Shonen Knife Discography

By Djenar Siti

Shonen Knife (少年ナイフ, Shōnen Naifu; lit. "Boy knife") is an influential all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, The Beach Boys, and early punk rock acts, such as The Ramones, the trio crafts stripped-down songs expressing infectious melodies and simplistic, exuberant lyrics sung both in Japanese and English.

Despite their pop-oriented nature, the trio maintains a distinctly underground garage rock sound rooted in edgy instrumentation and D.I.Y. aesthetics, which over the course of their 27-year career has earned them a solid, worldwide cult following and made avid fans out of seminal '90s alternative rock acts such as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and Redd Kross. The band has been credited with making "the international pop underground more international" by "opening it up to bands from Japan". They have also performed as a Ramones tribute band under the name The Osaka Ramones.

Origin Osaka, Japan
Genres Pop-punk, alternative rock, indie pop, post-punk
Years active 1981–present

Albums:

Minna Tanoshiku
1982

Burning Farm
1983
19mb
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Yama-no Attchan
1984
42mb
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Pretty Little Baka Guy
1986
43mb
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712
1991
37mb
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Let's Knife
1992
51mb
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Rock Animals
1993
44mb
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The Birds & the B-Sides
1996
71mb
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Brand New Knife
1997
65mb
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Happy Hour
1998

Happy Hour (Europe)
41mb
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Happy Hour (Japan)
47mb
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Strawberry Sound
2000
42mb
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Heavy Songs
2002
58mb
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Candy Rock
2003



Genki Shock!
2006
74mb
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fun! fun! fun!
2007

Super Group
2008

Free Time
2010



Singles:
Brown Mushrooms
1993
18mb
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Banana Chips
1998
16mb
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Other Songs:
It's A New Find
Ultra Mix
Banana Fish (Japanese)
Buttercup ( I'm A Super Girl)
Parrot Polynesia
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Top Of The World
27mb
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