Strawberry Sound is an album by the female Japanese rock group Shonen Knife, released in 2000.[4][5] It was their first album without founding member Michie Nakatani.[3] It was released only in Japan.[6]

Strawberry Sound
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2000
GenrePop-punk
LabelUniversal Victor[1]
Shonen Knife chronology
Happy Hour
(1998)
Strawberry Sound
(2000)
Heavy Songs
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

Rodney Greenblat (who is known for Parappa the Rapper) created the cover artwork.

Critical reception

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AllMusic wrote that the album "starts out in a familiarly lo-fi punk vein, with the buzzsaw guitars and cute, nonsensical lyrics of 'Buggy Bug' defiantly signaling business as usual for the Osaka pop-punk group."[2]

Track listing

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All songs written by Naoko Yamano, except "Mosquitoes" by Naoko Yamano/Atsuko Yamano.

  1. "Side 1"
  2. "Buggy Bug"
  3. "Wild Life"
  4. "Nya Nya"
  5. "Gokiburu" (Cockroach Mannerism)
  6. "Super Big Black Bass"
  7. "CM Song" (Commercial Message Song)
  8. "Side 2"
  9. "Punk Rock Star"
  10. "Sesame"
  11. "Kaiki Game" (Mysterious Game)
  12. "Chinese Disco"
  13. "Mosquitoes"
  14. "Mayonnaise Addiction"
  15. "Synthesizer (Bubble Houkai)" (Bubble Collapse)
  16. "untitled" ('Side ___' out-take)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Shonen Knife". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Strawberry Sound - Shonen Knife | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 427.
  4. ^ "Shonen Knife | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Denise (May 14, 2001). Rip it Up!: Rock & Roll Rulebreakers. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306359 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / Shonen Knife makes its point with positive punk". archive.boston.com.