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Rock Animals

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Rock Animals
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 8, 1993 (1993-09-08)
GenreIndie rock, pop punk
Length48:20
LabelMCA
ProducerShonen Knife, Paige Porazzo
Shonen Knife chronology
Let's Knife
(1992)
Rock Animals
(1993)
Brand New Knife
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Quavers"Naoko Yamano3:25
2."Concrete Animals"Yamano4:29
3."Butterfly Boy"Michie Nakatani4:59
4."Little Tree"Yamano3:55
5."Catnip Dream"Nakatani4:39
6."Tomato Head"Yamano5:21
7."Another Day"Nakatani4:36
8."Brown Mushrooms"Yamano4:36
9."Johnny, Johnny, Johnny"Nakatani2:48
10."Cobra Versus Mongoose"Yamano4:15
11."Music Square"Yamano4:56

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes.

Shonen Knife

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

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Chart Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 59
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[4] 39

References

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  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Rock Animals - Shonen Knife". AllMusic. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Evans, Paul (March 10, 1994). "Shonen Knife: Rock Animals". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "少年ナイフ". Oricon. Archived from the original on August 29, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Shonen Knife - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
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