Rock Animals

Rock Animals
Studio album by Shonen Knife
Released September 8, 1993 (1993-09-08)
Genre Indie rock, pop punk
Length 48:20
Label MCA
Producer Shonen Knife, Paige Porazzo
Shonen Knife chronology
Let's Knife
(1992)Let's Knife1992		 Rock Animals
(1993)		 Brand New Knife
(1996)Brand New Knife1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Rock Animals is a studio album by Shonen Knife. It was originally 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]

A rumor has emerged that a vinyl copy of the album was found on Kurt Cobain's turntable when his body was found in April 1994, making it the last album he listened to before he committed suicide.[5]

Track listing

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

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

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

References

  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. 1 2 3 "少年ナイフ". Oricon. Archived from the original on August 29, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Shonen Knife - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ Bracelin, Jason (May 18, 2017). "Japan's indie rockers Shonen Knife aim to make you smile". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
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