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Pretty Little Baka Guy (Remastered) (Bonus Tracks),Shonen Knife

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Shonen Knife
Released 2005

Kappa Ex. (Live)
02:46
73 plays

Making Plans For Bison
02:06
265 plays

I Wanna Eat Chocobars
01:40
230 plays

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songs

- 1
- Making Plans For Bison
- 02:06
- 265 plays

- 2
- Summertime Boogie
- 02:19
- 144 plays

- 3
- I Wanna Eat Chocobars
- 01:40
- 230 plays

- 4
- Public Bath
- 02:03
- 160 plays

- 5
- Devil House
- 03:06
- 112 plays

- 6
- Antonio Baka Guy
- 01:28
- 156 plays

- 7
- Ice Cream City
- 02:43
- 170 plays

- 8
- Ah, Singapore
- 01:10
- 117 plays

- 9
- Riding On The Rocket
- 02:03
- 155 plays

- 10
- Kappa Ex.
- 02:56
- 116 plays

- 11
- Riding On The Rocket (Live)
- 02:32
- 102 plays

- 12
- Kappa Ex. (Live)
- 02:46
- 73 plays

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album review

Anyone doubting the authenticity of Shonen Knife as legit alternative rockers should direct their attentions to this title, which couples their 1986 Pretty Little Baka Guy LP with bonus live versions of two of the LP's tracks, "Riding on the Rocket" and "Kappa Ex." The ten studio sides perfectly demonstrate the band's quirky, if not terminally catchy, approach to crafting pop melodies. Their grunge-inspired instrumentation and D.I.Y. execution give the material a rough and edgy quality. Lyrically, the Knife are all over the place, ranging from the ecological concerns of "Making Plans for Bison" to the confessions of a sweet-tooth on "I Wanna Eat Chocobars" and the fun little romp on "Ice Cream City." The angular and trippy "Public Bath" extols the virtues of the decidedly Eastern tradition of public bathing facilities in a manner that only they can pull off. As for the live tracks, what they lack in fidelity is more than compensated for in sheer inspiration. This is a recommended find for any and all prospective parties, and has been reissued on CD several times since initially surfacing in 1991 on the indie Rockville Records label in a version that, incidentally, included eight live tracks rather than two. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide