Rock Animals
{{Infobox album
| name = Rock Animals
| type = studio
| artist = Shonen Knife
| cover = Shonen-Knife-Rock-Animals-238988.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1993|09|08}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock, pop punk
| length = {{Duration|m=48|s=20}}
| label = MCA
| producer = Shonen Knife, Paige Porazzo
| prev_title = Let's Knife
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Brand New Knife
| next_year = 1996
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-animals-mw0000107299|title=Rock Animals - Shonen Knife|work=AllMusic|first=Richie|last=Unterberger|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}
| rev2 = Rolling Stone
| rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/shonenknife/albums/album/232629/review/5940642/rock_animals|title=Shonen Knife: Rock Animals|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Paul|last=Evans|date=March 10, 1994|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605192855/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/shonenknife/albums/album/232629/review/5940642/rock_animals|archivedate=June 5, 2008|url-status=dead|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}
}}
Rock Animals is a studio album by Shonen Knife. It was released on September 8, 1993, in Japan. It peaked at number 59 on the Oricon Albums Chart, as well as number 39 on Billboard{{'}}s Heatseekers Albums chart.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Quavers
| writer1 = Naoko Yamano
| length1 = 3:25
| title2 = Concrete Animals
| writer2 = Yamano
| length2 = 4:29
| title3 = Butterfly Boy
| writer3 = Michie Nakatani
| length3 = 4:59
| title4 = Little Tree
| writer4 = Yamano
| length4 = 3:55
| title5 = Catnip Dream
| writer5 = Nakatani
| length5 = 4:39
| title6 = Tomato Head
| writer6 = Yamano
| length6 = 5:21
| title7 = Another Day
| writer7 = Nakatani
| length7 = 4:36
| title8 = Brown Mushrooms
| writer8 = Yamano
| length8 = 4:36
| title9 = Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
| writer9 = Nakatani
| length9 = 2:48
| title10 = Cobra Versus Mongoose
| writer10 = Yamano
| length10 = 4:15
| title11 = Music Square
| writer11 = Yamano
| length11 = 4:56
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes.
Shonen Knife
- Naoko Yamano – vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Michie Nakatani – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
- Atsuko Yamano – vocals, drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Thurston Moore – guitar (on "Butterfly Boy")
- Millie-Willy – vocals (on "Catnip Dream")
- Motoi Semba – keyboards, computer programming
Production
- Shonen Knife – producer
- Paige Porazzo – producer, executive producer
- Ohji Hayashi – recording engineer
- Jim Waters – recording engineer
- Akio Tanabe – recording engineer, mixing (on "Another Day" and "Music Square")
- Don Fleming – mixing (on all tracks except "Another Day" and "Music Square")
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"| Chart !scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/219379/|title=少年ナイフ|work=Oricon|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829140332/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/219379/|archivedate=August 29, 2011|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}
| 59 |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/shonen-knife/chart-history/tln/|title=Shonen Knife - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}
| 39 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|131165|Rock Animals}}
{{Shonen Knife}}
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