Happy Hour

by Shonen Knife

Happy Hour cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 June 1998
  • Label: Big Deal Records
  • Country: Japan
  • Community rating: 3.35/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A Japanese pop punk album by all-female trio Shonen Knife, 'Happy Hour' carries a cover designed by artist Yoshitomo Nara. Its food-obsessed, power pop songs are sung in English with the band's characteristic economy and humor.

Genres

Descriptors: food, fast, lo-fi, dissonant, melodic, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Shonen Knife Planet
  2. Konnichiwa
  3. Cookie Day
  4. Hot Chocolate
  5. Sushi Bar
  6. Fish Eyes
  7. Banana Chips
  8. Dolly
  9. Jackalope
  10. Gyoza
  11. Catch Your Bus
  12. People Traps
  13. His Pet
  14. Daydream Believer

Credits

  • Yoshitomo Nara - artwork, cover
  • Tomoko Itoki - promotion [international marketing]
  • Michie Nakatani - vocals, bass, words by, music by
  • Atsuko Yamano - vocals, drums
  • Naoko Yamano - vocals, guitar, bass, words by, music by
  • John Stewart - words by, music by

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