Everything (Mr. Children album)

Everything
Everything
Studio album by Mr. Children
Released	May 10, 1992
Recorded	Sound Sky Studio, Power House
Genre	Pop rock, power pop
Length	32:11
Label	Toy's Factory
Producer	Takeshi Kobayashi
Mr. Children chronology
Singles from Everything
	"Kimi ga Ita Natsu"; Released: August 21, 1992;

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.^[1] In June 1998, it was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over 800,000 units.^[2]

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

All tracks are written by Kazutoshi Sakurai, arranged by Mr. Children and Takeshi Kobayashi

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lord I Miss You (ロード・アイ・ミス・ユー)"	3:42
2.	"Mr.Shining Moon"	4:23
3.	"Kimi ga ita natsu (君がいた夏)"	5:54
4.	"Kaze ~The wind knows how I feel~ (風 ~The wind knows how I feel~)"	3:16
5.	"Tameiki no Nichiyoubi (ためいきの日曜日)"	5:55
6.	"Tomodachi no mama de (友達のままで)"	3:55
7.	"Children's world"	5:07

Personnel

Mr. Children

Vocals, guitar: Kazutoshi Sakurai
Guitar: Kenichi Tahara
Bass: Keisuke Nakagawa
Drums: Hideya Suzuki

Production

Production credits for album:^[3]

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

Chart	Position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart^[4]	25

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Japanese Albums Chart^[5]	91
Chart (1995)	Position
Japanese Albums Chart^[6]	91

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[7]	2× Platinum	800,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ミスチル、ニューアルバム完成！ [Mr.Children completes the new album!]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-06-17.
^ ""RIAJ > The Record > August 1998 > Certified Awards (June 1998)"" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-01-01.
^ "Everything" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1992)
^ "Everything／Mr.Children-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks for Everything by Mr.Children]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
^ "1994年アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1994] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
^ "1995年アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1995] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-01-01.
^ "Japanese album certifications – Mr.Children – Everything" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1998年6月 on the drop-down menu

[oricon_albums-1] ミスチル、ニューアルバム完成！ [Mr.Children completes the new album!]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-06-17.

[RIAJ-2] ""RIAJ > The Record > August 1998 > Certified Awards (June 1998)"" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-01-01.

[everything-3] "Everything" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1992)

[Jachart-4] "Everything／Mr.Children-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック" [Highest position and charting weeks for Everything by Mr.Children]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved 2014-01-01.

[5] "1994年アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1994] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-01.

[6] "1995年アルバム年間TOP100" [Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1995] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-01-01.

[JapanMr.ChildrenEverythingalbumCertRef-7] "Japanese album certifications – Mr.Children – Everything" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1998年6月 on the drop-down menu

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v t e Mr. Children
Kazutoshi Sakurai Kenichi Tahara Keisuke Nakagawa Hideya Suzuki
Studio albums	Everything Kind of Love Versus Atomic Heart Shinkai Bolero Discovery Q It's a Wonderful World Shifuku no Oto I Love U Home Supermarket Fantasy Sense (An Imitation) Blood Orange
Compilations	Mr. Children 1992–1995 Mr. Children 1996–2000 B-Side Mr. Children 2001–2005 <micro> Mr. Children 2001–2005 <macro>
Live albums	1/42
Singles	"Kimi ga Ita Natsu" "Dakishimetai" "Replay" "Cross Road" "Innocent World" "Tomorrow Never Knows" "Everybody Goes (Chitsujo no Nai Gendai ni Drop Kick)" "Es (Theme of Es)" "See-Saw Game (Yūkan na Koi no Uta)" "Namonaki Uta" "Hana (Mémento Mori)" "Machine Gun o Buppanase (Mr. Children Bootleg)" "Everything (It's You)" "Sign"
Related articles	Discography Takeshi Kobayashi
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