''Shonen Knife'' is a 1990 release by

Shonen Knife Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981. Influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the band crafts stripped-down songs with simple yet unconventional ...

compiling their first two albums, ''

Burning Farm ''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 ...

'' (1983) and ''

Yama-no Attchan is the second album released by Japanese pop punk band Shonen Knife and is almost exclusively in Japanese. The album was named after Atsuko, their drummer, the honorific "-chan" being added. The title thus functions as a pun, since the drummer' ...

'' (1984), for the US market. It was released with an accompanying booklet containing the names of each song translated from Japanese to English.

Track listing

#"Watchin’ Girl" #"Banana Fish" #"Miracles" #"Parallel Woman" #"Twist Barbie" #"Elephant Pao Pao" #"Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner’s Theme" #"Animal Song" #"A Day At The Factory" #"Burning Farm" #"An Angel Has Come" #"Cycling Is Fun" #"Elmar Elevator" #"Banana Leaf" #"Chinese Song" #"Flying Jelly Attack" #"Cannibal Papaya" #"Dali’s Sunflower" #"Insect Collector" #"Bye Bye" #"Parrot Polynesia"

References

{{Authority control 1990 compilation albums Shonen Knife compilation albums