Explosion EP [EP]

Shonen Knife

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 9, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Big Deal Records
• ASIN: B000000ICU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #292,486 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Pop Album of 1997!, June 13, 1998

By A Customer

My husband and I have been listening to Shonen Knife for several years, but when this album was released, we became hard-core fans! This music is so fun, so upbeat, and so 80's new wave, that you just can't stop listening! The catchy songs will be in your mind long after you've listened to the CD. And now that the girls have a greater command of the English language, you can easily learn the lyrics and sing along! And, as a bonus, several of the songs are repeated and sung in Japanese at the end of the CD! I highly recommend this CD; it's a shame that Shonen Knife really isn't known in the U.S.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Best, March 16, 2009

By	Pseudonym (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

BRAND NEW KNIFE may be Shonen Knife's most consistent and deeply-felt album, and "Explosion" is the single from that CD. I'm not sure if that means it's SK's greatest track, but this a catchy burst of rock'n'roll energy - as if the band had been holding it all in until these tracks. This would be the band's last full-length album before Michie's departure, and it represents a flowering of their songwriting and performing craft.