''Commonplace'' is the sixth album of the
Japan
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ese band
Every Little Thing, released on March 10, 2004 by Avex Trax.
Background
The album contains mainly
soft rock
Soft rock (also known as light rock or mellow rock) is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in the United States and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, mel ...
and
acoustic-like tunes, and a few rockish tunes as well.
Ichirō Itō
is a guitarist in the Japanese rock band Every Little Thing. Ito also works in composition and, sometimes, arrangement of some of Every Little Thing's songs.
Solo discography Albums
* ''Diversity'' (2009)
Other programs
Ito Ichiro has mad ...
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
is the lead singer of Japanese pop group Every Little Thing.
Biography
Mochida began her career as a child actress, appearing in magazines and TV commercials. She then became a member of the second generation of idol group The Kuro Buta All ...
, 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
;Notes
*
co-arranged by Every Little Thing
*
co-arranged by Ichiro Ito
Charts
External links
''Commonplace''information at
Avex Network.
''Commonplace''information at
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics
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.
2004 albums
Every Little Thing (band) albums
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