Yama no Attchan

by Shonen Knife

Overview

The year between the recording of their first record, 1983's Burning Farm, and their second, 1984's Yama-no Attchan, allowed Shonen Knife to improve their musicianship a touch. Not enough to mess up their innocent charm, but enough to make this record an improvement over their already quite good debut. The songs are just a bit stronger too. "Cycling Is Fun" bounces along on a near-Motown beat the likes of which they couldn't have done a year earlier, "Chinese Song" betrays the influence of dub punk like the Slits and the Raincoats, "Flying Jelly Attack" sports a killer bubblegum chorus and some tight riffing, and "Dali's Sunflower" betrays some heavy metal influence thanks to heavy power chords and guest guitarist Yasushi Utsunomiya's guitar mangling. The lyrical topics are just as wacky, though, covering insect collecting, leaves, cycling and cannibal plants. All in all, a stronger record than Burning Farm; more joyous, more memorable and more fun. Together they play like the blueprint for much of the American indie pop of the '80s and '90s. [As on Burning Farm a few of the songs here -- "Cycling Is Fun," "Insect Collector" and "Flying Jelly Attack" -- were re-recorded for 1993's Let's Knife]. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	10/07/2016
Label:	Oglio Records
UPC:	0790058160916
Rank:	68294

Tracks

1. An Angel Has Come
2. Cycling Is Fun
3. Elmar Elevator
4. Banana Leaf
5. Chinese Song
6. Flying Jelly Attack
7. Cannibal Papaya
8. Dali's Sunflower
9. Insect Collector
10. Bye Bye
11. Flying Jelly Attack
12. Insect Collector

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Shonen Knife   Primary Artist
Michie Nakatani   Guitar (Bass),Bass,Vocals
Junpei Taniguchi   Synthesizer
Ichiya Nakamura   Guitar,Guitar (Bass),Slide Guitar,Bass
Naoko Yamano   Guitar,Vocals
Atsuko Yamano   Vocals (Background),Drums

Technical Credits

Taku Ishii   Audio Production,Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Shonen Knife   Audio Production,Producer,Photography
Ichiya Nakamura   Composer,Direction
Ohji Hayashi   Remastering
Naoko Yamano   Artwork,Composer,Group Member
Michie Nakatani   Composer,Group Member
Shin Hirakawa   Executive Producer
Yasue Shinomiya   Photography
Yumiko Okada   Design,Art Direction
Atsuko Yamano   Group Member
Yasushi Utsunomiya   Restoration