Eleven (B'z album)

Eleven
Studio album by B'z
Released	December 6, 2000
Recorded	2000 (Birdman West, Gardenia Studio, Ocean Way Recording, Sound Image Studios)
Genre	Hard rock pop rock
Length	54:39
Label	Rooms Records
Producer	Tak Matsumoto
B'z chronology
Brotherhood (1999) Eleven (2000) Green (2002)
Singles from Eleven
"Kon'ya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni" Released: February 9, 2000 "May" Released: May 24, 2000 "Juice" Released: July 12, 2000 "Ring" Released: October 4, 2000

Eleven is the eleventh studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z, released on December 6, 2000. The album sold only 756,910 copies in its first week, becoming the first full-length studio album not to sell a million copies in its first week since Risky. However, the album managed to sell over 1,132,180 copies.

Track listing

1. "  I  " – 0:24
2. "Seventh Heaven" – 4:10
3. "信じるくらいいいだろう" [Shinjiru Kurai Ii Darou] – 3:39
4. "Ring" – 3:59
5. "愛のprisoner" [Ai no prisoner] – 4:09
6. "煌めく人" [Kirameku Hito] – 2:57
7. "May" – 4:19
8. "Juice (PM mix)" – 4:02
9. "Raging River" – 7:32
10. "Tokyo Devil" – 3:25
11. "コブシヲニギレ" [KOBUSHIWONIGIRE] – 4:32
12. "Thinking of You" – 4:30
13. "扉" [Tobira] – 2:51
14. "今夜月の見える丘に -Alternative Guitar Solo ver.-" [Konya Tsuki no Mieru Oka ni] – 4:10

Personnel

• Tak Matsumoto (guitar, bass)
• Koshi Inaba (vocals, blues harp)

Additional personnel

• Akihito Tokunaga (clavinet) - Track 2
• Akira Onozuka (acoustic piano) - Track 4, 7, 9, 14
• Brian Tichy (drums) - Track 2, 5, 8
• Daisuke Ikeda (strings arrangement) - Track 4, 9
• Fingers (bass) - Track 8
• Futoshi Kobayashi (trumpet) - Track 2
• Hideo Yamaki (drums) - Track 4, 9, 12
• Kaichi Kurose (drums) - Track 3, 6, 10, 11, 13
• Katsunori "hakkai" Hatakeyama (Chinese gong) - Track 10
• Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone) - Track 2
• Koji "Kiratoh" Nakamura (bass) - Track 4, 12, 14
• Masao Akashi (bass) - Track 3, 6, 10, 11
• Shinozaki Strings (strings) - Track 4, 9
• Shiro Sasaki (trumpet) - Track 2
• Showtaro Mitsuzono (bass) - Track 13
• Tama Chorus (mixed chorus) - Track 9
• Vagabond Suzuki (bass) - Track 7, 9
• Wakaba Kawai (trombone) - Track 2

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[1]	Million	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Japanese album certifications – B'Z – Eleven" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 20, 2021. Select 2000年12月 on the drop-down menu

External links

• B'z official Web site (in Japanese)