Off The Lock is the second studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on May 21, 1989. It was the second album they released for BMG Victor's Air Records imprint.
The band's first-ever "Live-Gym" tour was in support of this album, and despite them being relatively new, tickets were sold out, a taste of what was to come.
The album peaked at number 33 on the Oricon Albums Chart and sold 4,590 copies in its first week, eventually selling 604,700 copies throughout its chart run.B'z、さらなる記録更新へ！ニューアルバムリリース決定！ It was later certified Million by the RIAJ in August 1994.
Writing In an interview, vocalist Koshi Inaba expressed struggles he had while writing the lyrics, saying, "I was very impatient with the situation where the songs had already been written, but the lyrics I was in charge of were not ready at all, and it was depressing to think about the lyrics all the time." He also said, "Even though I struggled to write lyrics, I was criticized by others, so many times I wanted to give up and run away in the middle of writing the lyrics."
Track listing
Personnel Credits are adapted from the liner notes."Off the Lock" liner notes. Air Records. 1989
B'z
Koshi Inaba – vocals Tak Matsumoto – guitars, backing vocals
Additional Musicians
Jun Aoyama – drums on tracks 2, 5–6, 8 Nobuo Eguchi – drums on tracks 1, 3, 9 Ikkies – backing vocals Masao Akashi – backing vocals Nobumitsu "Kyuso" Asai – backing vocals Ryoichi "Linda" Terashima – backing vocals "Thunder Bird" Tsuruta – backing vocals
Production
Masao Akashi – production, programming, arrangement Masayuki Nomura – mixing, recording engineer Masayuki Oshima – assistant engineer Yasuo Sasaki – assistant engineer
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1989) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 33
Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 65 Chart (1992) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 90
Certifications
See also 1989 in Japanese music
References