Everything, is the seven-track EP recorded by Japanese pop rock band Mr. Children, released under the record label Toy's Factory in May 1992. It has generally been considered their first studio album.
In 1991, the band met the record producer Takeshi Kobayashi for the first time. They started the recording together in December of that year, at the Sound Sky and Starship studios. Although the producer suggested changing its lyrics slightly, all songs appeared on the EP had already been written before they signed a recording contract, and also played in their early live performances.
Everything had a steady sales after the band gained public recognition, reaching the top-30 on the Japanese Oricon albums chart and spending 83 weeks on the top-100 with sales of over 450,000 copies. In June 1998, it was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over 800,000 units.
After the EP came out, they embarked on concert tour with fellow band The Pillows. In August 1992, "Kimi ga Ita Natsu" was issued as the only single from Everything.
Track listing
Personnel Mr. Children Vocals, guitar: Kazutoshi Sakurai Guitar: Kenichi Tahara Bass: Keisuke Nakagawa Drums: Hideya Suzuki
Production Production credits for album:"Everything" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1992)
Producer: Takeshi Kobyashi Executive producer: Takamitsu Ide, Mitsunori Kadoike Co-producer: Koichi Inaba and Mr. Children Arranger: Takeshi Kobyashi and Mr. Children Engineer: Kunihiko Imai Assistant engineer: Hiroshi Tanigawa, Hideyuki Arima, Toshihiko Kataoka, and Tomoaki Sato Mixed by: Kunihiko Imai at Vincent Studio Computer programming: Yoshinori Kadoya Assistant director: Makoto Nakahishi Recorded by: Sound Sky Studio, Power House Mastered by: Mitsukazu Tanaka at Sony Shinanomachi Studio Sound effects: Hirokazu Ogura, Takeshi Yamamoto Toy's Factory staff: Masayuki Nakagawa, Yukari Nishioka Recording co-coordination: Hiroe Takeshima Artist management: Isao Tanuma Sub management: Kazushiro Miura (assisted by Tomoko Okada) Art director: Mitsuo Shindo Designer: Kumiko Tezuka Photographer: Mitsuo Shindo, Kiyonori Okuyama, and Masako Saito Stylist: Hiroko Umeyama and Akemi Mutoh Hair and make-up: Akemi Nakano and Megumi Hiraoku Illustrator: Hikaru Kawahara
Charts
Peak positions ChartPositionJapanese Oricon Albums Chart25
Year-end charts Chart (1994)PositionJapanese Albums Chart91Chart (1995)PositionJapanese Albums Chart91
Certifications
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