Eleven is the eleventh album by Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese hard rock band B'z

B'z

is a Japanese hard rock duo, composed of and .B'z has released 45 consecutive #1 singles, 24 #1 albums, and sold more than 79 million records in Japan alone...

, released on December 6, 2000. The catalogue code for this album is BMCR-7046. The album sold only 756,910 copies in its first week, becoming the first full-length studio album not to break the million mark in its first week since Risky

Risky (album)

Risky is the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band B'z. "Risky" sold 314,770 copies in its first week and 1,695,900 copies in total. It is the band's first studio album to break the million mark....

. However, the album managed to sell over 1,132,180 copies.

Track listing

1. "  I  " – 0:24
2. "Seventh Heaven" – 4:10
3. "信じるくらいいいだろう" [Shinjiru Kurai Ii Darou] – 3:39
4. "Ring
   Ring (song)
   "Ring" is the thirtieth single by B'z, released on October 4, 2000. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon charts. It was the drama Asu o Dakishimete's theme song....
   
   " – 3:59
5. "愛のprisoner" [Ai no prisoner] – 4:09
6. "煌めく人" [Kirameku Hito] – 2:57
7. "May
   May (B'z song)
   "May" is the twenty-eighth single by B'z, released on May 24, 2000. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart.-External links:*...
   
   " – 4:19
8. "Juice (PM mix)" – 4:02
9. "Raging River" – 7:32
10. "Tokyo Devil" – 3:25
11. "コブシヲニギレ" [KOBUSHIWONIGIRE] – 4:32
12. "Thinking of You" – 4:30
13. "扉" [Tobira] – 2:51
14. "今夜月の見える丘に -Alternative Guitar Solo ver.-" [Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni] – 4:10

Personnel

• Tak Matsumoto
  Tak Matsumoto
  is a Grammy Award-winning Japanese guitarist, producer, arranger, composer, singer and songwriter. In addition to guitarist and lead composer for the hard rock band B'z, he has also had a successful solo career.-Background:...
  
   (guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , bass)
• Koshi Inaba
  Koshi Inaba
  is a Japanese vocalist. His real name is . He graduated from the Faculty of Education at the Yokohama National University, and has a degree in mathematics.- Musical career :...
  
   (vocals, blues harp)

Additional personnel

• Akihito Tokunaga (clavinet) - Track 2
• Akira Onozuka (acoustic piano) - Track 4, 7, 9, 14
• Brian Tichy (drums) - Track 2, 5, 8
• Daisuke Ikeda (strings arrangement) - Track 4, 9
• Fingers (bass) - Track 8
• Futoshi Kobayashi (trumpet) - Track 2
• Hideo Yamaki (drums) - Track 4, 9, 12
• Kaichi Kurose (drums) - Track 3, 6, 10, 11, 13
• Katsunori "hakkai" Hatakeyama (Chinese gong) - Track 10
• Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone) - Track 2
• Koji "Kiratoh" Nakamura (bass) - Track 4, 12, 14
• Masao Akashi (bass) - Track 3, 6, 10, 11
• Shinozaki Strings (strings) - Track 4, 9
• Shiro Sasaki (trumpet) - Track 2
• Showtaro Mitsuzono (bass) - Track 13
• Tama Chorus (mixed chorus) - Track 9
• Vagabond Suzuki (bass) - Track 7, 9
• Wakaba Kawai (trombone) - Track 2

External links

• B'z official Web site (in Japanese)