Commonplace (album)

Commonplace
Studio album by
Every Little Thing
ReleasedMarch 10, 2004 (2004-03-10)
Genre
Length50:36
LabelAvex Trax
ProducerMasato "Max" Matsuura (exec.)
Every Little Thing chronology
Every Best Single 2
(2003) 		Commonplace
(2004) 		Acoustic : Latte
(2005)
Singles from Commonplace
  1. "Fundamental Love"
    Released: July 30, 2003
  2. "Mata Ashita"
    Released: November 12, 2003
  3. "Ichinichi no Hajimari ni..."
    Released: November 12, 2003
  4. "Shiawase no Fūkei"
    Released: November 12, 2003
  5. "Soraai"
    Released: February 25, 2004

Commonplace is the sixth album of the Japanese band Every Little Thing, released on March 10, 2004 by Avex Trax.

Background

The album contains mainly soft rock and acoustic-like tunes, and a few rockish tunes as well. Ichirō Itō played guitar in all the songs, and also participated in the arrangements and compositions of some of them. All the lyrics were written by Kaori Mochida, but received help on track 5 "Country Road", which is the duo's first song that sang completely in English.

The album was released in a regular CD only version and a limited edition with a bonus DVD. The multimedia material includes behind the scenes shots at the album photoshoot, and also a special performance of 1998 single "Time Goes By".

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Kaori Mochida, except track 5 (translated into English by Gary Newby) and secret track in track 12 (written by Ichiro Ito)

CD
No.TitleMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Soraai" (ソラアイ; Weather)HikariHikari[b]05:11
2."Fundamental Love" (ファンダメンタル・ラブ)Kunio TagoTasuku[b]04:18
3."Water(s)"Daichi HayakawaAkira Murata[b]03:59
4."Shiawase no Fūkei" (しあわせの風景; Scenery of Happiness)Kazuhito KikuchiMasafumi Nakao[b]05:07
5."Country Road"Ichiro ItoMurata[b]04:42
6."Ichinichi no Hajimari ni..." (一日の始まりに...; At the beginning of the day...)HikariHikari[a]04:43
7."Life Cycle"HikariHikari[b]04:05
8."Ura Urara" (うらうらら)Kaori MochidaMurata[a]04:09
9."Mata Ashita" (また あした; See you tomorrow)Hideyuki ObataTomoji Sogawa[a]05:00
10."Interluido - Meridiana" (Instrumental)Ichiro ItoYasunari Nakamura[b]01:39
11."Samidare" (五月雨, Early summer rain) (includes secret track "Sleepy Time Dog")TagoNakao[b]07:49
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Commonplace" (Photo Session Scene) 
2."Time Goes By" (20031224 version) 
Notes
  • ^a co-arranged by Every Little Thing
  • ^b co-arranged by Ichiro Ito

Charts

Release Chart Peak position Sales total
March 3, 2004 Oricon Daily Albums Chart 1
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 1 313,647 copies sold


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