Brotherhood (B'z album) explained

Brotherhood
Type:	studio
Artist:	B'z
Cover:	Brotherhood (B'z album - cover).jpg
Released:	July 14, 1999
Recorded:	1998–1999
Studio:	Westlake Audio, NRG Studio, Birdman West, Gardenia Studio, Red Way Studio, Cross Bone Lounge
Length:	47:11
Label:	Rooms Records
Producer:	Tak Matsumoto
Prev Title:	Survive
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Eleven
Next Year:	2000

Brotherhood is the tenth studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on July 14, 1999. "Brotherhood" debuted with over 1,019,270 copies sold and sold over 1,391,850 copies. Brotherhood was the first of only two albums released by Rooms Records and distributed by BMG Japan.

Track listing

1. "F・E・A・R" – 3:45
2. "Giri Giri Chop (Version 51)" – 3:59
3. "Brotherhood" – 5:46
4. "Nagai Ai" – 5:37
5. "Yume no Youna Hibi" – 4:53
6. "Gin no Tsubasa de Tobe" – 3:56
7. "Sono Te de Furete Goran" – 3:23
8. "Nagare Yuku Hibi" – 4:54
9. "Skin" – 3:44
10. "Ikasete Okure!" – 3:23
11. "Shine" – 3:51

Personnel

• Tak Matsumoto – guitar
• Koshi Inaba – vocals, blues harp

Additional personnel

• Akira Onozuka – organ (tracks 5, 8, 11)
• Billy Sheehan – bass (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10, 11)
• Daisuke Ikeda – strings arrangement & brass section (tracks 4, 6, 9)
• Hironori Sawano – trumpet (track 6)
• Kaichi Kurose – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Katsunori "hakkai" Hatakeyama – guitar technician
• Kazuki Katsuta – saxophone (track 6)
• Pat Torpey – drums (track 2)
• Satoru Suzuki – manipulator
• Shinozaki Strings – strings (tracks 4, 9)
• Shiro Sasaki – trumpet (track 6)
• Showtaro Mitsuzono – bass (tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)

Charts

Chart (1999)! scope="col"

Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[1]	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: B'zのアルバム作品. Oricon. ja. March 10, 2023.