Every Best Single 2

Every Best Single 2 is the second greatest hits compilation of J-pop duo Every Little Thing, released on September 10, 2003 by Avex Trax.

Every Best Single 2
Greatest hits album by Every Little Thing
Released	September 3, 2003
Genre	J-pop, synthpop, pop rock
Length	72:57
Label	Avex Trax
Producer	Max Matsuura (exec.)
Every Little Thing chronology
Many Pieces (2003) Every Best Single 2 (2003) Commonplace (2004)

Background

This album is the second best of collection of Every Little Thing, after Every Best Single +3 released in 1999, and includes all the singles from "Pray" to "Fundamental Love", which was a recut single for the album (although it was later also included in Commonplace). Nevertheless, as bonus tracks it includes two pre-2000 singles, "For the Moment" and "Deatta Koro no Yō ni", in newly recorded acoustic versions.

This compilation was the first release of the band to be released with a bonus DVD (only available in the limited edition).[1]

Reception

The album received the award for "Rock & Pop Album of the Year" at the 18th Japan Gold Disc Awards.[2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at number one on the Oricon charts and charted for 38 weeks.[3]

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Pray"	Mitsuru Igarashi	Igarashi	Igarashi	5:30
2.	"Sure"	Kaori Mochida	Every Little Thing	Every Little Thing	4:56
3.	"Rescue Me"	Igarashi	Igarashi	Igarashi	4:21
4.	"Ai no Kakera" (愛のカケラ)	Mochida	Kunio Tago	Genya Kuwajima^[b]	4:54
5.	"Fragile"	Mochida	Kazuhito Kikuchi	Kuwajima, Kikuchi^[b]	4:52
6.	"Graceful World"	Mochida	Y@suo Ohtani	Kuwajima, Ohtani^[b]	5:11
7.	"Jump"	Mochida	Mochida	Akira Murata	4:07
8.	"Kiwoku" (キヲク)	Mochida	Kikuchi	Murata^[a]	5:26
9.	"Sasayaka na Inori" (ささやかな祈り)	Mochida	Tago	Expo^[a]	4:55
10.	"Unspeakable"	Mochida	Kikuchi	Ohtani, Masafumi Nakao^[b]	4:24
11.	"Nostalgia"	Mochida	Kikuchi	Tasuku^[b]	5:49
12.	"Grip!"	Mochida	Kazuhiro Hara	HΛL	4:51
13.	"Fundamental Love" (ファンダメンタル・ラブ)	Mochida	Tago	Tasuku^[b]	4:17
14.	"For the Moment" (Acoustic Version)	Igarashi	Igarashi	Ichiro Ito	4:14
15.	"Deatta Koro no Yō ni" (出逢った頃のように) (Acoustic Version)	Igarashi	Igarashi	Ito	5:10

DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fundamental Love" (Music Video)
2.	"Recording Scene"
3.	"Live & Documentary Scene Digest"

Notes

• ^{^a} co-arranged by Every Little Thing
• ^{^b} co-arranged by Ichiro Ito

Charts

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
September 3, 2003	Oricon Daily Albums Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Albums Chart	1	713,269 copies sold	38 weeks
	Oricon Yearly Albums Chart

References

1. "Every Best Single 2 (DVD付き初回限定盤) (CCCD): 音楽". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
2. "The Japan Gold Disc Award 2004 Archive". The Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
3. "「Every Best Single 2」 Every Little Thing". Oricon Style. Retrieved 4 February 2014.