Shonen Knife discography
This is the comprehensive listing of releases by Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife.
Albums
Notes:- From '712' onwards, if there was a U.S. release, it had all songs with Japanese lyrics rerecorded in English.
Pre-major record label
Major Record Label – Original Lineup
Major Record Label – Naoko and Atsuko
Major Record Label – Naoko and Etsuko
Major Record Label – Naoko, Ritsuko and Etsuko
Major Record Label – Naoko, Ritsuko, and Emi
Major Record Label – Naoko, Atsuko, Ritsuko, and Risa
Extended plays
Year | EP details |
1991 | We Are Very Happy You Came
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1992 | Riding On The Rocket EP |
1992 | 712 |
1992 | Do the Knife |
1994 | Favorites |
1994 | Knife Collectors |
1997 | It's A New Find |
1997 | Explosion! |
Singles
Live albums
- We Are Very Happy You Came – live mini-album
- – rare cassette only album with Mana Nishiura
- Live In Osaka – The first completely live album by Shonen Knife
- "Live at Mohawk Place DVD" – Recorded live in Buffalo, NY on their North American "SuperGroup" Tour 2009
- Osaka Ramones Live – Naoko/Ritsuke/Emi with special guest CJ Ramone – produced by Good Charamel Records and TOMATO HEAD – Recorded live at The Bellhouse, Brooklyn, NY 18-Nov-2011 – limited 500 CD pressing
- ALIVE! in Osaka'' – recorded live at Juso Fandango in Osaka, Japan in December of 2017, 21 tracks. DVD/CD package.
Compilations
Rarities compilations
- The Birds & The B-Sides – collection of B-sides and variants
Greatest hits compilations
- Shonen Knife – Compilation of first two albums
- Greatest History – Compilation only available in Japan
- Millennium Edition – compilation of material from 1996–1999 plus three unreleased versions of songs from Strawberry Sound
- Universal Hits-Golden Best – Two-disk compilation
Remix albums
- Super Mix – compilation of remixes
- Ultra Mix – compilation of remixes
Other
- Flipside Vinyl Fanzine vol. 3 – punk compilation features the song Cycling is Fun
- "Rutles Highway Revisited" – – features studio cover version of "Goose Step Mama"
- If I Were a Carpenter – tribute album to The Carpenters featured a cover of Top of the World
- Mint Sound Greatest Hits Volume One – compilation features the song Flying Jelly Attack
- Blade – film features the song "Ah, Singapore"
- The Powerpuff Girls Heroes and Villains – Contribute the song Buttercup
- Take It or Leave It – A Tribute to the Queens of Noise: The Runaways – compilation features cover of "Black Leather"
- Yellow Loveless – cover of "When You Sleep" on tribute album to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless.