Wicked Beat
{{Infobox album
| name = Wicked Beat
| type = EP
| artist = B'z
| cover = B'z_WB.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 21, 1990
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Studio Birdman (Gray & Brown Room)
| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|electronic|new wave}}
| length = 23:16
| language = English
| label = Air (original release), Rooms (reissues)
| producer = Masao Nakajima
| prev_title = Bad Communication
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Mars
| next_year = 1991
}}
Wicked Beat is the second mini-album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on June 21, 1990. It consists of extended, English versions of previous hits. The album sold 1,111,230 copies in total, eventually being certified Triple Platinum by the RIAJ. It debuted at No. 3 on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, being their last album of original material to not debut at No. 1.{{Cite web |date=2015-03-04 |title=B'z、さらなる記録更新へ！ニューアルバムリリース決定！ |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/21023/full/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=ORICON NEWS |language=ja}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Wicked Beat track listing
| total_length = 23:16
| all_lyrics = Koshi Inaba
| all_music = Tak Matsumoto
| title1 = I Wanna Dance Wicked Beat Style
| length1 = 4:36
| title2 = Komachi-Angel Red Hot Style
| length2 = 4:33
| title3 = Bad Communication E.Style
| length3 = 7:20
| title4 = Lady-Go-Round "W-40" Style
| length4 = 6:01
}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the liner notes.Wicked Beat liner notes. Air Records. 1990.
B'z
- Koshi Inaba – vocals
- Tak Matsumoto – guitars
Production
- Masao Akashi – production, arrangement
- Masayuki Nomura – mixing
- Yuka Koizumi – mastering engineer
- Yoshiaki Kawakami – assistant engineer
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
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| scope="col"| Chart (1990)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| 3 |
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= Year-end charts =
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| scope="col"| Chart (1990)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=1990年 アルバム年間TOP100 |trans-title=Oricon Album Top 100 1990 |url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1990a.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331143622/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1990a.html |archive-date=2019-03-31 |accessdate=2024-08-23 |work=Oricon}}
| 21 |
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| 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=2024-08-23 |work=Oricon}}
| 30 |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=B'z|title=Wicked Beat|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1990|certyear=1993|certmonth=8|domestic=true|access-date=August 24, 2021}}
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