Artist: Shonen Knife Title: Shonen Knife Production Co: Giant Records Cat#: GRI-6047-2 (JC-9010) Release: 1990 Price: Length: 50'57" (21 tracks) Track Data: 1 Watchin' Girl 1:57 2 Banana Fish 2:04 3 Miracles 2:15 4 Parallel Woman 2:53 5 Twist Barbie 2:34 6 Elephant Pao Pao 2:14 7 Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme 0:51 8 Animal Song 2:09 9 A Day At The Factory 3:41 10 Burning Farm 4:28 11 An Angel Has Come 2:36 12 Cycling Is Fun 2:37 13 Elmar Elevator 1:23 14 Banana Leaf 2:39 15 Chinese Song 2:00 16 Flying Jelly Attack 2:23 17 Cannabil Papaya 2:36 18 Dali's Sunflower 1:49 19 Insect Collector 2:41 20 Bye Bye 2:03 21 Parrot Polynesia 3:04 Goodies: Comments: Their first American album, a compilation of "Burning Farm" (0-0783) and "Yama no Attchan" (0-0584), both released in the early '80s through Zero Records in Japan. Most of the songs are in Japanese, but some are in an attempt at English. A good album, many of the songs are very infectious and catchy, but some are downright annoying. Too many of these songs are my favorite to single them out, but #'s 2, 5, 7, 12, 15, & 16 stand out. (Yes, track #17 is spelled that way.) (Brad 'Sugar Daddy' Douglas: douglas@hamlet.uncg.edu) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Shonen Knife Title: Pretty Little Baka Guy + Live in Japan! Production Co: Giant Records Cat#: ROCK-6053-2 Release: 1986 Price: Length: 41'32" (18 tracks) Track Data: 1 Bear Up Bison 2:06 2 Summertime Boogie 2:18 3 I Wanna Eat Choco Bars 1:40 4 Public Bath 2:03 5 Devil House 3:06 6 Antonio Baka Guy 1:29 7 Ice Cream City 2:43 8 Ah Singapore 1:12 9 Riding On The Rocket 2:02 10 Kappa Ex. 2:56 Live In Japan! January 21, 1990 11 Lazybone 2:28 12 Ice Cream City 2:25 13 Baggs 2:59 14 Kappa Ex. 2:37 15 Antonio Baka Guy 1:43 April 17, 1982 16 Spider 2:36 17 Secret Dance 2:53 18 I Am A Realist 2:16 Goodies: Comments: Their second US album. They get better and better, with both their musical ability and their English ability; fortunately their song writing ability has stayed the same. The live versions of their songs are very good, except the stuff recorded in 1982 (at what sounds like a party) is pretty darn bad. Oh well...tracks 1, 5, 6 (an attempt at thrash), 8, 9 and all the 1990 live stuff are good. (Brad 'Sugar Daddy' Douglas: douglas@hamlet.uncg.edu) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Shonen Knife Title: 712 Production Co: Giant Records Cat#: ROCK-6065-2 Release: 1991 Price: Length: 40'34" (15 tracks) Track Data: 1 Shonen Knife 3:51 2 Lazybone 2:16 3 Diet Run 3:13 4 Blue Oyster Run 2:25 5 Rain 2:57 6 The Luck of the Irish 2:55 7 My Favorite Town Osaka 2:57 8 Faith Healer 2:57 9 Redd Kross 2:37 10 White Flag 1:06 11 Superstar 2:36 12 Expo '90 2:06 13 Fruit Loop Dreams 1:53 14 The Moon World 2:42 15 Baggs 3:50 Goodies: On early copies of this album, the picture on the CD glows in the dark. (I have one! Yee-hah-hah-hah!) Comments: Their third American release. Overall, not a very good album. The first track is a bad attempt at a rap song and the rest of the songs aren't that hot. Tracks #2,3,4&15 are the standouts on this one. (Brad 'Sugar Daddy' Douglas: douglas@hamlet.uncg.edu) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Shonen Knife Title: Let's Knife Production Co: Giant Records Cat#: (UK Release: Rust 001 CD; US Release: V2-86638) Release: 1992 Price: Length: UK Release: 47'03" (15 tracks); US Release: 53'08" (17 tracks) Track Data: 1 Riding On The Rocket 3:51 2 Bear Up Bison 2:16 3 Twist Barbie 3:58 4 Tortoise Brad Pot Cleaner's Theme (sea turtle) 1:44 5 Antonio Baka Guy 2:02 6 Ah, Singapore 2:02 7 Flying Jelly Attack 2:42 8 Black Bass 4:39 9 Cycling Is Fun 4:29 10 Watchin' Girl 2:02 11 I Am A Cat 4:47 12 Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner's Theme (green turtle) 1:24 13 Devil House 3:03 14 Insect Collector 2:49 15 Burning Farm 5:15 16 Get The Wow* 2:22 17 Milky Way* 3:48 Goodies: The British release has a special karaoke disc... Karaoke Disc (5 tracks) 1 Ah, Singapore 2 Devil House 3 Tortoise Brand Pot CleanerUs Theme (sea turtle) 4 I Am A Cat 5 Insect Collector Total time: 14'36" The American release has the starred tracks...the British release doesn't. Comments: Their first all-English album on a major American label. Obviously a studio album, it is an extremely impressive effort, showing what a large budget and a good studio can do for a band (ex. Nirvana). I like this album a lot, although I wished they sung more in Japanese. (Brad 'Sugar Daddy' Douglas: douglas@hamlet.uncg.edu) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Shonen Knife Title: Neon Zebra Production Co: Sub-Pop Records Cat#: SP108 Release: ???? Price: Length: ???? Track Data: 1 Neon Zebra 2 Bear Up Bison Goodies: Comments: A 7" single released through Sub-Pop records. Available only (I think) if you are a member of their Sub-Pop Singles Club, where you receive music by cutting edge alternative bands every month. A good deal if you join, I think. (Brad 'Sugar Daddy' Douglas: douglas@hamlet.uncg.edu) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Shonen Knife Title: Space Christmas Production Co: Twang Records Cat#: TWANG 9 CD Release: 1991 Price: Length: 9U53S (3 tracks) Track Data: 1 Space Christmas 3:08 2 Bear Up Bison 2:07 3 Christmas Message '91 4:58 Goodies: Comments: Another single...with the Christmas Message being the girls talking about their tour in the U.S. and telling everybody to stop sending them jelly beans. "Space Christmas" rocks...one of their best songs. Also, they try to sing "Jingle Bells" and "When You Wish Upon A Star" (donUt ask) and fail miserably...just stick to "Bear Up Bison" girls. (Brad 'Sugar Daddy' Douglas: douglas@hamlet.uncg.edu) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Shonen Knife Title: Riding on the Rocket Production Co: August Records Cat#: CAUG 001 CD Release: 1992 Price: Length: 14'30" (4 tracks) Track Data: 1 Riding on the Rocket 3:49 2 Milky Way 3:47 3 Burning Farm (Long Version) 5:49 4 Riding on the Rocket (Reprise) 1:05 Goodies: Comments: Yet another single with these versions of the songs coming off of "Let's Knife". (Brad 'Sugar Daddy' Douglas: douglas@hamlet.uncg.edu) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------