Happy Hour [Import]

Shonen Knife, ??KNIFE | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 29, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mca Japan
• ASIN: B0000089AJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #794,371 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shonen Knife Planet

2. Konnichiwa

3. Cookie Dry

4. Hot Chocolate

5. Sushi Bar Song

6. Fish Eyes

7. Banana Chips

8. Dolly

9. Jackalope

10. Gyoza

11. Catch Your Buss

12. People Traps

13. His Pet

14. Cookie Dry

15. Sushi Bar Song

16. Banana Chips

17. Dolly(English)

18. People Traps

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Banana Chip for ME! Banana Chip for YOU!, June 13, 2000

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Sean (Edmonton, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Happy Hour (Audio CD)

Shonen Knife's best album by far in my opinion. Their songs about different foods like Cookie Day, Hot Chocolate, Sushi Bar, Fish Eyes, and Banana Chips are all songs that can easily be stuck in your head for days. The music itself is simple, but Shonen Knife can give it that unique, come back to sound. Shonen Knife also does a cover of "Daydream Believer" that is perfectly done. Compared to other Knife CD's like 712, this sounds more professionally done, better sound quality... even the writing of the songs seems to be fulfilled much better, the growth of an artist perhaps.

If there is anyone who can resist "banana chips for you, banana chips for me, in the afternoon banana chips and tea..." step up to the plate and tell me. Its a catchy J-Pop album worth every penny.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "My God, I've got Fish Eyes!", December 2, 1999

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happydogpotatohead "happydogpotatohead" (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Happy Hour (Audio CD)

Naoko, Michie and Atsuko once again grace our dismal planet with another communique from Shonen Knife Planet. If you can listen to this CD and not develop a goofy smile on your face, you are certainly completely humorless. Musically there's a little more Cheap Trick influence, and the power-pop moves definitely work for them. This is also the last CD to feature bassist Michie Nakatani, who has decided to retire from the Knife, and she acquits herself admirably with the songs she contributes here. For the uninitiated this is a good place to start, and the Shonen Knife fan will already have this. Pure power-punk-pop that outdistances even such practitioners as Green Day and the Groovie Goolies, and you can't argue with lyrics about sending postcards and drinking hot chocolate. Not to mention the song about waking up with fish eyes and having everyone ask you about your "new views." Totally zany and fun. Bang your head to "Konnichiwa" and you will know the true meaning of "rock out."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars makes me hungry..lol, January 21, 2002

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tasuki-chan (universe of the four gods) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Happy Hour (Audio CD)

very silly, mostly about food, such as sushi bar or hot chocolate. i luv dis cd, its funny, so u'll find out why it was called happy hour..very great!