Commonplace (album)

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

Commonplace
Studio album by Every Little Thing
Released	March 10, 2004 (2004-03-10)
Genre	J-pop soft rock pop rock
Length	50:36
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Masato "Max" Matsuura (exec.)
Every Little Thing chronology
Every Best Single 2 (2003) Commonplace (2004) Acoustic : Latte (2005)
Singles from Commonplace
"Fundamental Love" Released: July 30, 2003 "Mata Ashita" Released: November 12, 2003 "Ichinichi no Hajimari ni..." Released: November 12, 2003 "Shiawase no Fūkei" Released: November 12, 2003 "Soraai" Released: February 25, 2004

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.	Title	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Soraai" (ソラアイ; Weather)	Hikari	Hikari[b]	05:11
2.	"Fundamental Love" (ファンダメンタル・ラブ)	Kunio Tago	Tasuku[b]	04:18
3.	"Water(s)"	Daichi Hayakawa	Akira Murata[b]	03:59
4.	"Shiawase no Fūkei" (しあわせの風景; Scenery of Happiness)	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Masafumi Nakao[b]	05:07
5.	"Country Road"	Ichiro Ito	Murata[b]	04:42
6.	"Ichinichi no Hajimari ni..." (一日の始まりに...; At the beginning of the day...)	Hikari	Hikari[a]	04:43
7.	"Life Cycle"	Hikari	Hikari[b]	04:05
8.	"Ura Urara" (うらうらら)	Kaori Mochida	Murata[a]	04:09
9.	"Mata Ashita" (また あした; See you tomorrow)	Hideyuki Obata	Tomoji Sogawa[a]	05:00
10.	"Interluido - Meridiana" (Instrumental)	Ichiro Ito	Yasunari Nakamura[b]	01:39
11.	"Samidare" (五月雨, Early summer rain) (includes secret track "Sleepy Time Dog")	Tago	Nakao[b]	07:49

DVD

No.	Title	Length
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

External links

• Commonplace information at Avex Network.
• Commonplace information at Oricon.