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Released
  
July 21, 1983

Artist
  
Shonen Knife

Label
  
Oglio Records

Burning Farm (1983)
  
Yama-no Attchan (1984)

Release date
  
21 July 1983

Genre
  
Pop punk

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Recorded
  
March 20 - June 6, 1983

Producer
  
Shonen Knife and Shin Hirakawa

Similar
  
Shonen Knife albums, Pop punk albums

Shonen knife burning farm 1983 k records


Burning Farm is the first album by Shonen Knife. It is almost entirely in Japanese, with only "Twist Barbie" on the original release in English. The Japanese 8" vinyl (Zero Records 0-0783) had eight songs. The CD re-issue bonus tracks "Parrot Polynesia", "Watchin' Girl" and "Banana Fish" first appeared on the Zero Records compilation LP Aura Music in November 1983.

Contents

The other CD bonus songs are either "Watchin' Girl" and "Twist Barbie" live (Oglio Records, USA), or "Ukkari Hachibei" and a cover of The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" (MCA Victor, Japan).

The album's cover was painted by bass guitarist Michie Nakatani.

There are at least two pressings of the 8 inch record, with different labels and back covers. One back is black with a live photo, the other is yellow with a posed group photo. Both pressings misspell the third track as "Twist Barbie".

K Records released, in small quantities, Burning Farm on audiocassette in the USA with a different cover and track listing, described below. Kurt Cobain listed it in his top fifty albums of all time.

Shonen knife burning farm 1983 full album


Track listing

All songs written by Naoko Yamano, except where noted.

  1. "Miracles" (Michie Nakatani) - 2:16
  2. "Parallel Woman" - 2:58
  3. "Twist Barbie" - 2:34
  4. "Elephant Pao Pao" - 2:15
  5. "Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner" - 0:52
  6. "Animal Song" (Nakatani) - 2:09
  7. "A Day At The Factory" - 3:41
  8. "Burning Farm" - 4:30

K Records cassette version:

  1. "Watchin' Girl" (Nakatani) - 1:58
  2. "Miracles" - 2:16
  3. "Parallel Woman" - 2:58
  4. "Twist Birbie" (sic) - 2:34
  5. "A Day At The Factory" - 3:41
  6. "Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner's Theme" - 0:52
  7. "Animal Song" - 2:09
  8. "Banana Fish" (Nakatani) - 2:04
  9. "Elephant Pao Pao" - 2:15
  10. "Parrot Polynesia" - 3:07
  11. "Burning Farm" - 4:30

Credits

  • Naoko Yamano: vocals, guitar
  • Atsuko Yamano: drums, backing vocals
  • Michie Nakatani: bass guitar, vocals
  • Percussion on "Burning Farm": Kaoru Okuda, Hiroaki Fukumaru, Kazujisa Fukumaru
  • Percussion on "Parrott Polynesia": Shin Hirakawa

    • Songs

    パラレル・ウ・マン
    Twist Barbie
    象のパオパオ

    References

    Burning Farm Wikipedia
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