B'z (album)

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B'z
Studio album by B'z
Released	September 21, 1988
Recorded	1988
Genre	Pop rock, electronic rock
Length	39:53
Label	BMG Victor/Air Records
Producer	Masao Nakajima
B'z chronology
B'z (1988) Off the Lock (1989)
Singles from B'z
"Dakara Sono Te o Hanashite" Released: September 21, 1988

B'z is the debut studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on September 21, 1988, and reached #47 on the Japanese charts.^[1] The album sold 3,790 copies in its first week and eventually sold 338,360 in total.^[1]

The band did not tour in support of the album, because its nine songs were all the material they had at the time, and they felt it would not be a proper show with just 40 minutes of material. Unlike the hard-rocking music that most associate with B'z, the album was very much a product of its times, with synthesizers and samplers sharing equal time with Matsumoto's guitar.^{[citation needed]}

One single was released from the album, "Dakara Sono Te o Hanashite", which was released on the same day.^[2]

Two of the songs on the album are the only ones in the band's catalog not to have been completely written by the band: The lyrics to "Nothing to Change" are written by Tomoko Aran and "Kodoku ni Dance in Vain" is composed by Hiroyuki Otsuki.^[3]