Shonen Knife discography

Shonen Knife discography

Shonen Knife performing at the Town Pump, Vancouver.
Releases
↙Studio albums	15
↙Live albums	1
↙Compilation albums	5
↙EPs	6
↙Singles	13
↙Tribute and cover albums	2

This is the comprehensive listing of releases by Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife.

Albums

Notes:

• From '712' onwards, if there was a U.S. release, it had all songs with Japanese lyrics rerecorded in English.

Pre-major record label

Year	Album details
1982	Minna Tanoshiku Release date: August 15, 1982 Label: Independent Format: Cassette
1983	Burning Farm Release date: July 21, 1983 US re-release date: June 1985 Label: Zero Records/K Records Format: LP/CD
1984	Yama-no Attchan Release date: May 25, 1984 Label: Zero Format: LP/CD
1986	Pretty Little Baka Guy Release date: June 20, 1986 Re-release date: September 25, 1991 Label: Zero/Tokuma Japan Format: LP/CD
1991	712 Release date: July 1, 1991 US re-release date: August 1991 Label: Nippon Crown/Gasatanka/Rockville Format: CD

Major Record Label - Original Lineup

Year	Album details
1992	Let's Knife Release date: August 29, 1992 US release date: January 26, 1993 Label: MCA Victor/Capitol Records Format: CD
1993	Rock Animals Release date: September 8, 1993 UK release date: January 10, 1994 US release date: January 25, 1994 Label: MCA Victor/Creation-August Records/Virgin Format: CD
1996	Brand New Knife Release date: August 21, 1996 US release date: March 13, 1997 Label: MCA Victor/Big Deal Format: CD
1998	Happy Hour Release date: June 24, 1998 Label: Big Deal Format: CD/cassette

Major Record Label - Naoko and Atsuko

Year	Album details
2000	Strawberry Sound Release date: February 20, 2000 Label: Universal/MCA Format: CD
2002	Heavy Songs Release date: February 2002 Label: Confidential Format: CD
2003	Candy Rock Release date: May 22, 2003 Label: Warner Indies Network Format: CD
2005	Genki Shock! Release date: June 3, 2005 US release date: Apr 11, 2006 Label: Glue Factory Format: CD

Major Record Label -- Naoko and Etsuko

Year	Album details
2007	fun! fun! fun! Release date: July 6, 2007 Label: Blues Interactions Format: CD

Major Record Label -- Naoko, Etsuko and Ritsuko

Year	Album details
2007	Super Group Release date: August 11, 2007 Label: P-Vine Format: CD
2010	Free Time Release date: January 2010 Label: P-Vine Format: CD

Extended plays

Year	EP details
1991	We Are Very Happy You Came Release date: 1991 Label: Creation/August Format:
1992	Do the Knife Release date: December 2, 1992 Label: MCA Victor Format: CD
1994	Favorites Release date: March 2, 1994 Label: MCA Victor Format: CD
	Knife Collectors Release date: May 31, 1994 Reissue: April 12, 1996 Label: Virgin/Fanclub Format: CD
1997	It's A New Find Release date: April 23, 1997 Label: Format: CD
	Explosion! Release date: September 9, 1997 Label: Big Deal Format: CD

Singles

Year	Title	Album
1991	"Neon Zebra"	712
	"Space Christmas"	Do the Knife
	"A Shonen Knife Christmas Record for You"	non-album single
1992	"Riding on the Rocket"	Let's Knife
1993	"Get the Wow"
	"Concrete Animals"	Rock Animals
	"Brown Mushrooms"
1994	"Tomato Head"
1996	"Wonder Wine"	Brand New Knife
	"E.S.P."
1998	"Banana Chips"	Happy Hour
1999	"All I Want for Christmas"
2001	"Orange Sun"

Live albums

• (1991) We Are Very Happy You Came - live mini-album
• (2001) Power of Money - Burning Farm: BF-2CT) - rare cassette only album with Mana Nishiura
• (2006) Live In Osaka - The first completely live album by Shonen Knife

Compilations

Rarities Compilations

• (1996) The Birds & The B-Sides - collection of B-sides and variants

Greatest Hits Compilations

• (1990) Shonen Knife - Compilation of first two albums
• (1995) Greatest History - Compilation only available in Japan
• (2000) Millennium Edition - compilation of material from 1996-1999 plus three unreleased versions of songs from Strawberry Sound
• (2006) Universal Hits-Golden Best - Two-disk compilation

Remix albums

• (1997) Super Mix - compilation of remixes
• (1999) Ultra Mix - compilation of remixes

Other

• (1987) Flipside Vinyl Fanzine vol. 3 - punk compilation features the song Cycling is Fun
• (1994) If I Were a Carpenter - tribute album to The Carpenters featured a cover of Top of the World
• (1997) Mint Sound Greatest Hits Volume One - compilation features the song Flying Jelly Attack
• (1998) Blade - film features the song "Ah, Singapore"
• (2000) The Powerpuff Girls Heroes and Villains - Contribute the song Buttercup (I'm a Super Girl)

External links

• Official Shonen Knife Discography (Japanese)
• Official Shonen Knife Discography
• Official Shonen Knife Biography