| Our Best Place | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Shonen Knife |
| Cover: | Shonen Knife - Our Best Place.jpg |
| Alt: | The group seated and standing in a pose, wearing coordinated outfits |
| Recorded: | Osaka, Japan |
| Genre: | Pop punk |
| Language: | English, Japanese |
| Label: | Good Charamel, P-Vine |
| Prev Title: | Sweet Candy Power |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
Our Best Place is a 2023 studio album by Japanese pop punk band Shonen Knife. The album has been promoted with music videos and a tour and has received positive critical reception.
Our Best Place continues Shonen Knife's focus on writing food-related songs, expanding from the candy focus of 2019's Sweet Candy Power. The band promoted the release with their first tour since the COVID-19 pandemic. The band released a music video for "Mujinto Rock" on February 6 to promote the release. The song "Just a Smile" is a cover of the 1975 original by the Scottish band Pilot.
According to The Spill Magazine, the album returns Shonen Knife to "the playfulness of their early sound with the hard rock influence that they’ve adopted as of late", and that the album "is an eagerly anticipated return to their roots, especially for long-time fans." ThePunkSite.com noted that "it’s an album that sees Shonen Knife do what they do best, just be themselves," while "there’s something timeless, life affirming and comforting knowing they will always be there if you need a pick me up." Tim Sendra of AllMusic gave the album a favorable review, and concluded that "It's heartening to know that the band are still making records this good after so long, one that should put punk-pop groups half their age or more on notice." Writing for PopMatters, Christopher J. Lee gave this album a seven out of 10, noting that the music "conforms to their past work, which, depending on your taste, is a good or bad thing" and also "an excellent example of this established approach".
Editors at AllMusic included this on their list of favorite rock albums of 2023.
CD-only bonus tracks
Shonen Knife
Additional musicians