Rock Animals

Rock Animals
Studio album by Shonen Knife
Released	January 25, 1994
Genre	Pop punk, post punk, indie rock
Length	48:20
Label	Virgin, MCA, Creation
Producer	Shonen Knife, Paige Porazzo
Shonen Knife chronology
Let's Knife (1992) Rock Animals (1994) Brand New Knife (1997)

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Rock Animals is a 1994 album by the Japanese all-female rock trio Shonen Knife. It features Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore on the song "Butterfly Boy". A vinyl copy of the album was found on Kurt Cobain's turntable when his body was found in April 1994, and it is generally believed that it is the last album he listened to before he died.

Track listing

All songs written by Naoko Yamano, except where noted.

1. "Quavers" 3:25
2. "Concrete Animals" 4:29
3. "Butterfly Boy" (Michie Nakatani) 4:59
4. "Little Tree" 3:55
5. "Catnip Dream" (Nakatani) 4:39
6. "Tomato Head" 5:21
7. "Another Day" (Nakatani) 4:36
8. "Brown Mushrooms" 4:36
9. "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny" (Nakatani) 2:48
10. "Cobra Versus Mongoose" 4:15
11. "Music Square" 4:56

Personnel^[1]

Shonen Knife

• Naoko Yamano: Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica
• Michie Nakatani: Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
• Atsuko Yamano: Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Additional Personnel

• Thurston Moore: Additional Guitars
• Millie-Willy: Additional Vocals ("Kitty-Cat" vocals on "Catnip Dream")
• Motoi Semba: Keyboards and Computer Programming

Production

• Executive Producer: Paige Porazzo
• Produced by Shonen Knife and Paige Porazzo
• Recording Engineers: Akio Tanabe, Ohji Hayashi and Jim Waters
• Mixed by Don Fleming, except tracks 7 and 11 (mixed by Akio Tanabe)

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