Everything (Mr. Children album) explained

Everything
Type:	Album
Artist:	Mr. Children
Cover:	Everything (Mr. Children album).jpg
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
Next Title:	Kind of Love
Next Year:	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.

Personnel

Mr. Children

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

ProductionProduction 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

Year-end charts

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/41005/ . ja:ミスチル、ニューアルバム完成！. Mr.Children completes the new album!. oricon.co.jp . 2007-06-17 . Japanese.
2. Web site: "RIAJ > The Record > August 1998 > Certified Awards (June 1998)". Recording Industry Association of Japan. Japanese. 2014-01-01.
3. "Everything" album booklet, Toy's Factory (1992)
4. Web site: 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. Japanese. oricon.co.jp. Original Confidence. 2014-01-01.
5. Web site: 1994年 アルバム年間TOP100. Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1994. Japanese. 2011-01-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116072313/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1994a.html. 2014-01-16. dead.
6. Web site: 1995年 アルバム年間TOP100. Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1995. Japanese. 2011-01-01.