is the second album released by Japanese

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band

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 ...

and is almost exclusively in Japanese. The album was named after Atsuko, their drummer, the

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"-chan" being added.1989 interview
/ref> The title thus functions as a pun, since the drummer's name, when rendered in the traditional Japanese style, is Yamano Atsuko. The original Japanese 8" vinyl (Zero Records 0-0584) includes 10 songs. The CD reissue bonus tracks are either "Flying Jelly Attack" and "Insect Collector" live (Oglio Records, USA), or "Secret Dance" and "Flying Saucer Attack" (MCA Victor, Japan). The reissue version of this album does not feature the original version of "Dalí's Sunflower" - it contains a more recently recorded version. The 1990 compilation album "Shonen Knife" features the entire album with the original version of "Dali's Sunflower" as well as the album "Burning Farm".

Track listing

#"An Angel Has Come" #"Cycling Is Fun" #"Elmar Elevator" #"Banana Leaf" #"Chinese Song" #"Flying Jelly Attack" #"Cannibal Papaya" #"Dalí's Sunflower" #"Insect Collector" #"Bye Bye"

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 *

Michie Nakatani (born October 8, 1961) is a Japanese retired musician, best known as one of the founding members of the Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife. Biography Nakatani was born in Osaka, Japan, the only child of a homemaker mother and an accountant ...

- bass, keyboards, vocals *

Atsuko Yamano (born February 22, 1964) is a Japanese musician, best known as a member of the pop-punk band Shonen Knife. She formed the band in 1981 at age 17, along with her sister Naoko Yamano and Michie Nakatani. In the first incarnation of the band she ...

- drums, backing vocals

References

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