Brand New Knife is a 1997 album by the Japan

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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...

. The Japanese version of this album contains six tracks with English lyrics and seven versions of the tracks with Japanese lyrics. The U.S. version features all 13 tracks in English, with the Japanese versions of the seven tracks featured as bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Naoko Yamano, except where noted.

1. "Explosion!" - 4:10
2. "Wind Your Spring" - 3:27
3. "Perfect World" (Michie Nakatani) - 3:51
4. "E.S.P." - 3:30
5. "Loop Di Loop" (Shonen Knife) - 3:12
6. "Wonder Wine" - 3:11
7. "Magic Joe" - 3:58
8. "Fruits and Vegetables" (Nakatani) - 2:29
9. "Tower of the Sun" - 4:25
10. "Keep on Rockin'" - 4:30
11. "Frogphobia" (Nakatani) - 2:58
12. "Buddha's Face" - 4:51
13. "One Week" - 2:04
14. "Explosion!" [Japanese] - 4:10
15. "Wind Your Spring" [Japanese] - 3:26
16. "E.S.P." [Japanese] - 3:29
17. "Wonder Wine" [Japanese] - 3:10
18. "Fruits and Vegetables" [Japanese] (Nakatani) - 2:30
19. "Tower of the Sun" [Japanese] - 4:24
20. "Frogphobia" [Japanese] (Nakatani) - 2:59

Personnel

• Josh Achziger – assistant engineer
• Vicki Berndt – photography
• Dean Brownrout – executive producer
• Atzshi Evina – art direction, design
• Michael Gibson – assistant engineer
• Hiroyuki Iwata – supervisor
• Michie Nakatani – bass guitar, vocals
• The Robb Brothers – producer, engineer, mixing
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Atsuko Yamano – percussion, drums, vocals
• Naoko Yamano – guitar, vocals, Mellotron