Epic Day Explained

Epic Day
Type:	studio
Artist:	B'z
Cover:	Epicdaybybz.jpg
Released:	March 4, 2015
Recorded:	2012–2015
Length:	43:19
Label:	Vermillion Records
Producer:	Tak Matsumoto
Prev Title:	C'mon
Prev Year:	2011
Next Title:	Dinosaur
Next Year:	2017

Epic Day is the nineteenth^[1] studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on March 4, 2015, more than 3.5 years after their previous studio effort, C'mon,^[2] their longest gap between studio albums. It came after a hiatus in which the members released solo projects, including vocalist/lyricist Koshi Inaba's Singing Bird and guitarist/composer Tak Matsumoto's New Horizon.

It debuted at No. 1 at both the Oricon weekly albums chart and the Billboard Japan album chart.^{[3] [4]}

The album comes in four versions: the regular edition with the 10-track CD; the analog edition with a download card; the limited edition with a bonus live DVD; and the Live-Gym 2015 Edition with live goods.^{[2] [5]}

It was the first time that a B'z album had been released in the vinyl format since the band's early days.

The opening track "Las Vegas" received a promotional video and will be used as the official song of the Japanese leg of the 2015 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season.^[6]

Track listing

Bonus Live DVD

B’z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free Extra- at Osaka-jō Hall

1. "Love Bomb"
2. "Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)"
3. "Ultra Soul"
4. "Splash!"
5. "Brighter Day"
6. "Easy Come, Easy Go!"
7. "Motel"
8. "Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta"
9. "Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night..."
10. "Zero"
11. "Mienai Chikara ~Invisible One~"
12. "Negai"
13. "Into Free -Dangan-"
14. "Juice"
15. "It's Showtime!!"
16. "Shōdō"
17. "Home"
18. "Heat"
19. "Blowin'"

Personnel

B'z

• Koshi Inaba – vocals
• Tak Matsumoto – guitars

Session members

• Barry Sparks – bass
• Chiharu Mikuzuki – bass on "Classmate"
• Akira Onozuka – piano, organ on "Amarinimo"
• Takanobu Masuda – organ on "Epic Day"
• Shane Gaalaas – drums
• Hideo Yamaki – drums on "Classmate"
• Kazuki Katsuta – saxophone on "Las Vegas"
• Shiro Sasaki and Toyama Takushi – trumpet on "Las Vegas"
• Makoto Igarashi – trombone on "Las Vegas"
• Atsushi Doyama – horn on "Classmate"
• 小瀧綾 – oboe on "Classmate"
• Hiroko Ishikawa – strings on "Exit to the Sun" and "Classmate"
• Maiko Sugiyama – strings on "Kimi wo Kinishinai Hi Nado"
• Lime Ladies Orchestra – strings on "Exit to the Sun", "Classmate" and "Kimi wo Kinishinai Hi Nado"
• Yoshinobu Ohga – arrangements on all tracks except "Exit to the Sun", "Classmate" and "Kimi wo Kinishinai Hi Nado"
• Hideyuki Terachi – arrangements on tracks 1, 2, 3, 7 and 9

External links

• B'z official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: B'z、3年ぶりシングル発表！ホール＆アリーナツアーも. Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. March 4, 2015. ja. December 3, 2014. First B'z single in three years! Also, Hall and Arena Tour.
2. Web site: B'z announce new album + stadium tour. Tokyo Hive. March 4, 2015. January 25, 2015.
3. Web site: CDアルバムランキング – 2015年03月16日付 – （2015年03月02日～2015年03月08日）. Oricon. 4 May 2015. ja.
4. Billboard Japan Top Albums. Billboard Japan. 4 May 2015.
5. Web site: Erika . B'z Announces New Album "EPIC DAY" + Stadium Tour . Ohayo Soul . March 4, 2015 . January 26, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150321055155/http://ohayoseoul.net/2015/01/26/bz-new-album-epic-day/ . March 21, 2015 .
6. Web site: B'z、日本初上陸の世界最速モータースポーツに「Las Vegas」提供. Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. March 4, 2015. ja. February 12, 2015. B'z's "Las Vegas" is used for the first landing of World's fastest motor sport in Japan.