Fun-Fare
Studio album by
Every Little Thing
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2014 (2014-02-19)
Genre
LabelAvex Trax
Producer
Every Little Thing chronology
Ordinary
(2011)		 Fun-Fare
(2014)		 Every Cheering Songs
(2015)
Singles from Fun-Fare
  1. "Landscape"
    Released: December 7, 2011 (2011-12-07)
  2. "On and On"
    Released: February 20, 2013 (2013-02-20)
  3. "Harinezumi no Koi"
    Released: April 10, 2013 (2013-04-10)
  4. "Aquamarine no Mama de Ite"
    Released: August 24, 2013 (2013-08-24)
  5. "Take Me Tell Me"
    Released: April 22, 2015 (2015-04-22)

Fun-Fare is the eleventh studio album by Japanese music duo Every Little Thing. It was released on February 19, 2014, by Avex Trax.[1]

Background

This is the band's first album in two and a half years,[2] and includes singles from "Landscape", which was used in TV commercials for Toyota Isis and released as single in late 2011, to "Aquamarine no Mama de Ite", originally a cover from Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe and used as theme song of Fuji TV drama Dakishimetai! Forever, released digitally in August 2013.

"Start", which was used on TV Tokyo coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics, was released digitally on February 5, 2014.[3]

Chart performance

In its first week, Fun-Fare charted at number seven on the Oricon charts, selling 9,891 copies.[4] On its second week it fell abruptly to the 50th position on the charts, selling 2,141 copies (a total of 12,032 copies sold).[5]

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."BFF"Kaori Mochida, Jan Rooymans, Jochem Fluitsma, Andy PlattsRooymans, Fluitsma, PlattsRooymans, Fluitsma, Platts2:58
2."Take Me Tell Me"MochidaHikariHikari[a]4:35
3."On and On"MochidaHikariHikari[a]4:12
4."Harinezumi no Koi" (ハリネズミの恋)MochidaKunio TagoAkira Murata[a]3:29
5."Start"MochidaHikariHikari[a]3:59
6."Lien"MochidaEiji KawaiShinjiro Inoue[a]5:12
7."Mighty Boys" (Instrumental) Ichiro ItoYasunari Nakamura[b]2:19
8."Sympathy"MochidaAtsushi SuemitsuMasafumi Hayashi[a]4:13
9."Aquamarine no Mama de Ite" (アクアマリンのままでいて)Masao UrinoTsunehiro IzumiYasuharu Konishi3:56
10."Landscape"MochidaHikariHikari[a]4:21
11."Lovers" (Instrumental) ItoNakamura[b]1:40
12."Kimi to" (キミト)MochidaKawaiKawai[a]4:00
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Landscape" (Music video) 
2."On and On" (Music video) 
3."Harinezumi no Koi" (Music video) 
4."Start" (Music video) 
5."Start" (Music video - Making movie) 
Notes
  • ^a co-arranged by Every Little Thing
  • ^b co-arranged by Ichiro Ito

Charts

Release Chart Peak position Sales total
February 19, 2014 Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 7 14,343 copies sold

References

  1. ↑ "FUN-FARE (ALBUM+DVD): 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "ELTの2年半ぶりアルバムにソチ五輪テーマ、新曲、カバー". Natalie.mu. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "2月19日発売のNEW ALBUM『FUN-FARE』から新曲「START」を2月5日よりレコチョク先行配信スタート♪". Every Little Thing Official site. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "[情報] ORICON 2014/03/03 Album Weekly Ranking". 看板 J-PopStation - 批踢踢實業坊. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "[情報] ORICON 2014/03/10 Album Weekly Ranking". 看板 J-PopStation - 批踢踢實業坊. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
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