Ordinary (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Ordinary
| type = studio
| artist = Every Little Thing
| cover = Every Little Thing - Ordinary.png
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2011|9|21}}
| recorded = 2011
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = {{duration|m=58|s=38}}
| label = Avex Trax
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Masato Matsuura (exec.)
}}
| prev_title = Change
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Fun-Fare
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Ordinary
| type = studio
| single1 = Star
| single1date = February 23, 2011
| single2 = Moon
| single2date = February 23, 2011
| single3 = Sora/Koe
| single3date = July 13, 2011
| single4 = Ai ga Aru
| single4date = August 24, 2011
}}
}}
Ordinary is the tenth studio album by Japanese music duo Every Little Thing. It was released on September 21, 2011, by Avex Trax.{{cite web|title=ORDINARY【DVD付】: 音楽|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/ORDINARY%E3%80%90DVD%E4%BB%98%E3%80%91-Every-Little-Thing/dp/B005E79C30|publisher=Amazon.co.jp|accessdate=28 January 2014}}
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.{{cite web|title=ELT、待望の10th Album発売決定！収録曲＆商品情報発表！|url=http://avex.jp/elt/news/110811.html|publisher=Every Little Thing official web site|accessdate=28 January 2014|date=11 August 2011}}
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.{{cite web|title=Every Little Thing、やさしい気持ちになれる10枚目のアルバム『ORDINARY』|url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000073406|publisher=Barks|accessdate=29 January 2014|date=21 September 2011}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = CD
| extra_column = Arranger(s)
| total_length =
| all_lyrics = Kaori Mochida
| title1 = Ai ga Aru
| note1 = アイガアル
| music1 = Hikari
| extra1 = Hikari{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length1 = 4:03
| title2 = Tomorrow
| note2 =
| music2 = Hikari
| extra2 = Hikari{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length2 = 4:08
| title3 = Sora
| note3 = 宙 -そら-
| music3 = Kazuhito Kikuchi
| extra3 = Masafumi Nakao{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length3 = 5:14
| title4 = Kūhaku
| note4 = 空白
| music4 = Shinjiro Inoue
| extra4 = Shinjiro Inoue{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length4 = 5:53
| title5 = Moon
| note5 =
| music5 = Daisuke Suzuki
| extra5 = Yuta Nakano{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length5 = 4:24
| title6 = Wonder Love
| note6 =
| music6 = Hirofumi Hibino
| extra6 = Masafumi Hayashi{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length6 = 4:05
| title7 = Star
| note7 =
| music7 = Hikari
| extra7 = Hikari{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length7 = 4:57
| title8 = Asian Beauty
| note8 = Instrumental
| music8 = Ichiro Ito
| extra8 = Masafumi Nakao{{ref|b|[b]}}
| length8 = 1:47
| title9 = Koe
| note9 = 響 -こえ-
| music9 = Kazuhito Kikuchi
| extra9 = Tomoji Sogawa{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length9 = 4:44
| title10 = Arigatō wa Sono Tame ni Aru
| note10 = ありがとうはそのためにある
| music10 = Takuya Watanabe
| extra10 = Akira Murata{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length10 = 4:16
| title11 = Ordinary
| note11 =
| music11 = Kazuhito Kikuchi
| extra11 = Masafumi Nakao{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length11 = 5:14
| title12 = Pray For East
| note12 = Instrumental
| music12 = Ichiro Ito
| extra12 = Masafumi Nakao{{ref|b|[b]}}
| length12 = 2:38
| title13 = Begin
| note13 =
| music13 = Yasuo Sano
| extra13 = Masafumi Nakao{{ref|a|[a]}}
| length13 = 6:38
}}
{{Tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = DVD (standard edition)
| total_length =
| title1 = Star
| note1 = Music video
| length1 =
| title2 = Moon
| note2 = Music video
| length2 =
| title3 = Sora
| note3 = Music video - Original version
| length3 =
| title4 = Ai ga Aru
| note4 = Music video - Album version
| length4 =
| title5 = Sora
| note5 = Offshoot
| length5 =
| title6 = Ai ga Aru
| note6 = Offshoot
| length6 =
| title7 = Begin
| note7 = Offshoot
| length7 =
}}
{{Tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = DVD (15th Anniversary Special Edition)
| total_length =
| title1 = Star
| note1 = Music video
| length1 =
| title2 = Moon
| note2 = Music video
| length2 =
| title3 = Sora
| note3 = Music video - Original version
| length3 =
| title4 = Ai ga Aru
| note4 = Music video - Album version
| length4 =
| title5 = 15th Anniversary Special History Movie
| note5 =
| length5 =
}}
;Notes
- {{note|a|a}} co-arranged by Every Little Thing
- {{note|b|b}} co-arranged by Ichiro Ito
Charts
| class="wikitable"
!Release !Chart !Peak position !Sales total |
| September 21, 2011
|Oricon Weekly Albums Chart |align="center"|2 |37,580 copies sold |
References
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{{Every Little Thing}}
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