''Epic Day'' is the nineteenth studio album by the Japanese rock duo

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. It was released on March 4, 2015, more than 3.5 years after their previous studio effort, '' C'mon'', their longest gap between studio albums. It came after a hiatus in which the members released solo projects, including vocalist/lyricist

Koshi Inaba (born September 23, 1964 in Tsuyama, Okayama) is a Japanese vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He has also had a su ...

's '' Singing Bird'' and guitarist/composer Tak Matsumoto's '' New Horizon''. It debuted at #1 at both the Oricon weekly albums chart and the '' Billboard Japan'' album chart. 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. 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

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Track listing

Bonus Live DVD

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Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku) "Go for It, Baby (Kioku no Sanmyaku)" is the 50th single by Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on April 4, 2012. The song debuted at #1 on the Oricon Singles Chart, selling 143,000 copies in its first week. It also reached number one on the Bil ...

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Ultra Soul "Ultra Soul" is the thirty-first single by B'z, released on March 14, 2001. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon charts. As B-Sides, the single features "Rock Man" and "Suima-Yo 2001!!", a remix of the song "Suima-Yo!!" previ ...

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It's Showtime!! "It's Showtime!!" is the thirty-fourth single by B'z, released on March 26, 2003. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies st ...

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Shōdō "Shōdō" is the fortieth single by B'z, released on January 25, 2006. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon charts. The title track was used as the seventeenth opening theme of ''Case Closed''. Track listing # - 3:17 # - 4: ...

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Personnel

;B'z *

- vocals * Tak Matsumoto -

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;Session members *

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* Chiharu Mikuzuki - bass on "Classmate" * Akira Onozuka - piano,

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on "Amarinimo" * Takanobu Masuda - organ on "Epic Day" * Shane Gaalaas -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* 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 -

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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 -

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s 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

Certifications

References

External links

B'z official website
2015 albums B'z albums Being Inc. albums Japanese-language albums {{2010s-pop-rock-album-stub