Fun-Fare
{{Other uses|Fun Fare (disambiguation){{!}}Fun Fare}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Fun-Fare
| type = studio
| artist = Every Little Thing
| cover = Fun-Fare (Every Little Thing album - cover art).jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2014|2|19}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = {{duration|m=|s=}}
| label = Avex Trax
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Masato Matsuura (exec.)
}}
| prev_title = Ordinary
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Every Cheering Songs
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Fun-Fare
| type = studio
| single1 = Landscape
| single1date = {{start date|2011|12|7}}
| single2 = On and On
| single2date = {{start date|2013|2|20}}
| single3 = Harinezumi no Koi
| single3date = {{start date|2013|4|10}}
| single4 = Aquamarine no Mama de Ite
| single4date = {{start date|2013|8|24}}
| single5 = Take Me Tell Me
| single5date = {{start date|2015|4|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.{{cite web|title=FUN-FARE (ALBUM+DVD): 音楽|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/FUN-FARE-ALBUM-Every-Little-Thing/dp/B00HGJBD2C|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=3 January 2014}}
Background
This is the band's first album in two and a half years,{{cite web|title=ELTの2年半ぶりアルバムにソチ五輪テーマ、新曲、カバー|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/109142|publisher=Natalie.mu|accessdate=3 February 2014|date=3 February 2014}} 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.{{cite web|title=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♪|url=http://avex.jp/elt/news/140203_3.html|publisher=Every Little Thing Official site|accessdate=3 February 2014|date=3 February 2014}}
Chart performance
In its first week, Fun-Fare charted at number seven on the Oricon charts, selling 9,891 copies.{{cite web|title=[情報] ORICON 2014/03/03 Album Weekly Ranking|url=http://www.ptt.cc/bbs/J-PopStation/M.1393344006.A.3F7.html|publisher=看板 J-PopStation - 批踢踢實業坊|accessdate=5 March 2014}} 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).{{cite web|title=[情報] ORICON 2014/03/10 Album Weekly Ranking|url=http://www.ptt.cc/bbs/J-PopStation/M.1393948804.A.E7D.html|publisher=看板 J-PopStation - 批踢踢實業坊|accessdate=5 March 2014}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = CD
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = BFF
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = Kaori Mochida, Jan Rooymans, Jochem Fluitsma, Andy Platts
| music1 = Rooymans, Fluitsma, Platts
| extra1 = Rooymans, Fluitsma, Platts
| length1 = 2:58
| title2 = Take Me Tell Me
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = Mochida
| music2 = Hikari
| extra2 = Hikari{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length2 = 4:35
| title3 = On and On
| note3 =
| lyrics3 = Mochida
| music3 = Hikari
| extra3 = Hikari{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length3 = 4:12
| title4 = Harinezumi no Koi
| note4 = ハリネズミの恋
| lyrics4 = Mochida
| music4 = Kunio Tago
| extra4 = Akira Murata{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length4 = 3:29
| title5 = Start
| note5 =
| lyrics5 = Mochida
| music5 = Hikari
| extra5 = Hikari{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length5 = 3:59
| title6 = Lien
| note6 =
| lyrics6 = Mochida
| music6 = Eiji Kawai
| extra6 = Shinjiro Inoue{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length6 = 5:12
| title7 = Mighty Boys
| note7 = Instrumental
| music7 = Ichiro Ito
| extra7 = Yasunari Nakamura{{ref|b|[b]}}
| length7 = 2:19
| title8 = Sympathy
| note8 =
| lyrics8 = Mochida
| music8 = Atsushi Suemitsu
| extra8 = Masafumi Hayashi{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length8 = 4:13
| title9 = Aquamarine no Mama de Ite
| note9 = アクアマリンのままでいて
| lyrics9 = Masao Urino
| music9 = Tsunehiro Izumi
| extra9 = Yasuharu Konishi
| length9 = 3:56
| title10 = Landscape
| note10 =
| lyrics10 = Mochida
| music10 = Hikari
| extra10 = Hikari{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length10 = 4:21
| title11 = Lovers
| note11 = Instrumental
| music11 = Ito
| extra11 = Nakamura{{ref|b|[b]}}
| length11 = 1:40
| title12 = Kimi to
| note12 = キミト
| lyrics12 = Mochida
| music12 = Kawai
| extra12 = Kawai{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length12 = 4:00
}}
{{Tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = DVD
| total_length =
| title1 = Landscape
| note1 = Music video
| length1 =
| title2 = On and On
| note2 = Music video
| length2 =
| title3 = Harinezumi no Koi
| note3 = Music video
| length3 =
| title4 = Start
| note4 = Music video
| length4 =
| title5 = Start
| note5 = Music video - Making movie
| length5 =
}}
;Notes
- {{note|a|a}} co-arranged by Every Little Thing
- {{note|b|b}} co-arranged by Ichiro Ito
Charts
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!Release !Chart !Peak position !Sales total |
February 19, 2014
|Oricon Weekly Albums Chart |align="center"|7 |14,343 copies sold |
References
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{{Every Little Thing}}
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