Rock Animals
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Rock Animals | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 8, 1993 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, pop punk | |||
Length | 48:20 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Shonen Knife, Paige Porazzo | |||
Shonen Knife chronology | ||||
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Rock Animals is a studio album by Shonen Knife. It was released on September 8, 1993, in Japan.[3] It peaked at number 59 on the Oricon Albums Chart,[3] as well as number 39 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[4]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Quavers" | Naoko Yamano | 3:25 |
2. | "Concrete Animals" | Yamano | 4:29 |
3. | "Butterfly Boy" | Michie Nakatani | 4:59 |
4. | "Little Tree" | Yamano | 3:55 |
5. | "Catnip Dream" | Nakatani | 4:39 |
6. | "Tomato Head" | Yamano | 5:21 |
7. | "Another Day" | Nakatani | 4:36 |
8. | "Brown Mushrooms" | Yamano | 4:36 |
9. | "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny" | Nakatani | 2:48 |
10. | "Cobra Versus Mongoose" | Yamano | 4:15 |
11. | "Music Square" | Yamano | 4:56 |
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from the liner notes.
Shonen Knife
- Naoko Yamano – vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Michie Nakatani – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
- Atsuko Yamano – vocals, drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Thurston Moore – guitar (on "Butterfly Boy")
- Millie-Willy – vocals (on "Catnip Dream")
- Motoi Semba – keyboards, computer programming
Production
- Shonen Knife – producer
- Paige Porazzo – producer, executive producer
- Ohji Hayashi – recording engineer
- Jim Waters – recording engineer
- Akio Tanabe – recording engineer, mixing (on "Another Day" and "Music Square")
- Don Fleming – mixing (on all tracks except "Another Day" and "Music Square")
Charts
[edit]Chart | Peak position |
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Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] | 59 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[4] | 39 |
References
[edit]- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Rock Animals - Shonen Knife". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
- ^ Evans, Paul (March 10, 1994). "Shonen Knife: Rock Animals". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
- ^ a b c "少年ナイフ". Oricon. Archived from the original on August 29, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
- ^ a b "Shonen Knife - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Rock Animals at Discogs (list of releases)