Music Muscle
{{Infobox album
| name = Music Muscle
| type = Album
| artist = Maki Ohguro
| cover = File:Music Muscle (Maki Ohguro).jpg
| alt =
| released = 5 December 2018
| recorded = 2016–2018
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Japanese pop
| length = 60:16 (Disc 1)
60:01 (Disc 2)
| label = Being Inc.
| producer = Maki Ohguro
| prev_title = Greatest Hits 1991-2016 ~All Singles +~
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = Phoenix
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Music Muscle
| type = studio
| single1 = Higher↗↗Higher↗↗
| single1date = 10 August 2016 (Digital single)
| single2 = Lie,Lie,Lie
| single2date = 27 September 2017 (CD)
| single3 = Latitude: Ashita ga Kuru kara
| single3date= 26 October 2017 (Digital single)
| single4 = Zoom Up★
| single4date= 26 October 2017 (Digital single)
| single5 = Because...You
| single5date= 27 May 2018 (Digital single)
| single6 = CRASH&RUSH feat. doa
| single6date= 27 May 2018 (Digital single)
| single7 = Spot Light
| single7date= 20 June 2018 (Digital single)
| single8= Onna wa Tsuraiyo
| single8date= 20 July 2018 (Digital single)
| single9= Oyashin Blues
| single9date= 20 August 2018 (Digital single)
| single10 = Harmony
| single10date= 20 September 2018 (Digital single)
| single11 = MUSIC MUSCLE
| single11date= 20 October 2018 (Digital single)
}}
}}
Music Muscle is the fourteenth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Maki Ohguro. It was released on 5 December 2018 under the Being Inc. label. It's her first studio album for the first time in 8 years. From this album, Ohguro works with music production team from the Being, the label which she debuted.{{Cite web|author=|date=|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/303634|title=大黒摩季「人生で一番の最高傑作」8年ぶりフルアルバム発売|website=音楽ナタリー|publisher=|accessdate=2018-10-14}}
This album was released in two formats: regular 2-disc edition and limited first press edition with DVD. The DVD disc includes music videoclips and making footage for the songs Music Musle, Lie Lie Lie, My Will, Latitude and Zoom Up.{{cite web|title=Maki Ohguro Discography|url=http://maki-ohguro.com/disco/jbcz-9092.html|website=maki-ohguro.com}}
Promotion
=Singles=
This album consist of eleven previously released singles, which thirteen of them were released as a digital singles and one single was released in CD format.
Digital single Higher Higher was released on 10 August 2016. On the same release day, Maki announced her comeback to the music industry. The single served as a television commercial song to the Mizuno Corporation's "Wave Rider 20".{{Cite web|author=|date=|url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000129442|title=大黒摩季、同世代へ"中年よ！熱くなれ！"、6年ぶり新曲発表|website=Barks|publisher=|accessdate=2016-07-29}}
Album track My Will was released in 2016 as a part of the compilation album Greatest Hits 1991-2016 ~All Singles +~ (along with Higher Higher) and served as a theme song to the 10th season of the TV Asahi television drama of Kasouken no Onna.{{Cite web|author=|date=|url=https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/kasouken16/sphone/music/|title=10月クール主題歌「My Will ～ 世界は変えられなくても ～」大黒摩季|website=TV Asahi|publisher=|accessdate=2020-02-21}}{{Cite web|author=|date=|url=https://realsound.jp/2016/10/post-9537.html|title=大黒摩季、全シングル完全収録ベスト盤発売決定 「25年分の誕生日プレゼント＆人生のご褒美の様」|website=reaousound|publisher=|accessdate=2016-10-04}}
Compact disc single Lie Lie Lie was released on 27 September 2017, it become her only single to be released in such format as of February 2020. The single served as an opening theme to the anime television series Detective Conan.{{Cite web|author=|date=|url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000145330|title=大黒摩季、『名探偵コナン』テーマソング初担当「家族みんなで唄えるサビに」|website=Barks|publisher=|accessdate=2017-08-03}} The coupling track Revenge has served as a theme song to the Chinese animated series Master of Skill.{{Cite web|author=|date=|url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000146680|title=【レポート】大黒摩季、全国ツアー"SeasonII"開幕「最強メンバーも健在です」|website=Barks|publisher=|accessdate=2017-09-10}} The single was commercially successful: it debuted at number 20 on the Oricon single weekly charts and charted 4 weeks.{{cite web|title=Lie,Lie,Lie,(名探偵コナン盤) - 大黒摩季|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/231947/products/1247357/1/|website=Oricon News}}
The following digitals singles in various time periods. Two 2017 singles: "Latitude" and "Zoom Up" released simultaneously on 26 October 2017. Latitude served as a theme song and Zoom up at an insert theme song in the theatrical movie Shashin Kôshien 0.5 Byô no Natsu.{{Cite web|author=|date=|url=https://eiga.com/news/20171026/21/|title=大黒摩季「写真甲子園」甲斐翔真＆笠菜月と「ら・ら・ら」を熱唱！|website=eiga.com|publisher=|accessdate=2017-10-26}}{{Cite web|author=|date=|url=https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/138314|title=大黒摩季、映画『写真甲子園 0.5秒の夏』主題歌をサプライズ熱唱|website=Spice Eplus|publisher=|accessdate=2017-07-29}} Another two 2018 singles: "Because You" and "Crush&Rush" were from 27 May 2018. From June to October 2018, the release pace has changed to the one digital single per month, mainly to promote the release of Music Muscle album.
Commercial performance
The album reached #30 in its first week and charted for 4 weeks.{{cite web|title=MUSIC MUSCLE(STANDARD盤)- 大黒摩季|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/231947/products/1301849/1/|website=Oricon News}}
Track listing
=Disc 1: ''Fighting Muscle''=
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline =
| all_lyrics = Maki Ohguro
| all_music = Maki Ohguro (expect #13, co-written by Kenta Harada)
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Love Muscle
| note1 = digital single
| extra1 = Akihito Tokunaga
| length1 =
| title2 = Higher↗↗Higher↗↗
| note2 = digital single
| extra2 = DJ YUTAKA, m.c.A.T
| length2 =
| title3 = Lie, Lie, Lie,
| extra3 = Rockin’ MaMa
| length3 =
| title4 = Revenge
| note4 = coupling track from the Lie Lie Lie
| extra4 = Rockin’ MaMa
| length4 =
| title5 = Egao no Tobira ({{nihongo2|笑顔のトビラ}})
| extra5 = Tokunaga
| length5 = 4:53
| title6 = My Will: Sekai wa Kaerarenakutemo (世界は変えられなくても)
| note6 = digital single
| extra6 = Tokunaga
| length6 = 3:47
| title7 = Naturally
| extra7 = Akira Onozuka feat. DIMENSION & KENNY from SPiCYSOL
| length7 = 4:14
| title8 = Spotlight
| extra8 = Daisuke Ikeda
| length8 = 3:09
| title9 = Naite Iindayo ({{nihongo2|泣いていいんだよ}})
| extra9 = Hirokazu Ogura
| length9 = 4:12
| title10 = Because, You...
| note10 = digital single
| extra10 = Michiya Haruhata from TUBE
| length10 = 5:26
| title11 = Toki no Shizuku ({{nihongo2|時のしづく}})
| extra11 = Yoshito Tanaka feat.Zebra
| length11 = 4:26
| title12 = FIGHT★GO☆FIGHT: Tatake Bloody Heart
| extra12 = Akira feat.Takuya
| length12 = 4:26
| title13 = Explosion
| extra13 = Kenta Harada
| length13 = 4:25
| title14 = Latitude: Ashita ga Kurukara~ ({{nihongo2|明日が来るから～}})
| note14 = digital single
| extra14 = Tokunaga
| length14 = 4:20
}}
=Disc 2: ''Resting Muscle''=
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline =
| all_lyrics = Maki Ohguro
| all_music = Maki Ohguro (expect #9, co-written by Kenta Harada)
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Onna wa Tsuraiyo ({{nihongo2|女はつらいよ}})
| note1 = digital single
| extra1 = Kenta Harada
| length1 =
| title2 =Oyagokoro Blues ({{nihongo2|親心ブルース}})
| note2 = digital single
| extra2 = DJ YUTAKA, m.c.A.T
| length2 =
| title3 = Marin Tower ni Todoku made ({{nihongo2|マリンタワーに着くまでに}})
| extra3 = Akihito Tokunaga
| length3 =
| title4 = Teppan Gāru ({{nihongo2|鉄板ガール}})
| extra4 = Mito Katsuyuki
| length4 =
| title5 = Higher↗↗Higher↗↗ ～Salsa ver.～
| extra5 = Hitoshi Aikawa feat.Orquesta de la Luz
| length5 = 4:53
| title6 = Anata wa Watashi no Kurushima ga Wakarimasuka ({{nihongo2|あなたは私の苦しみがわかりますか}})
| extra6 = Satsuki Kusui
| length6 = 3:47
| title7 = Mama Forever
| note7 = coupling track from the Lie Lie Lie
| extra7 = Toshitaka Shibata
| length7 = 4:14
| title8 = Harmony
| note8 = digital single
| extra8 = Tokunaga
| length8 = 3:09
| title9 = CRASH & RUSH
| note9 = digital single
| extra9 = Harada
| length9 = 4:12
| title10 = Zoom Up★
| note10 = digital single
| extra10 = Harada feat.Booooze
| length10 = 5:26
| title11 = Tokyo Rock&Roll ({{nihongo2|東京 ロケンロー}})
| extra11 = Reiran
| length11 = 4:26
}}