Every Best Single: Complete

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Every Best Singles: Complete
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedDecember 23, 2009 (2009-12-23)
Genre J-pop
Label
Producer Max Matsuura
Every Little Thing chronology
Door
(2008)
Every Best Singles: Complete
(2009)
Change
(2010)

Every Best Singles: Complete is a singles compilation by the Japanese duo Every Little Thing, released on December 23, 2009, through Avex Trax. [1]

Contents

Background

A set of four CDs and two DVDs, this album is the first to include all their singles from their debut to that time, and also the first time the band includes all their music videos in one DVD release. An encore press of the album was released on March 3, 2010.

The only new song in the album is a remix of the band's 1998 hit "Time Goes By" made by Kenji "Kj" Furuya of Dragon Ash.

Chart performance

The album peaked at number four on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts, it stayed in the charts for 24 weeks and was the 43rd best-selling album of 2010 in Japan.

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Feel My Heart" Mitsuru Igarashi IgarashiIgarashi4:25
2."Future World"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi4:07
3."Dear My Friend"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi3:50
4."For the Moment"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi4:33
5."Deatta Koro no Yō ni" (出逢った頃のように)IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi4:24
6."Shapes of Love"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi4:58
7."Never Stop!" Kaori Mochida IgarashiIgarashi4:09
8."Face the Change"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi4:21
9."Time Goes By"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi5:12
10."Forever Yours"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi4:58
11."Necessary"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi3:47
12."Over and Over"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi4:44
13."Someday, Someplace"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi4:32
Disc 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Pray"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi5:30
2."Get Into A Groove"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi4:38
3."Sure"MochidaEvery Little ThingEvery Little Thing4:56
4."Rescue Me"IgarashiIgarashiIgarashi4:21
5."Smile Again"Every Little ThingIgarashiIgarashi4:33
6."Ai no Kakera" (愛のカケラ)MochidaKunio TagoGenya Kuwajima [b] 4:54
7."Fragile"Mochida Kazuhito Kikuchi Kuwajima, Kikuchi [b] 4:52
8."Jirenma"Mochida Ichiro Ito Kuwajima4:27
9."Graceful World"MochidaY@suo OhtaniKuwajima, Ohtani [b] 5:11
10."Jump"MochidaMochidaAkira Murata4:07
11."Kioku" (キヲク)MochidaKikuchiMurata [a] 5:26
12."Sasayaka na Inori" (ささやかな祈り)MochidaTagoExpo [a] 4:55
Disc 3
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Unspeakable"MochidaKikuchiOhtani, Masafumi Nakao [b] 4:24
2."Ai no Uta" (愛の謳)MochidaTagoMurata4:52
3."Room" (ルーム)MochidaKikuchiNakao, Ohtani [b] 4:33
4."Nostalgia"MochidaKikuchiTasuku [b] 5:49
5."Grip!"MochidaKazuhiro Hara HΛL 4:51
6."Fundamental Love" (ファンダメンタル・ラブ)MochidaTagoTasuku [b] 4:17
7."Mata Ashita" (また あした)MochidaHideyuki ObataTomoji Sogawa [a] 4:58
8."Ichinichi no Hajimari ni..." (一日の始まりに...)MochidaHikariHikari [a] 4:42
9."Shiawase no Fūkei" (しあわせの風景)MochidaKikuchiNakao [b] 5:06
10."Soraai" (ソラアイ)MochidaHikariHikari [b] 5:13
11."Koibumi" (恋文)MochidaHikariHikari [a] 5:01
12."Good Night"MochidaHikariHikari [b] 4:57
Disc 4
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Kimi no Te" (きみの て)MochidaHikariHikari [a] 4:50
2."Azure Moon"MochidaHikariHikari [a] 5:24
3."Hi-Fi Message" (ハイファイ メッセージ)MochidaHikariHikari [a] 5:29
4."Swimmy" (スイミー)MochidaDaichi HayakawaYasunari "Nam-Nam" Nakamura [a] 4:59
5."Kirameki Hour" (キラメキアワー)MochidaTagoMasafumi "Massy" Hayashi [a] 4:35
6."Koi o Shiteiru" (恋をしている)MochidaKikuchiNakamura [a] 5:23
7."Fuyu ga Hajimaru yo" (冬がはじまるよ) (feat. Noriyuki Makihara) Noriyuki Makihara MakiharaHayashi [a] 4:33
8."Sakurabito" (サクラビト)MochidaTagoSogawa [a] 5:00
9."Atarashii Hibi" (あたらしい日々)MochidaEriko YoshikiNakamura [a] 4:16
10."Ōgon no Tsuki" (黄金の月)MochidaMochidaSeiji Kameda [a] 4:56
11."Dream Goes On"MochidaIgarashiIgarashi [a] 4:29
12."Tsumetai Ame" (冷たい雨)MochidaIgarashiIgarashi [a] 4:42
13."Time Goes By (As Time Goes By)" (KJ Mix)IgarashiIgarashi Kj 5:27
DVD 1
No.TitleLength
1."Feel My Heart" 
2."Future World" 
3."Dear My Friend" 
4."For the Moment" 
5."Deatta Koro no Yō ni" (出逢った頃のように) 
6."Shapes of Love" 
7."Time Goes By" 
8."Forever Yours" (Short ver.) 
9."Necessary" 
10."Over and Over" 
11."Someday, Someplace" 
12."Pray" 
13."Sure" 
14."Rescue Me" 
15."Ai no Kakera" (愛のカケラ) 
16."Fragile" 
17."Graceful World" 
18."Jump" 
19."Kiwoku" (キヲク) 
DVD 2
No.TitleLength
1."Sasayaka na Inori" (ささやかな祈り) 
2."Unspeakable" 
3."Nostalgia" 
4."Grip!" 
5."Fundamental Love" (ファンダメンタル・ラブ) 
6."Mata Ashita" (また あした) 
7."Soraai" (ソラアイ) 
8."Koibumi" (恋文) 
9."Good Night" 
10."Kimi no Te" (きみの て) 
11."Azure Moon" 
12."Hi-Fi Message" (ハイファイ メッセージ) 
13."Swimmy" (スイミー) 
14."Kirameki Hour" (キラメキアワー) 
15."Koi o Shiteiru" (恋をしている) 
16."Sakurabito" (サクラビト) 
17."Atarashii Hibi" (あたらしい日々) 
18."Dream Goes On" 
19."Tsumetai Ame" (冷たい雨) (Music Clip ver.) 
20."Behind The "Meet" Volume 00" 
Notes

Personnel

Charts

ReleaseChartPeak positionSales total
December 23, 2009Oricon Weekly Albums Chart4173,351 copies sold

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