''Free Time'' is an album by the female
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Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981. Influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the band crafts stripped-down songs with simple yet unconventional lyr ...
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It was released in Japan on January 6, 2010. An English version was released in the United States on November 9, 2010, by Good Charamel Records. It was released in Europe on July 11, 2011, with different cover art.
Track listing
# "Perfect Freedom"
# "Rock 'n' Roll Cake"
# "Economic Crisis"
# "Do You Happen to Know"
# "Capybara"
# "An Old Stationary Shop"
# "Monster Jellyfish"
# "P.Y.O."
# "Love Song"
# "Star"
The English version CD, for the United States and Europe, has English versions of all the above songs, plus two extra songs:
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"Rock N Roll Cake" (Alternative Version)
#"Capybara" (Techno Version)
Personnel
*Naoko Yamano
is a Japanese musician, best known as a founding member, singer/guitarist, and primary songwriter for the pop-punk band Shonen Knife. She is the only member of the band to have remained throughout its entire history. After briefly working as a r ...
- guitar, vocals
*Ritsuko Taneda
is a Japanese people, Japanese musician, best known as the bass guitarist and rhythm guitarist for the pop punk band Shonen Knife from 2006 to 2016. Before joining Shonen Knife, she was a guitarist and vocalist for the J-Pop groups Keihan Girl a ...
- bass, backing vocals
*Etsuko Nakanishi - drums, backing vocals
References
External links
Jrawk review of the album
Official Shonen Knife website (in Japanese and English)
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Shonen Knife albums
2009 albums
P-Vine Records albums