LOOSE

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LOOSE
Studio album by B'z
Released November 22nd, 1995
Genre Hard rock
Length 49:58
Producer Tak Matsumoto
B'z chronology
7th Album
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The 7th Blues
(1994)
8th Album
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LOOSE
(1995)
9th Album
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SURVIVE
(1997)

LOOSE is the eighth studio album by B'z, released on November 22nd, 1995.

LOOSE debuted at the top of the Weekly Oricon Album chart with 1,336,150 in first week sales—the most of any of the band's studio albums to date. It would also prove the third highest-selling for the entire year of 1995. Later, the album would be certified Triple Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, with sales exceeding 3,003,210 physical copies sold. This made it the band's highest-selling studio album. Overall, LOOSE is their third best-selling release of any sort, behind only 1998's compilations B'z The Best "Pleasure" and B'z The Best "Treasure". In 2018, the album was reissued as a two vinyl set made available to visitors of their thirtieth anniversary public exhibition entitled "SCENES" alongside all other studio albums to that point.

Track listing

All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. All lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba.

  1. spirit loose
    File:a08 01.ogg .
  2. The Loose
    File:a08 02.ogg .
  3. Negai ("BUZZ!" STYLE)Wish, ねがい
    File:a08 03.ogg .
  4. Yumemi ga OkaA Hill to Dream On, 夢見が丘
    File:a08 04.ogg .
  5. BAD COMMUNICATION (000-18)
    File:a08 05.ogg .
  6. Kienai NijiEverlasting Rainbow, 消えない虹
    File:a08 06.ogg .
  7. love me, I love you (with G-Bass)
    File:a08 07.ogg .
  8. LOVE PHANTOM
    File:a08 08.ogg .
  9. Teki ga InakeryaThere is No Enemy, 敵がいなけりゃ
    File:a08 09.ogg .
  10. Suna no HanabiraPetal of Sand, 砂の花びら
    File:a08 10.ogg .
  11. Kirei na Ai JyanakutemoEven If It Isn't a Beautiful Love, キレイな愛じゃなくても
    File:a08 11.ogg .
  12. BIG
    File:a08 12.ogg .
  13. drive to MY WORLD
    File:a08 13.ogg .
  14. spirit loose II
    File:a08 14.ogg .

Reversion history

Original Song Reversion History
Negai
SINGLE & ALBUM SONG* (1995)

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RE-RECORDING: Negai ("BUZZ!!" STYLE) (1995)
Released on the 1995 studio album LOOSE. The song no longer ends on a fade out and instead features an extended outro akin to the version performed during B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'95 "BUZZ!!" and numerous LIVE-GYM concerts since.
KARAOKE: Negai [Karaoke Version] (1996)
Karaoke version found only on B'z TV STYLE II Songless Version.

BAD COMMUNICATION
MINI ALBUM SONG (1988)

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REMIX: BAD COMMUNICATION (JAPANESE SHORT VERSION) (1989)
Released only on a promotional BAD COMMUNICATION vinyl sent to Japanese radio stations.
ENGLISH: Bad Communication E.Style (1990)
The full entirely English version found only on 1990 mini album WICKED BEAT that runs over seven minutes.
KARAOKE: BAD COMMUNICATION [Karaoke Version] (1992)
Karaoke version found only on B'z TV Style SONGLESS VERSION based on the original song.
RE-RECORDING: BAD COMMUNICATION (000-18) (1996)
Acoustic version released only on 1995 studio album LOOSE that also features harmonica.
ENGLISH: Bad Communication E.Style [English Short Version] (1998)
Shortened version of "Bad Communication E.Style" from WICKED BEAT released only on B'z The Best "Pleasure" and later the 2002 Korea-only mini album DEVIL.
RE-RECORDING: BAD COMMUNICATION -ULTRA Pleasure Style- (2008)
Hard rock re-imagining released only on B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure" as the opener.

Kienai Niji
ALBUM SONG (1995)

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UNRELEASED: Kienai Niji [English Demo Version] (1995)
A studio recording was played as the Ending SE during B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'95 "BUZZ!!" and featured during the tour's home video "BUZZ!!" THE MOVIE.

love me, I love you
SINGLE & ALBUM SONG (1995)

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RE-RECORDING: love me, I love you (with G-Bass) (1995)
Album version from LOOSE that features a more prominent bass line along with some smaller changes to levels throughout the song.
KARAOKE: love me, I love you [Karaoke Version] (1996)
Karaoke version found only on B'z TV STYLE II Songless Version.

LOVE PHANTOM
SINGLE & ALBUM SONG (1995)

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KARAOKE: LOVE PHANTOM [Karaoke Version] (1996)
Karaoke version found only on B'z TV STYLE II Songless Version.

Live appearances

Live Performances

The Loose [51 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" SHOWCASE [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2007 -B'z In Your Town- [6/7 SHOWS]
Negai [195 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'95 "BUZZ!!" [12/12 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" SHOWCASE [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '98 "SURVIVE" [49/49 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '99 "Brotherhood" -Extra- [2/24 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2005 "Abashiri Extra Edition" [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2005 "CIRCLE OF ROCK" [41/41 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS- [6/6 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png Pepsi NEX presents B'z PREMIUM LIVE [2/2 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- [11/11 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png AEROSONIC [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER- [11/30 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2015 -Shinagawa Uchouten NIGHT- [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png TV Asahi Dream Festival 2015 [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2018 -The Wall Of Rock- [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- [11/23 SHOWS]
Yumemi ga Oka [76 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" SHOWCASE [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM in Taipei & Hong Kong 2001 [4/4 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 "ACTION" [6/53 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2013 -Pleasure75- [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER- [19/30 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2020 -5 ERAS 8820- [1/5 SHOWS]
BAD COMMUNICATION [384 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z BAD-CLUB GYM [3/3 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z CAMPUS-GYM "OFF THE LOCK" [2/2 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM #001 "OFF THE LOCK" [14/14 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM "BREAK THROUGH" [22/22 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '90~'91 "RISKY" [49/49 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM "Pleasure'91" [41/41 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '91~'92 "IN THE LIFE" [66/66 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '93 "RUN" [49/49 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'93 "JAP THE RIPPER" [2/2 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '94 "THE 9TH BLUES -Part2-" [32/32 SHOWS] (Acoustic Version)
crossbracket.png Merry X'Mas ~ Mary Had a Little Lamb/Silent Night [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'95 "BUZZ!!" [12/12 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'97 "FIREBALL" [9/9 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '99 -Brotherhood- SHOWCASE "B'zepp" [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '99 "Brotherhood" [16/24 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM in Taipei & Hong Kong 2001 [4/4 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM The Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!" [4/23 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2006 "Yokosuka MONSTER" [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2006 "MONSTER'S GARAGE" [17/17 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS- [6/6 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2013 -Pleasure75- [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER- [8/30 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2018 -The Wall Of Rock- [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- [23/23 SHOWS]
Kienai Niji [45 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z PARTY Presents B'z Pleasure in Hawaii [1/1 SHOWS]
love me, I love you [273 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'95 "BUZZ!!" [12/12 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '98 "SURVIVE" [49/49 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2000 "juice" [21/21 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM in Taipei & Hong Kong 2001 [4/4 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE "SAPPORO DEVIL" [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png 2002 FIFA World Cup International Day Concert [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2002 "GREEN ~GO★FIGHT★WIN~" [18/18 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2002 "Rock n' California Roll" [3/3 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2003 "BANZAI IN NORTH AMERICA" [7/7 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2003 "BIG MACHINE" [11/12 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2005 "Abashiri Extra Edition" [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2005 "CIRCLE OF ROCK" [41/41 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2010 "Ain't No Magic" [19/19 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2011 -long time no see- [3/3 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2015 -Shimonoseki Uchouten NIGHT- [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT- [25/40 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2018 -The Wall Of Rock- [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- [11/23 SHOWS]
LOVE PHANTOM [245 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'95 "BUZZ!!" [12/12 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure'97 "FIREBALL" [9/9 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '98 "SURVIVE" [49/49 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '99 "Brotherhood" [23/24 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2000 "juice" [21/21 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2001 "ELEVEN" -Extra- [3/46 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM in Taipei & Hong Kong 2001 [4/4 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM The Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!" [2/23 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2006 "Yokosuka MONSTER" [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2006 "MONSTER'S GARAGE" [17/17 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE in Namba 2006 [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS- [6/6 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM 2010 "Ain't No Magic" [19/19 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER- [11/30 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI- [23/23 SHOWS]
Teki ga Inakerya redx.png
Suna no Hanabira redx.png
Kirei na Ai Jyanakutemo [53 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" SHOWCASE [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B'z In Your Town- [8/8 SHOWS]
BIG [44 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]
drive to MY WORLD [45 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" SHOWCASE [1/1 SHOWS]
crossbracket.png B'z LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE" [44/44 SHOWS]

Home Videos

The Loose novid.png
Negai
crossbracket.png "BUZZ!!" THE MOVIE
crossbracket.png Hidden Pleasure: LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS-
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2005 -CIRCLE OF ROCK-
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- (Web Stream)
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER-
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2012 -Into Free- EXTRA
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI-
Yumemi ga Oka
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER- (Hall Tour)
crossbracket.png SHOWCASE 2020 -5 ERAS 8820-
BAD COMMUNICATION
crossbracket.png JUST ANOTHER LIFE: LIVE-GYM "Pleasure'91"
crossbracket.png "BUZZ!!" THE MOVIE
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM '99 "Brotherhood"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2006 "MONSTER'S GARAGE"
crossbracket.png ULTRA Pleasure DVD: LIVE-GYM Pleasure'97 "FIREBALL"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS-
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER- (Hall Tour)
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI-
Kienai Niji novid.png
love me, I love you
crossbracket.png "BUZZ!!" THE MOVIE
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2002 "GREEN ~GO★FIGHT★WIN~"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2003 "BANZAI IN NORTH AMERICA"
crossbracket.png ULTRA Pleasure DVD: LIVE-GYM '96 "Spirit LOOSE"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2010 "Ain't No Magic"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2011 -long time no see-
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2005 -CIRCLE OF ROCK-
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI-
crossbracket.png SHOWCASE 2020 -5 ERAS 8820-
LOVE PHANTOM
crossbracket.png "BUZZ!!" THE MOVIE
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM '99 "Brotherhood"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Final Pleasure "IT'S SHOWTIME!!"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2006 "MONSTER'S GARAGE"
crossbracket.png LIVE in Namba 2006
crossbracket.png ULTRA Pleasure DVD: LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2000 "juice"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS-
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM 2010 "Ain't No Magic"
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2013 -ENDLESS SUMMER-
crossbracket.png LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2018 -HINOTORI-
Teki ga Inakerya redx.png novid.png
Suna no Hanabira redx.png novid.png
Kirei na Ai Jyanakutemo novid.png
BIG novid.png
drive to MY WORLD novid.png

Sales data

No. Cover Album Physical Copies Sold Chart Positions Certification
FIRST WEEK LIFETIME WEEK MONTH YEAR
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LOOSE
1995.11.22

1,336,150+

3,003,210+

1

3

3x Million

Personnel

B'z

  • Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement
  • Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Chorus, Lyric Composition, Arrangement (Tracks 2-6, 10-13)

Support Members

Production