Pretty Little Baka Guy Explained

Pretty Little Baka Guy
Type:Album
Artist:Shonen Knife
Cover:200px-Pretty_Little_Baka_Guy.jpg
Released:1986
Recorded:July 1985 – April 1986
Genre:Pop punk, post punk, indie rock
Label:Subversive Records (US)
Producer:Shonen Knife, Shin Hirakawa & Yasushi Utsunomiya
Prev Title:Yama-no Attchan
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Shonen Knife
Next Year:1990

Pretty Little Baka Guy is a 1986 album by the female Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife. It was re-released in the US as side one of a record/tape, with side two being Live In Japan (see below). There have been many releases of this album in various countries over the years, with each release containing different rare tracks.

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Making Plans for Bison"
  2. "Summertime Boogie"
  3. "I Wanna Eat Chocobars"
  4. "Public Bath"
  5. "Devil House"
Side Two
  1. "Antonio Baka Guy"
  2. "Ice Cream City"
  3. "Ah, Singapore"
  4. "Riding on the Rocket"
  5. "Kappa Extract"

Bonus tracks on Live In Japan segment

  1. "Lazybone"
  2. "Ice Cream City"
  3. "Baggs"
  4. "Kappa Ex"
  5. "Antonio Baka Guy"

CD/cassette additional tracks

  1. "Spider"
  2. "Secret Dance"
  3. "I'm A Realist"

Vinyl only additional tracks

  1. "Chains" (Cookies Cover)
  2. "Suzy Is A Headbanger" (Ramones Cover)
  3. "I Wanna Be Your (Wo)Man" (Beatles Cover)

US Oglio re-release bonus tracks

  1. "Riding On The Rocket" (live)
  2. "Kappa Ex" (live)

Japanese re-release bonus tracks

  1. "Cherry Bomb" (The Runaways cover)

Personnel