B'z (album)

B'z is the self-titled debut album for the Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on September 21, 1988, and only reached #47 on the Japanese charts. The album sold 3,790 copies in its first week and eventually sold 338,360 in total.

The band would not tour in support of the album, because its nine songs were all the material they had at the time, and they felt it would not be a proper show with just 40 minutes of material. Unlike the hard-rocking music that most associate with B'z, the album was very much a product of its times, with synthesizers and samplers sharing equal time with Tak's guitar.

One single was released from the album: "Dakara Sono Te Wo Hanashite."

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Kohshi Inaba & Takahiro Matsumoto.

1. Dakara Sono Te wo Hanashite (だからその手を離して^?) 3:49
2. Half Tone Lady 3:36
3. Heart Mo Nureru Number ~Stay Tonight~ (ハートも濡れるナンバー ～stay tonight～) 4:39
4. Yuube no Crying (This Is My Truth) (ゆうべの Crying ～This is my truth～) 5:30
5. Nothing To Change 4:37
6. Kodoku ni Dance in Vain (孤独に Dance in vain) 4:54
7. It's Not a Dream 3:56
8. Kimi o Dakitai (君を今抱きたい) 4:13
9. Fake Lips 4:39