New Album Explained

New Album
Type:studio
Artist:Boris
Cover:New Album (Boris).jpg
Length:45:39
Label:Tearbridge, Daymare, Sargent House
Producer:Shinobu Narita
Prev Title:Klatter
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:Heavy Rocks
Next Year:2011

New Album is the fifteenth studio album by the Japanese experimental band Boris. The album was released in Japan on March 16, 2011, on CD through Tearbridge (an imprint of major label Avex) and on double LP through Daymare Recordings, and was released worldwide with a different mix and track list through Sargent House on November 25, 2011.[1] The CD and LP feature different versions of several tracks.[2]

The label released the song "Party Boy" prior to the album, which also appears in an altered form on Attention Please. Other tracks shared with that album are "Hope" and "Spoon".[3] The album also shares the tracks "Jackson Head" and "Tu, La La" with Heavy Rocks. "Black Original" has appeared on Japanese Heavy Rock Hits with different instrumentation than the two versions used for this release.

Spin put up a full stream of the Sargent House CD version on November 29, 2011.[4]

Track listing

Sargent House CD

Personnel

Pressing history

YearLabelFormatCountryOut of Print?Notes
2011TearbridgeCDJapanNo
2011Daymare2xLPJapanNoLtd. 700
2011Sargent HouseCD/LPUSNo

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boris. Pitchfork.
  2. https://www.auralexploits.com/product09_8723.htm Aural Exploits release page
  3. https://soundcloud.com/qetic-1/partyboy-boris Daymare releases "Party Boy" track by Boris
  4. Web site: Stream Boris' Awesome, WTF-Worthy New Album 'New Album'. Spin.