Every Best Single 2

Every Best Single 2
Greatest hits album by Every Little Thing
Released September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03)
Genre J-pop, synthpop, pop rock
Length 72:57
Label Avex Trax
Producer Max Matsuura (exec.)
Every Little Thing chronology
Many Pieces
(2003)
Every Best Single 2
(2003)
Commonplace
(2004)

Every Best Single 2 is the second greatest hits compilation of J-pop duo Every Little Thing, released on September 10, 2003 by Avex Trax.

Background

This album is the second best of collection of Every Little Thing, after Every Best Single +3 released in 1999, and includes all the singles from "Pray" to "Fundamental Love", which was a recut single for the album (although it was later also included in Commonplace). Nevertheless, as bonus tracks it includes two pre-2000 singles, "For the Moment" and "Deatta Koro no Yō ni", in newly recorded acoustic versions.

This compilation was the first release of the band to be released with a bonus DVD (only available in the limited edition).[1]

Reception

The album received the award for "Rock & Pop Album of the Year" at the 18th Japan Gold Disc Awards.[2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at number one on the Oricon charts and charted for 38 weeks.[3]

Track listing

CD
No. TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s) Length
1. "Pray"  Mitsuru IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi 5:30
2. "Sure"  Kaori MochidaEvery Little ThingEvery Little Thing 4:56
3. "Rescue Me"  IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi 4:21
4. "Ai no Kakera" (愛のカケラ)MochidaKunio TagoGenya Kuwajima[b] 4:54
5. "Fragile"  MochidaKazuhito KikuchiKuwajima, Kikuchi[b] 4:52
6. "Graceful World"  MochidaY@suo OhtaniKuwajima, Ohtani[b] 5:11
7. "Jump"  MochidaMochidaAkira Murata 4:07
8. "Kiwoku" (キヲク)MochidaKikuchiMurata[a] 5:26
9. "Sasayaka na Inori" (ささやかな祈り)MochidaTagoExpo[a] 4:55
10. "Unspeakable"  MochidaKikuchiOhtani, Masafumi Nakao[b] 4:24
11. "Nostalgia"  MochidaKikuchiTasuku[b] 5:49
12. "Grip!"  MochidaKazuhiro HaraHΛL 4:51
13. "Fundamental Love" (ファンダメンタル・ラブ)MochidaTagoTasuku[b] 4:17
14. "For the Moment" (Acoustic Version)IgarashiIgarashiIchiro Ito 4:14
15. "Deatta Koro no Yō ni" (出逢った頃のように) (Acoustic Version)IgarashiIgarashiIto 5:10
DVD
No. Title Length
1. "Fundamental Love" (Music Video)  
2. "Recording Scene"    
3. "Live & Documentary Scene Digest"    
Notes

References

  1. "Every Best Single 2 (DVD付き初回限定盤) (CCCD): 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. "The Japan Gold Disc Award 2004 Archive". The Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. "「Every Best Single 2」 Every Little Thing". Oricon Style. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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