 . 2024-08-08 . Oricon.
  10. Web site: 1991年 アルバム年間TOP100 . Oricon Album Top 100 1991 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140721003633/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1991a.html . 2014-07-21 . 2024-08-08 . Oricon.
  11. Web site: 1992年 アルバム年間TOP100 . Oricon Album Top 100 1992 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181106015402/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1992a.html . 2018-11-06 . 2024-08-08 . Oricon.