B Album

{{short description|1998 KinKi Kids album}} {{For|other albums titled "B"|B (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox album| | name = B Album | type = Studio Album | artist = KinKi Kids | cover = B Album cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1998|8|12}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = J-pop | length = 63:30 | label = Johnny's Entertainment<br /><small>JECN-0004</small> | producer = | prev_title = A Album | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = C Album | next_year = 1999 | misc = {{Singles | name = B album | type = studio | single1 = Garasu no Shōnen | single1date = July 21, 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/13846/products/123856/1/ |title=硝子の少年 |website=Oricon |lang=ja}}</ref> | single2 = Aisareru yori Aishitai | single2date = November 12, 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/13846/products/123857/1/ |title=愛されるより愛したい |website=Oricon |lang=ja}}</ref> | single3 = Jet Coaster Romance | single3date = April 22, 1998<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/13846/products/123859/1/ |title=ジェットコースター・ロマンス |website=Oricon |lang=ja}}</ref> }} }}

'''''B Album''''' is the second studio album of the Japanese duo KinKi Kids. It was released on August 12, 1998,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/13846/products/123844/1/ |title=B album |website=Oricon |lang=ja}}</ref> and debuted at the top of the Oricon charts, selling 524,540 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=1998&month=8&week=4&submit5.x=28&submit5.y=8|script-title=ja:1998年08月第4週のアルバムランキング情報|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=October 31, 2009|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018163712/http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=1998&month=8&week=4&submit5.x=28&submit5.y=8|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was certified Million by RIAJ.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/million_list/1998.html|title= 年度別ミリオンセラー一覧 1998年|trans-title=1998 Million-Seller List|publisher=RIAJ|accessdate=October 17, 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091010164448/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/million_list/1998.html| archivedate= 10 October 2009 | url-status=dead | language=ja}}</ref><ref name="RIAJ-nov1998">{{cite journal |title=Gold Album 他認定作品 1998年9月度 |trans-title=Gold Albums, and other certified works. September 1998 Edition |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1998/199811.pdf |format=PDF | journal=The Record |type=Bulletin |language=Japanese |location=Chūō, Tokyo |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |publication-date=November 10, 1998 |volume=468 |page=9 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124032014/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1998/199811.pdf |archivedate=January 24, 2014 |accessdate=January 24, 2014}}</ref>

==Track listing==

{{tracklist | headline = CD

| title1 = Suppin Girl | note1 = {{nihongo2|スッピンGirl}} | lyrics1 = {{nihongo|Masami Tozawa|戸沢暢美}} | music1 = {{nihongo|Takehiko Iida|飯田建彦}} | length1 =

| title2 = Kebyō Wo Tsukaō | note2 = {{nihongo2|仮病をつかおう}} | lyrics2 = Tozawa | music2 = {{nihongo|Masayuki Iwata|岩田雅之}} | length2 =

| title3 = Aisareru yori Aishitai | note3 = {{nihongo2|愛されるより愛したい}} | lyrics3 = {{nihongo|Hiromi Mori|森浩美}} | music3 = {{nihongo|Kōji Makaino|馬飼野康二}} | length3 =

| title5 = Ai Nante Kotoba Ja Ienai | note5 = {{nihongo2|愛なんてコトバじゃ言えない}} | lyrics5 = {{nihongo|Anzuki Mana|真名杏樹}} | music5 = Iwata | length5 =

| title6 = Zutto Dakishimetai | note6 = {{nihongo2|ずっと抱きしめたい}} | lyrics6 = {{nihongo|Takeshi Aida|相田毅}}, Tsuyoshi Domoto | music6 = {{nihongo|Ichirō Terada|寺田一郎}} | length6 =

| title7 = Innocent Wars | note7 = {{nihongo2|イノセント・ウォーズ}} | lyrics7 = {{nihongo|Masao Urino|売野雅勇}} | music7 = {{nihongo|Ryuichi Sakamoto|坂本龍一}} | length7 =

| title8 = Borderline | note8 = {{nihongo2|ボーダーライン}} | lyrics8 = KinKi Kids, Aida | music8 = Face 2 Fake | length8 =

| title9 = Message | lyrics9 = {{nihongo|Hidemi Yamamoto|山本英美}} | music9 = {{nihongo|Hitoshi Haba|羽場仁志}} | length9 =

| title11 = Kono Mama Te Wo Tsunaide | note11 = {{nihongo2|このまま手をつないで}} | lyrics11 = {{nihongo|Takashi Matsumoto|松本隆}} | music11 = Makaino | length11 =

| title12 = Jet Coaster Romance | note12 = {{nihongo2|ジェットコースター・ロマンス}} | lyrics12 = Matsumoto | music12 = {{nihongo|Tatsuro Yamashita|山下達郎}} | length12 =

| title13 = Garasu no Shōnen | note13 = {{nihongo2|硝子の少年}} | lyrics13 = Matsumoto | music13 = Yamashita | length13 = |}}

==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''B Album'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1998) ! scope="col"| Peak<br>position |- ! scope="row"| Japan (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/13846/rank/album/ |title=KinKi Kidsのランキング情報 |website=Oricon |lang=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424165136/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/13846/rank/album/ |archive-date=2024-04-24 |quote=B album 発売日 1998年08月12日最高順位 1位登場回数 12週 |url-status=live}}</ref> | 1 |}

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091125090625/http://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/kinki/ Official KinKi Kids website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090929015045/http://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/kinki/disco/_popup/pop_balbum.html B Album]. Johnny's Entertainment. Retrieved October 31, 2009.

Category:1998 albums Category:KinKi Kids albums