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MAGIC\n
File:MAGIC.jpg\n
Album\n by B\'z\n
Released November 18, 2009\n
Recorded 2009\n
Genre Hard rock\n
Length 45:42\n
Label Vermillion Records\n
Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
Professional reviews

\n

B\'z\n chronology
\'\'ACTION\'\'
(2007)\n 		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
(2009)\n 		\n
Template:Singles\n\n

\n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n

B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December issue of the Japanese Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC.

The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n

Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.

Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[1]\n\n== Track listing ==\n

Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".

\n

Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.

\n

The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.

\n

Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".

\nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n

File:takchadkoshi.png
Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

\n

Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"

Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Wonderful Opportunity\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n

Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.

\n

Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".

\n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n

Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".

\n

Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.

\n

Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.

\nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | 2009\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n== References ==\n.','utf-8'),(143,'

MAGIC\n
File:MAGIC.jpg\n
Album\n by B\'z\n
Released November 18, 2009\n
Recorded 2009\n
Genre Hard rock\n
Length 45:42\n
Label Vermillion Records\n
Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
Professional reviews

\n

B\'z\n chronology
\'\'ACTION\'\'
(2007)\n 		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
(2009)\n 		\n
Template:Singles\n\n

\n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n

B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December issue of the Japanese Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC.

The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n

Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.

Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[2]\n\n== Track listing ==\n

Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".

\n

Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.

\n

The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.

\n

Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".

\nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n

File:takchadkoshi.png
Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

\n

Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"

Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Wonderful Opportunity\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n

Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.

\n

Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".

\n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n

Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".

\n

Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.

\n

Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.

\nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | 2009\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n== References ==\n.','utf-8'),(144,'Template:infobox\n.{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}','utf-8'),(145,'Template:infobox\n.{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}','utf-8'),(146,'Template:infobox\n.{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}','utf-8'),(147,'Template:infobox\n.{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}','utf-8'),(148,'Template:infobox\n.{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}','utf-8'),(149,'.\n','utf-8'),(150,'Template:infobox\n.{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}\n\n\n\n','utf-8'),(151,'Template:infobox\n.{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}','utf-8'),(152,'Template:infobox\n.{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}','utf-8'),(153,'

MAGIC\n
File:MAGIC.jpg\n
Album\n by B\'z\n
Released November 18, 2009\n
Recorded 2009\n
Genre Hard rock\n
Length 45:42\n
Label Vermillion Records\n
Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
Professional reviews

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B\'z\n chronology
\'\'ACTION\'\'
(2007)\n 		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
(2009)\n 		\n
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\n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n

B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December issue of the Japanese Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC.

The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n

Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.

Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[3]\n\n== Track listing ==\n

Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".

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Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.

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The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.

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Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".

\nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n

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Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

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Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"

Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Wonderful Opportunity\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n

Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.

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Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".

\n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n

Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".

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Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.

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Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.

\nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | 2009\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.\n\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.','utf-8'),(154,'

MAGIC\n
File:MAGIC.jpg\n
Album\n by B\'z\n
Released November 18, 2009\n
Recorded 2009\n
Genre Hard rock\n
Length 45:42\n
Label Vermillion Records\n
Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
Professional reviews

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B\'z\n chronology
\'\'ACTION\'\'
(2007)\n 		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
(2009)\n 		\n
Template:Singles\n\n

\n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n

B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December issue of the Japanese Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC.

The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n

Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.

Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[4]\n\n== Track listing ==\n

Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".

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Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.

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The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.

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Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".

\nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n

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Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

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Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"

Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Wonderful Opportunity\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n

Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.

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Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".

\n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n

Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".

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Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.

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Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.

\nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | 2009\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n\n{| class=\"wikitable collapsible collapsed\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.\n\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.','utf-8'),(155,'

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Album\n by B\'z\n
Released November 18, 2009\n
Recorded 2009\n
Genre Hard rock\n
Length 45:42\n
Label Vermillion Records\n
Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
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\n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n

B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December issue of the Japanese Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC.

The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n

Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.

Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[5]\n\n== Track listing ==\n

Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".

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Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.

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The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.

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Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".

\nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n

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Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

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Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"

Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Wonderful Opportunity\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n

Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.

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Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".

\n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n

Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".

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Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.

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Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.

\nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n\n{| class=\"wikitable collapsible collapsed\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.\n\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.','utf-8'),(156,,'utf-8'),(157,,'utf-8'),(158,'\n{| id=\"mp-topbanner\" style=\"width:100%; background:#fcfcfc; margin-top:1.2em; border:1px solid #ccc;\"\n| style=\"width:56%; color:#000;\" |\n\n{| style=\"width:280px; border:none; background:none;\"\n| style=\"width:280px; text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; color:#000;\" |\n

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MAGIC\n
File:MAGIC.jpg\n
Studio Album\n by B\'z\n
Released November 18, 2009\n
Recorded 2009\n
Genre Hard rock\n
Length 45:42\n
Label Vermillion Records\n
Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
Professional reviews

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B\'z\n chronology
\'\'ACTION\'\'
(2007)\n 		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
(2009)\n 		\n
Template:Singles\n\n

\n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n

B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December issue of the Japanese Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC.

The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n

Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.

Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[6]\n\n== Track listing ==\n

Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".

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Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.

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The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.

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Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".

\nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n

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Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

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Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"

Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Crazy Rendezvous\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n

Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.

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Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".

\n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n

Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".

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Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.

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Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.

\nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n\n{| class=\"wikitable collapsible collapsed\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.\n\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.','utf-8'),(160,'

MAGIC\n
File:MAGIC.jpg\n
Studio Album\n by B\'z\n
Released November 18, 2009\n
Recorded 2009\n
Genre Hard rock\n
Length 45:42\n
Label Vermillion Records\n
Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
Professional reviews

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B\'z\n chronology
\'\'ACTION\'\'
(2007)\n 		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
(2009)\n 		\n
Template:Singles\n\n

\n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n

B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December issue of the Japanese Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC.

The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n

Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.

Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[7]\n\n== Track listing ==\n

Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".

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Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.

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The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.

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Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".

\nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n

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Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

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Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"

Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Crazy Rendezvous\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n

Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.

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Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".

\n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n

Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".

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Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.

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Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.

\nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n\n{| class=\"wikitable collapsible collapsed\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.\n\n== References ==\n.','utf-8'),(161,'

MAGIC\n
File:MAGIC.jpg\n
Studio Album\n by B\'z\n
Released November 18, 2009\n
Recorded 2009\n
Genre Hard rock\n
Length 45:42\n
Label Vermillion Records\n
Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
Professional reviews

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B\'z\n chronology
\'\'ACTION\'\'
(2007)\n 		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
(2009)\n 		\n
Template:Singles\n\n

\n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n

B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December issue of the Japanese Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC.

The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n

Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.

Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[8]\n\n== Track listing ==\n

Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".

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Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.

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The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.

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Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".

\nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n

File:takchadkoshi.png
Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

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Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"

Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Crazy Rendezvous\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n

Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.

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Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".

\n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n

Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".

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Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.

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Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.

\nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n\n{| class=\"wikitable collapsible collapsed\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.','utf-8'),(162,'Template:infobox\n.{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}','utf-8'),(163,'Template:infobox\n.{{#invoke:documentation|main|_content={{ {{#invoke:documentation|contentTitle}}}}}}','utf-8'),(164,'

MAGIC\n
File:MAGIC.jpg\n
Studio Album\n by B\'z\n
Released November 18, 2009\n
Recorded 2009\n
Genre Hard rock\n
Length 45:42\n
Label Vermillion Records\n
Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
Professional reviews

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B\'z\n chronology
\'\'ACTION\'\'
(2007)\n 		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
(2009)\n 		\n
Template:Singles\n\n

\n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n

B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC, with the tagline \"The B\'z Nobody Knows\".

The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n

Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.

Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[9]\n\n== Track listing ==\n

Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".

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\nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n

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Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"

Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Crazy Rendezvous\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n

Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.

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Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".

\n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n

Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".

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Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.

\nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
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    MAGIC\n
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    Studio Album\n by B\'z\n
    Released November 18, 2009\n
    Recorded 2009\n
    Genre Hard rock\n
    Length 45:42\n
    Label Vermillion Records\n
    Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
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    B\'z\n chronology
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    \n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n
    B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC, with the tagline \"The B\'z Nobody Knows\".
    The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n
    Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.
    Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[10]\n\n== Track listing ==\n
    Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".
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    Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.
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    Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".
    \nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n
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    Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"
    Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Crazy Rendezvous\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n
    Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.
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    Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".
    \n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n
    Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".
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    Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.
    \nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
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    Studio Album\n by B\'z\n
    Released November 18, 2009\n
    Recorded 2009\n
    Genre Hard rock\n
    Length 45:42\n
    Label Vermillion Records\n
    Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
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    (2009)\n     		\n
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    \n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n
    B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC, with the tagline \"The B\'z Nobody Knows\".
    The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n
    Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.
    Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[11]\n\n== Track listing ==\n
    Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".
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    Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.
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    The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.
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    Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".
    \nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n
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    Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
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    Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"
    Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Crazy Rendezvous\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n
    Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.
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    Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".
    \n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n
    Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".
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    Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.
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    Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.
    \nWithin three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/17\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (24,592 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
    Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n\n{| class=\"wikitable collapsible collapsed\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.\n\nTemplate:B\'z','utf-8'),(190,'
    MAGIC\n
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    Studio Album\n by B\'z\n
    Released November 18, 2009\n
    Recorded 2009\n
    Genre Hard rock\n
    Length 45:42\n
    Label Vermillion Records\n
    Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
    Professional reviews

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    B\'z\n chronology
    \'\'ACTION\'\'
    (2007)\n     		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
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    \n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n
    B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC, with the tagline \"The B\'z Nobody Knows\".
    The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n
    Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.
    Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[12]\n\n== Track listing ==\n
    Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".
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    Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.
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    The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.
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    Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".
    \nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n
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    Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
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    Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"
    Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Crazy Rendezvous\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n
    Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.
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    Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".
    \n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n
    Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".
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    Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.
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    Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.
    \nWith just over three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/17\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (24,592 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
    Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n\n{| class=\"wikitable collapsible collapsed\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.\n\nTemplate:B\'z','utf-8'),(191,'
    MAGIC\n
    File:MAGIC.jpg\n
    Studio Album\n by B\'z\n
    Released November 18, 2009\n
    Recorded 2009\n
    Genre Hard rock\n
    Length 45:42\n
    Label Vermillion Records\n
    Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
    Professional reviews

    \n

    B\'z\n chronology
    \'\'ACTION\'\'
    (2007)\n     		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
    (2009)\n     		\n
    Template:Singles\n\n
    \n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just over three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n
    B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC, with the tagline \"The B\'z Nobody Knows\".
    The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n
    Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.
    Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[13]\n\n== Track listing ==\n
    Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".
    \n
    Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.
    \n
    The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.
    \n
    Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".
    \nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n
    File:takchadkoshi.png
    Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
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    Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"
    Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Crazy Rendezvous\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n
    Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.
    \n
    Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".
    \n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n
    Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".
    \n
    Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.
    \n
    Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.
    \nWith just over three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/17\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (24,592 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
    Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n\n{| class=\"wikitable collapsible collapsed\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.\n\nTemplate:B\'z','utf-8'),(192,'
    MAGIC\n
    File:MAGIC.jpg\n
    Studio Album\n by B\'z\n
    Released November 18, 2009\n
    Recorded 2009\n
    Genre Hard rock\n
    Length 45:42\n
    Label Vermillion Records\n
    Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
    Professional reviews

    \n

    B\'z\n chronology
    \'\'ACTION\'\'
    (2007)\n     		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
    (2009)\n     		\n
    Template:Singles\n\n
    \n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just over three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n
    B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC, with the tagline \"The B\'z Nobody Knows\".
    The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n
    Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.
    Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[14]\n\n== Track listing ==\n
    Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".
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    Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.
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    The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.
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    Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".
    \nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n
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    Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
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    Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"
    Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Crazy Rendezvous\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n
    Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.
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    Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".
    \n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n
    Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".
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    Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.
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    Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.
    \nWith just over three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/17\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (24,592 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| 1 (27,304 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| N/A\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
    Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n\n{| class=\"wikitable collapsible collapsed\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.\n\nTemplate:B\'z','utf-8'),(193,'
    MAGIC\n
    File:MAGIC.jpg\n
    Studio Album\n by B\'z\n
    Released November 18, 2009\n
    Recorded 2009\n
    Genre Hard rock\n
    Length 45:42\n
    Label Vermillion Records\n
    Producer Tak Matsumoto\n
    Professional reviews

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    B\'z\n chronology
    \'\'ACTION\'\'
    (2007)\n     		\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\'
    (2009)\n     		\n
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    \n\'\'\'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\'\'\' is the seventeenth studio album by B\'z that was released on November 18, 2009. Peaking at #1 and achieving Platinum sales status in just over three days, the album was released in both a standard and a limited edition. The limited edition featured a bonus DVD with the documentary \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' which followed the band during the recording process for the album, the shooting of the three singles\' music videos, and performances of all three from Summer Sonic 2009. Intermittent footage and interviews with B\'z and supporting band members are also included, as well as clips of performances from the 2009 SHOWCASE tour.\n\nB\'z continued their tradition of working with well-known western artists on the album. Support mainstays Shane Gaalaas and Barry Sparks, who will also be present on the upcoming tour, provided drums and bass respectively on the majority of the tracks. Juan Alderete, who had previously worked with B\'z on \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\', returned with new collaborator Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The pair were included on both \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' from the double A-side single and album track \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\'.\n\nThe double A-side single \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' as well as that of the three-track single \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' were released in promotion of the album. Music videos were shot for all three, with a limited edition of \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' including the music video on a bonus DVD. A 2010 LIVE-GYM tour titled \"Ain\'t No Magic\" is set to commence on January 14, 2010 at the Aomori Civic Cultural Hall and run through a March 7 date at the Tokyo Dome.\n\n== Production and information==\n\nFollowing their year-long tour in support of their twentieth anniversary in 2008, B\'z went on break before returning to the studio. After vacationing in Hawaii, the duo reunited and began recording what would eventually become known their seventeenth studio album. A color advertisement was printed to announce the album, which was included in the morning editions of Yomiuri, Asahi, Chunichi, Shizuoka, and Hokkaido newspapers, on September 28, 2009. Aside from announcing the album, information regarding the 2010 tour and the release date of the then-upcoming single, \"\'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\',\" were detailed.\n\n
    B\'z as they appeared on the cover of the December Rolling Stone in promotion of MAGIC, with the tagline \"The B\'z Nobody Knows\".
    The album was recorded in Hakata, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Tokyo in order to put as much into the album as possible. The DVD included in the limited edition contains the documentary \"\'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\'\" that has a runtime of just over one hour. In addition to shadowing and interviewing the band as they work on each track of the release, the video serves as one of the most candid close-ups on B\'z to date. Numerous English exchanges are also caught on camera, as well as interviews with Barry Sparks, Shane Gaalaas, Juan Alderete, and Chad Smith on the nature of working with B\'z.\n\n
    Scenic spread akin to the album cover that was used for various promotional materials.
    Several promotional tie-ins have been announced for various songs from the album. \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese drama and Yamashita Tomohisa-starring vehicle, Buzzer Beat. The second A-side from that single, \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\', was used as the promotional theme for the new Suzuki Swift. In addition, album track \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' was used as the theme to the Japanese film Tajomaru, starring Oguri Shun. Fellow album tune \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' will be featured as the theme to the upcoming drama \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air on Asahi TV in January 2010.\n\nOn September 30, 2009, B\'z appeared on Japanese radio station \'\'\'bayfm\'\'\' in order to celebrate the station\'s twentieth annivesary. The show was referred to as a \"B\'z Special\" that served as an introspective and a platform for which to preview the new album. Several songs from Magic were broadcast for the first time with comments interspersed by the band. On November 2, the show was made available via a portal on the bayfm website, and it was later reported that over 10,000 listeners had heard the recorded broadcast within the first day of it being online.\n\nThe album contains a number of hard rock songs, which serves as a slight depature from 2007\'s \'\'\'ACTION\'\'\'. Despite this, the album contains two power ballads, one of which is the previously-heard \'\'\'Pray\'\'\' along with \'\'\'Tiny Drop\'\'\'s, which was first debuted on the bayfm radio show. The double A-side single of \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\'\'\' and \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' are also included in the album, and upon their releases, became the band\'s record 42nd and 43rd consecutive #1 singles.[15]\n\n== Track listing ==\n
    Koshi recording the vocals to \"long time no see\".
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    Tak and Koshi moving between locales during the \"MY LONELY TOWN\" video shoot.
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    The band during the filming of the \"DIVE\" video.
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    Tak playing lead guitar during the recording of \"long time no see\".
    \nAll lyrics and lead vocals by Koshi Inaba. All music and guitar by Tak Matsumoto. Arrangement by Koshi Inaba, Tak Matsumoto, and Hideyuki Terachi.\n\n# \'\'\'Introduction\'\'\' (0:37)\n#: \'\'Instrumental\'\' — Guitar instrumental. The idea to open the album with an instrumental of this sort was conceived by Koshi once the album had been completed, and was followed up on by Tak. After experimenting with a number of instruments, he eventually settled on the guitar-led introduction present on the final album.\n# \'\'\'DIVE\'\'\' (2:59)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the second A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. The slow-tempo opening of the single version was removed to make it cross over more seamlessly from the Introduction track. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Time Flies\'\'\' (3:21)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Like the preceding tracks, DIVE is seamlessly integrated into the opening with no silence between them.\n# \'\'\'MY LONELY TOWN\'\'\' (3:37)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Previously the A-side to the 47th single, MY LONELY TOWN.\n# \'\'\'long time no see\'\'\' (3:11)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — Theme song to \'\'Salaryman Kintaro 2\'\', set to air in January 2010 on Asahi TV. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'Ichibu to Zenbu\'\'\' (4:11) —— \'\'One & All\'\', \'\'イチブトゼンブ\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — Previously the first A-side to the 46th single, Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE. Drums on this track were performed by Chad Smith, renowned drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bass provided by Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta.\n# \'\'\'PRAY\'\'\' (4:45)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — \n# \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Mayday!\'\'\' (4:03)\n#: \'\'Pop Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'TINY DROPS\'\'\' (4:05)\n#: \'\'Power Ballad\'\' — Begins as a traditional piano ballad before introducing more diverse instrumentation. Debuted on the bayfm 20th anniversary radio special.\n# \'\'\'Dare ni mo Ienee\'\'\' (3:22) —— \'\'Can\'t Tell Anyone\'\', \'\'だれにも言えねぇ\'\'\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Yume no Naka de Aimasho\'\'\' (3:17) —— \'\'See You In My Dreams\'\', \'\'夢の中で逢いましょう\'\'\n#: \'\'Rock\'\' — \n# \'\'\'Freedom Train\'\'\' (4:07)\n#: \'\'Hard Rock\'\' — First song produced for the album.\n\n==Magical Backstage Tour 2009==\n
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    Tak and Koshi with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
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    Koshi, Shane, and Barry recording backing chorus vocals to \"Freedom Train.\"
    Available only with the special edition, the \'\'\'Magical Backstage Tour 2009\'\'\' bonus DVD contains over an hour of backstage footage. From interviews with Tak, Koshi and support members as they travel between studios, to showing how the songs are recorded from start to finish, as well as live performances, the DVD serves to provide an in-depth look at the work surrounding the album and its release.\n\n===DVD Contents===\n# Hakata Recording (January 2009)\n# Hawaii Recording (February 2009)\n# Los Angeles Recording (April 2009)\n# DIVE Music Video Shooting\n# Tokyo Recording (May 2009)\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Music Video Shooting\n# B\'z SHOWCASE 2009 -B\'z IN YOUR TOWN-\n# MY LONELY TOWN Music Video Shooting\n# Summer Sonic 09 (August 2009)\n# DIVE Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# MY LONELY TOWN Tokyo Summer Sonic Live\n# Ichibu to Zenbu Osaka Summer Sonic Live\n\nAs is common with the B\'z SHOWCASE shows, more obscure songs that aren\'t normally included in the larger setlists are played live. One of these selected as an inclusion for the DVD segment, \'\'\'VAMPIRE WOMAN\'\'\', had not been performed since the 1990~1991 LIVE-GYM prior to this show. Others played in the SHOWCASE and later previewed on the DVD include \'\'\'BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\'\'\', \'\'\'Crazy Rendezvous\'\'\', and \'\'\'ZERO\'\'\'.\n\n==Song credits==\n
    Tak during the chorus of \"VAMPIRE WOMAN\" at one of the 2009 SHOWCASE shows.
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    Picture of the crowd present at SUMMER SONIC during \"Ichibu to Zenbu\".
    \n\'\'\'B\'z\'\'\'\n*Tak Matsumoto: Guitar, Music Composition, Arrangement\n*Koshi Inaba: Vocals, Lyric Composition, Arrangement\n\n\'\'\'Drums\'\'\'\n*Shane Gaalaas: Drums (Tracks 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Chad Smith: Drums (Tracks 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Bass\'\'\'\n*Barry Sparks: Bass (Tracks, 3, 4, 7-13), Chorus Vocals\n*Juan Aderete: Bass (Tracks, 2, 5, 6)\n\n\'\'\'Keyboards\'\'\'\n*Takanobu Masuda: Organ (Tracks 2, 8, 9)\n*Akira Onozuka: Piano (Track 10)\n\n\'\'\'Orchestration\'\'\'\n*Ichirou Nakaken: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Mitsuru Kamiishi: Trumpet (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Faiaa Watanabe: Saxophone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*Azusa Toujou: Trombone (Tracks 9, 12, 13)\n*LimeLadiesOrchestra: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n*Kozue Hayashi: Strings (Tracks 4, 10)\n\n\'\'\'Production\'\'\'\n*Hideyuki Terachi: Arrangement\n\n==Charts==\n
    Koshi and Tak working on the melody to the album\'s title track, \"MAGIC\".
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    Tak, Chad, Juan, and Koshi posing for a photo outside the LA studio.
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    Koshi on-stage during a performance of \"BURN -Fumetsu no Face-\" from the 2009 SHOWCASE.
    \nWith just over three days of release, \'\'\'MAGIC\'\'\' had already sold enough copies to reach Platinum status. It ranked as the top-selling album throughout the week of its release on the daily charts, making it the band\'s 14th consecutive studio album to top the charts.\n=== Album Sales (Oricon Daily Albums Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Day\n! colspan=\"2\" | Position\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"150\"| With Sales\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/17\n| 1 (126,398 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Wednesday, 11/18\n| 1 (76,955 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Thursday, 11/19\n| 1 (40,474 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Friday, 11/20\n| 1 (25,953 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Saturday, 11/21\n| 1 (24,592 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Sunday, 11/22\n| 1 (27,304 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Monday, 11/23\n| 1 (14,197 Copies)\n|-\n| 2009\n| Tuesday, 11/24\n| N/A\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Oricon Singles Chart) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Oricon Singles Chart\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n=== Single Sales (Billboard Japan Hot 100) ===\n{| class=\"wikitable\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"350px\" style=\"text-align:center;\"\n|-\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Year\n! rowspan=\"2\" | Single\n! colspan=\"2\" | Chart\n|- style=\"font-size:smaller;\"\n! width=\"110\"| Billboard Japan
    Hot 100\n|-\n| 2009\n| Ichibu to Zenbu/DIVE\n| 1 (Two Weeks)\n|-\n| rowspan=\"1\" | 2009\n| MY LONELY TOWN\n| 1\n|}\n\n== Lyrics ==\nTemplate:hidden\n\n\n{| class=\"wikitable collapsible collapsed\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;font-size:70%\"\n|-\n|+ Freedom Train (Translated by Tobias)\n! Romaji !! English\n|-\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nsubete omoidoori ni naru no ga jiyuu\nsonna gokai shiteru kara kantan ni urotaeru\n\nsaa mata shuppatsu no jikan da dou suru?\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nkangaekonda tte kamawanai kimi no jiyuu\niki saki wo erabu koto sore ha kimi no tsutome\n\nfuman nara orireba ii supiido ga niburu kara ne (Oh yeah)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\njun na omoi dake moyashinagara\nYou’re on the Freedom Train shuuten dake mezasu\n\nare mo kore mo tte sonna no docchi tsukazu\nWe’re on the Freedom Train minna nigeteku yo\nuran ja ikenai netan ja ikenai\nYou’re on the Freedom Train isagiyoku hashire\n\n(minasan! Nani ka ni tsukete jiyuu jiyuu tte iimasu kedo)(Set me free!)\n(betsu ni jiyuu ha anata dake no mono demo, raku na mono demo arimasen yo!)(Set me free!)\n(jiyuu he no machi ha toki toshite nagaku, sabishiku, soshite kewashii mono desu!)\n\nhikikaesanai kyuu ni tomarenai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train kokoro kimetara\nfukitondeyuku namida mo koe mo\nYou’re on the Freedom Train tada ichido kiri\n\nshiawase ha doko ni mo ochiteinai\nWe’re on the Freedom Train jibun no naka ni aru\neranda reeru no ue ni shika nai mono\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) sore koso ga jiyuu\n| (We’re on the Freedom Train)\n\nFreedom is everything, manifesting in just the way you imagined\nYou’re misunderstanding, easily losing your temper\n\nIt’s departure time again, what do you plan to do?\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nI don’t mind you contemplating, it’s your own freedom\nIt’s your call to choose whether to take those forward steps\n\nIf you’re unsatisfied, now’s the time to get off while the speed is on the decline (Oh, yeah)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWhile only pure memories illuminate themselves\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, you’ll only wake up at end of the line\n\nNot understanding this or that\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, Everybody’s on the run\nYou have to accuse, have to be jealous\nYou’re on the Freedom Train, Run bravely\n\n(Everyone! You call it freedom if you’re talking about something associated with freedom, but–)(Set me free!)\n(Even though freedom is in your possession, it doesn’t mean that it’ll always be pleasant!)(Set me free!)\n(The path to freedom is long in terms of time, and painful, and it’s demanding!)\n\nThere’s no turning back, we can’t make a sudden stop\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, If you make up your mind\nWe’ll disappear with our voices and tears in hand\nYou’re on the Freedom Train just once\n\nHappiness doesn’t come from anywhere\nWe’re on the Freedom Train, It’s inside of you\nThe things that lie ahead on the rail that only you’ve chosen\nYou’re on the Freedom Train (Uh!) That’s freedom\n|-\n|}\n\n== References ==\n.\n\n{{B\'z}
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