Brotherhood is the tenth album by Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese hard rock band B'z

B'z

is a Japanese hard rock duo, composed of and .B'z has released 45 consecutive #1 singles, 24 #1 albums, and sold more than 79 million records in Japan alone...

, released on July 14, 1999. The catalogue code for this album is BMCR-7034. "Brotherhood" debuted with over 1,019,270 copies sold and sold over 1,391,850 copies. Brotherhood was the first of two albums released by Rooms Records and distributed by BMG Japan.

Track listing

1. "F・E・A・R" – 3:45
2. "ギリギリchop
   Giri Giri Chop
   "Giri Giri Chop" is the twenty-sixth single by B'z, released on June 9, 1999. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart. "Giri Giri Chop" was used as the sixth opening song for Detective Conan and the song "One" was also used as the theme song for third Detective Conan movie,...
   
    (Version 51)" [GIRIGIRI chop] – 3:59
3. "Brotherhood" – 5:46
4. "ながい愛" [Nagai Ai] – 5:37
5. "夢のような日々" [Yume no Youna Hibi] – 4:53
6. "銀の翼で翔べ" [Gin no Tsubasa de Tobe] – 3:56
7. "その手で触れてごらん" [Sono Te de Furete Goran] – 3:23
8. "流れゆく日々" [Nagare Yuku Hibi] – 4:54
9. "SKIN" – 3:44
10. "イカせておくれ！" [Ikasete Okure!] – 3:23
11. "SHINE" – 3:51

Personnel

• Tak Matsumoto
  Tak Matsumoto
  is a Grammy Award-winning Japanese guitarist, producer, arranger, composer, singer and songwriter. In addition to guitarist and lead composer for the hard rock band B'z, he has also had a successful solo career.-Background:...
  
   (guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  )
• Koshi Inaba
  Koshi Inaba
  is a Japanese vocalist. His real name is . He graduated from the Faculty of Education at the Yokohama National University, and has a degree in mathematics.- Musical career :...
  
   (vocals, blues harp)

Additional personnel

• Akira Onozuka (organ) - Track 5, 8, 11
• Billy Sheehan
  Billy Sheehan
  William "Billy" Sheehan is an American bassist known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin. Sheehan has won the "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll from Guitar Player Magazine five times for his "lead bass" playing style...
  
   (bass) - Track 2, 3, 8, 10, 11
• Daisuke Ikeda (strings arrangement & brass section) - Track 4, 6, 9
• Hironori Sawano (trumpet) - Track 6
• Kaichi Kurose (drums) - Track 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Katsunori "hakkai" Hatakeyama (guitar technician)
• Kazuki Katsuta (saxophone) - Track 6
• Pat Torpey
  Pat Torpey
  Pat Torpey is an American rock and roll drummer, known as the drummer of the hard rock band Mr. Big. He has also played for Impellitteri, The Knack, David Lee Roth Band and the Exile Social Club. He is noted by Neil Peart for composing unique rhythms such as that of "Take Cover", a rock song from...
  
  (drums) - Track 2
• Satoru Suzuki (manipulator)
• Shinozaki Strings (strings) - Track 4, 9
• Shiro Sasaki (trumpet) - Track 6
• Showtaro Mitsuzono (bass) - Track 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9