enigma | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 27, 2016[1] | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion, hard rock | |||
Length | 68:52 (with bonus track)[1] | |||
Label | Being Inc.[1] | |||
Tak Matsumoto chronology | ||||
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enigma is the eleventh solo studio album by Japanese guitarist Tak Matsumoto, of B'z. It is mostly an instrumental album (except for the title track, its reprise, "Drifting", "Hopes", "Under the Sun" and "#1090 ~Million Dreams~") and it was released by Being Inc. on April 27, 2016 in Japan. The album debuted at #4 on the Oricon weekly album chart[2] and at #18 on the Billboard Japan album chart.[3]
Matsumoto first mentioned an upcoming solo effort during Wowow's live coverage of the 2016 Grammy Awards, in which he was a guest.[4] "Vermillion Palace" and "Mystic Journey" are the opening and ending themes of Tokyo Broadcasting System Television's show The WORLD Heritage, respectively.[5] "Ups and Downs" is the theme to an Ukiyo-e exhibition in the Bunkamura Museum in Tokyo.[5][6]
All music is composed by Tak Matsumoto
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "enigma" | 5:51 |
2. | "Vermillion Palace" | 4:26 |
3. | "Step to Heaven" | 4:30 |
4. | "Ups and Downs" | 3:47 |
5. | "Rock the Rock" | 4:40 |
6. | "Drifting" | 4:44 |
7. | "The Voyage" | 5:06 |
8. | "Hopes" | 4:24 |
9. | "Under the Sun" | 4:46 |
10. | "Dream Drive" | 5:34 |
11. | "The Rock Show" | 4:05 |
12. | "Roppongi Noise" | 4:14 |
13. | "Mystic Journey" | 5:16 |
14. | "enigma ~epilogue~" | 2:13 |
15. | "#1090 ~Million Dreams~" (bonus track, a reworked version of "#1090 ~Thousand Dreams~", which had for long been the theme song of TV Asahi's Music Station[5]) | 5:17 |
Total length: | 68:52[1] |
All tracks taken from Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2014 -New Horizon-.