Ordinary (Every Little Thing album)
Ordinary is the tenth studio album by Japanese music duo Every Little Thing. It was released on September 21, 2011, by Avex Trax.[1]
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Released | September 21, 2011 | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
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Length | 58:38 | |||
Label | Avex Trax | |||
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Singles from Ordinary | ||||
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Background
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the band in the music industry, the album was released in three formats: CD, DVD+DVD and a special CD+DVD edition.[2]
The album includes the single "Sora/Koe", which was used as theme songs for the 2011 Pokémon movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram/White—Victini and Zekrom. The last single from the album, entitled "Ai ga Aru", was used as theme song for TV drama Full Throttle Girl (Zenkai Girl). Also, for promotional purposes the songs "Tomorrow", "Ordinary" and "Begin" were used in adverts for H.I.S., Kracie and The Japan Jewellery Association, respectively.[3]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Kaori Mochida.
No. | Title | Music | Arranger(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ai ga Aru" (アイガアル) | Hikari | Hikari[a] | 4:03 |
2. | "Tomorrow" | Hikari | Hikari[a] | 4:08 |
3. | "Sora" (宙 -そら-) | Kazuhito Kikuchi | Masafumi Nakao[a] | 5:14 |
4. | "Kūhaku" (空白) | Shinjiro Inoue | Shinjiro Inoue[a] | 5:53 |
5. | "Moon" | Daisuke Suzuki | Yuta Nakano[a] | 4:24 |
6. | "Wonder Love" | Hirofumi Hibino | Masafumi Hayashi[a] | 4:05 |
7. | "Star" | Hikari | Hikari[a] | 4:57 |
8. | "Asian Beauty" (Instrumental) | Ichiro Ito | Masafumi Nakao[b] | 1:47 |
9. | "Koe" (響 -こえ-) | Kazuhito Kikuchi | Tomoji Sogawa[a] | 4:44 |
10. | "Arigatō wa Sono Tame ni Aru" (ありがとうはそのためにある) | Takuya Watanabe | Akira Murata[a] | 4:16 |
11. | "Ordinary" | Kazuhito Kikuchi | Masafumi Nakao[a] | 5:14 |
12. | "Pray For East" (Instrumental) | Ichiro Ito | Masafumi Nakao[b] | 2:38 |
13. | "Begin" | Yasuo Sano | Masafumi Nakao[a] | 6:38 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Star" (Music video) | |
2. | "Moon" (Music video) | |
3. | "Sora" (Music video - Original version) | |
4. | "Ai ga Aru" (Music video - Album version) | |
5. | "Sora" (Offshoot) | |
6. | "Ai ga Aru" (Offshoot) | |
7. | "Begin" (Offshoot) |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Star" (Music video) | |
2. | "Moon" (Music video) | |
3. | "Sora" (Music video - Original version) | |
4. | "Ai ga Aru" (Music video - Album version) | |
5. | "15th Anniversary Special History Movie" |
- Notes
Charts
Release | Chart | Peak Position | Sales Total | Chart Run |
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September 21, 2011 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | |||
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 2 | 37,580 copies sold | 10 weeks | |
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart | ||||
References
- "ORDINARY【DVD付】: 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- "ELT、待望の10th Album発売決定!収録曲&商品情報発表!". Every Little Thing official web site. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- "Every Little Thing、やさしい気持ちになれる10枚目のアルバム『ORDINARY』". Barks. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2014.