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Off the Lock

{{Infobox album

| name = Off the Lock

| type = studio

| artist = B'z

| cover = B'z OTL.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 21, 1989

| recorded = 1989

| studio = Studio Birdman (Brown & Gray Room)

| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|new wave}}

| length = 41:59

| label = Air

| producer = Masao Nakajima

| prev_title = B'z

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Break Through

| next_year = 1990

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Off the Lock

| type = studio

| single1 = Kimi no Naka de Odoritai

| single1date = May 21, 1989

}}

}}

Off The Lock is the second studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on May 21, 1989.{{cite news |last1=Yoosh |first1=Meg |title=B'z |url=https://www.jame-world.com/en/article/117271-b-z.html |access-date=6 March 2023 |work=JaME |date=12 May 2011}} 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.[http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/21023/ 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.{{Cite journal |date=1996-09-01 |title=日本レコード協会 ミリオン以上認定作品 |url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/riaj/open/open-record!file?fid=823 |journal=The Record |language=ja |volume=442 |page=4 |via=RIAJ}}

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."{{Cite book |title=B'z TWELVE |publisher=Shodensha |year=2000 |isbn=4-396-61118-8}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_lyrics = Koshi Inaba

| all_music = Tak Matsumoto

| title1 = {{nihongo2|君の中で踊りたい}}

| note1 = I Wanna Dance Inside You

| length1 = 3:45

| title2 = Hurry Up!

| length2 = 3:49

| title3 = Never Let You Go

| length3 = 5:41

| title4 = Safety Love

| length4 = 4:11

| title5 = Guitar Kids Rhapsody

| length5 = 4:44

| title6 = {{nihongo2|夜にふられても}}

| note6 = Even If You Break Up With Me Tonight

| length6 = 3:56

| title7 = Loving All Night

| length7 = 5:22

| title8 = Oh! Girl

| length8 = 4:11

| title9 = Rosy

| length9 = 4:57

| title10 = Off The Lock

| note10 = Instrumental

| length10 = 1:21

| total_length = 41:59

}}

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes."Off the Lock" liner notes. Air Records. 1989

B'z

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

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= Weekly charts =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1989)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{Cite web |title=OFF THE LOCK {{!}} B’z |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/2473/products/209411/1/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=ORICON NEWS}}

| 33

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= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1991)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=1991年 アルバム年間TOP100 |trans-title=Oricon Album Top 100 1991 |url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1991a.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721003633/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1991a.html |archive-date=2014-07-21 |accessdate=2024-08-08 |work=Oricon}}

| 65

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1992)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=1992年 アルバム年間TOP100 |trans-title=Oricon Album Top 100 1992 |url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1992a.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106015402/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1992a.html |archive-date=2018-11-06 |accessdate=2024-08-08 |work=Oricon}}

| 90

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=B'z|title=OFF THE LOCK|award=Million|relyear=1990|certyear=1994|certmonth=8|access-date=August 20, 2021}}

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References

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Category:1989 albums

Category:B'z albums

Category:1980s Japanese-language albums