New Love (B'z album)

New Love is the twenty-first studio album by the Japanese rock duo B'z. It was released on May 29, 2019, about a year and a half after their previous album Dinosaur. It is the first B'z album to not have an accompanying single, though music videos were produced for "Tsuwamono, Hashiru", "Wolf", and "Majestic".^[1][2][3]

New Love
Studio album by B'z
Released	May 29, 2019
Recorded	2018–2019
Genre	Hard rock blues rock
Length	55:16
Label	Vermillion
Producer	Tak Matsumoto
B'z chronology
Dinosaur (2017) New Love (2019) Highway X (2022)

The album debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly albums chart and on the Billboard Japan album chart.^[4][5]

The album comes in three editions: A standard CD edition, a vinyl edition, and a limited edition box set featuring the CD with a t-shirt featuring the album art.^[6]

"Wolf" was used as the ending theme for the Japanese TV show Suits.^[7] "Majestic" was used in a Pocky commercial and "Tsuwamono, Hashiru" was used in commercials for Lipovitan to support the Japan national rugby union team.^[8][9]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Koshi Inaba; all music is composed by Tak Matsumoto.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My New Love (マイニューラブ, My New Love)"	3:19
2.	"Tsuwamono, Hashiru (兵、走る, Soldier, Run)"	4:14
3.	"Wolf"	3:51
4.	"Deus (デウス, Deus)"	4:13
5.	"Majestic (マジェスティック, Majestic)"	4:14
6.	"Mr. Armour"	3:23
7.	"Da La Da Da"	4:46
8.	"Koi Karasu (恋鴉, Love Crow)"	3:35
9.	"Rain & Dream"	6:20
10.	"Ore yo Karma wo Ikiro (俺よカルマを生きろ, Living My Karma)"
11.	"Golden Rookie (ゴールデンルーキー, Golden Rookie)"	4:48
12.	"Sick"	4:05
13.	"Towa ni Wakaku (トワニワカク, Forever Young)"	4:18
Total length:		55:16

Personnel

B'z

• Koshi Inaba – vocals, blues harp on "Deus"
• Tak Matsumoto – guitars

Additional musicians

• Joe Perry – guitar on "Rain & Dream"
• Yukihide "YT" Takiyama – backing vocals on "Deus" and "Majestic"
• Sam Pomanti – backing vocals on "Mr. Armour"
• Brian Tichy – drums on tracks 1, 4, 6-8, 10-13
• Shane Gaalaas – drums on "Tsuwamono, Hashiru"
• Tomu Tamada – drums on "Wolf" and "Majestic"
• Brittany Maccarello – drums on "Rain & Dream" and "Golden Rookie"
• Mohini Dey – bass on tracks 1, 4, 8, 12, 13
• Barry Sparks – bass on "Tsuwamono, Hashiru"
• Seiji Kameda – bass on "Wolf" and "Majestic"
• Robert DeLeo – bass on tracks 6, 7, 9-11
• Jeff Babko – keyboards on tracks 3, 4, 8-12
• Lenny Castro – percussion on tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12
• Andy Wolf – saxophone on "Wolf"
• Azusa Tojo – trombone
• Kenichiro Naka – trumpet on "Wolf"
• Mika Hashimoto with Lime Ladies Orchestra – strings on "Da La Da Da"

Production

• Yukihide "YT" Takiyama – arrangement
• Hideyuki Teraji – vocal direction on tracks 1, 4, 6-13, strings arrangement on "Da La Da Da"

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon) 1 Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan) 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 9 Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[11] 8

Certifications

^[12]

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[13]	Platinum	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.