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Wicked Beat
EP by B'z
Released	June 21, 1990
Studio	Studio Birdman (Gray & Brown Room)
Genre	Pop rock electronic new wave
Length	23:16
Language	English
Label	Air (original release), Rooms (reissues)
Producer	Masao Nakajima
B'z chronology
Bad Communication (1989) Wicked Beat (1990) Mars (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.

Track listing

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

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes.

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

Certifications

References

1. ^ "B'z、さらなる記録更新へ！ニューアルバムリリース決定！". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
2. Wicked Beat liner notes. Air Records. 1990.
3. "1990年 アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Album Top 100 1990]. Oricon. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
4. "1991年 アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Album Top 100 1991]. Oricon. Archived from the original on 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
5. "Japanese album certifications – B'z – Wicked Beat" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved August 24, 2021. Select 1993年8月 on the drop-down menu

• 1990 EPs
• B'z EPs
• Japanese-language EPs
• 1990s Japanese-language albums