Super Group
Encyclopedia
Super Group is an album by the female Japan
ese rock
trio Shonen Knife
. It was released in Japan on 7 November 2008, in the USA on 20 May 2009, and in the UK and Euruope in 2010. The original Japanese CD issue was released as a mini-LP cartoon package with a gatefold and poster inside.
The album contains Shonen Knife typical Ramones
-like pop punk and a cover of Paul McCartney
's tune "Jet".
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
trio Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife, written in Japanese characters as 少年ナイフ, which transliterates as Shōnen Naifu, literally "Boy Knife," is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981...
. It was released in Japan on 7 November 2008, in the USA on 20 May 2009, and in the UK and Euruope in 2010. The original Japanese CD issue was released as a mini-LP cartoon package with a gatefold and poster inside.
The album contains Shonen Knife typical Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
-like pop punk and a cover of Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
's tune "Jet".
Track listing
- "Super Group"
- "Slug"
- "Muddy Bubbles Hell"
- "Deer Biscuits"
- "BBQ Party"
- "Pyramid Power"
- "Time Warp"
- "Na Na Na"
- "Your Guitar"
- "JetJet (song)"Jet" is a song by Paul McCartney & Wings from their album Band on the Run. The song peaked at number 7 in both the British and American charts on 30 March 1974. Along with "Helen Wheels" and "Junior's Farm", it is another McCartney song where his primary inspiration for composing the song arose in...
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Bonus tracks
- "Evil Birds" (US version)
- "Lazybone (Live)" (UK version)
- "Muddy Bubbles Hell (Live)" (UK version)
- "Riding on the Rocket (Live)" (UK version)
Personnel
- Naoko YamanoNaoko Yamanois a member and founder of the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife.-Biography:Naoko formed Shonen Knife in the December of 1981 in Osaka, Japan with her sister Atsuko Yamano and her friend Michie Nakatani. Naoko and Michie had developed a friendship while attending college together...
– lead vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Ritsuko TanedaRitsuko Tanedais a Japanese musician currently serving as bassist for pop punk group Shonen Knife. She toured with the band off and on for two years prior to 2008. When Atsuko Yamano, one of the band's founding members, decided to step down in 2008, Taneda was made permanent bassist for the band...
– bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals - Etsuko NakanishiEtsuko Nakanishiis a drummer known most recently for being in the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife. She initially began her career with Shonen Knife as one of many temporary drummers, first playing with the group on January 30, 2005 during a show in Osaka with The Shins...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, backing vocals