Super æ
{{Infobox album
| name = Super æ
| type = studio
| artist = Boredoms
| cover = Superae.JPG
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1998|5|25}}
| recorded = March 1996–March 1998
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flat list|
| length = {{Duration|m=68|s=26}}
| label = Warner Music Japan (JP)
Birdman (US)
| producer = {{hlist|Masanobu Kondo|Yamantaka Eye}}
| prev_title = Super Go!!!!!
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Super Roots 7
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = Super ae special.gif
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Deluxe edition liquid-filled cover
}}
}}
Super æ (sometimes written as Super Ae or Super Are) is the fifth studio album by Boredoms, released in 1998. It was named the 44th greatest album of the 1990s by Pitchfork.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/?page=6|title=Top 100 Albums of the 1990s|website=Pitchfork|date=November 17, 2003|access-date=October 23, 2011|page=6}}
Title
The correct pronunciation of the album's title is often debated, although according to The New Yorker{{'}}s pop-music critic Sasha Frere-Jones, group frontman Yamantaka Eye has stated that the correct articulation of the "æ" symbol is simply "ah" or "ugh".{{cite video|people=Matt Dillinger, Sasha Frere-Jones|date=|title=Never Boring|url=http://www.vicerecords.com/download/never_boring.mp3|format=mp3|publisher=newyorker.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/super-ae-mw0000044686|title=Super Ae – Boredoms|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=July 11, 2017|last=Raggett|first=Ned}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 9.5/10{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15599-super-are|title=Boredoms: Super Are|website=Pitchfork|access-date=August 14, 2014|last=Richard-San|first=Mark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418131754/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15599-super-are|archive-date=April 18, 2008|url-status=dead}}
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Boredoms|last=Wolk|first=Douglas|author-link=Douglas Wolk|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-link=Christian Hoard|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/95 95–96]}}
}}
Ned Raggett of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying: "Taking some more of the prog/Kraut influences that crept into earlier efforts while still firing up the amps all around, Eye and his cohorts (forming a core quintet this time around) once again become the most out-there band in the world." Writing for The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, Douglas Wolk gave the album 4 stars out of 5. He called it "a pounding, astounding psychedelic masterwork, the raw power of Boredoms' early records harnessed and directed into sustained riff-laden sun worship."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Super You
| length1 = 7:37
| title2 = Super Are
| length2 = 8:30
| title3 = Super Going
| length3 = 12:24
| title4 = Super Coming
| length4 = 12:17
| title5 = Super Are You
| length5 = 8:47
| title6 = Super Shine
| length6 = 12:45
| title7 = Super Good
| length7 = 6:06
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Yamantaka Eye – synthesizer, percussion, vocals, production, loops, electronics
- Hira – bass guitar, percussion, vocals
- Yamamoto Seiichi – guitar, vocals
- Yoshimi P-We – synthesizer, percussion, trumpet, vocals, Casio keyboard
- Atari – drums, samples, percussion
- EDA – drums, electronic percussion
- Masanobu Kondo – executive production
- Masayo Takise – mastering
- Kazvnori Akita – design
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|8615}}
{{Boredoms}}
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