Super æ

Infobox Album |
Name = Super æ
Type = studio
Artist = Boredoms


Released = start date|1998|5|25
Recorded = March 1996–March 1998
Genre = Noise rock
Length = 68:26
Label = Warner Music Japan (JP)
Birdman (US)
Producer = Masanobu Kondo
Yamantaka Eye
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8p8j1vd1zzha link]
*Pitchfork Media (9.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15599/Boredoms_Super_Are link]
Last album = "Super Go!!!!!"
(1998)
This album = "Super æ"
(1998)
Next album = "Super Roots 7"
(1998)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Deluxe edition liquid-filled cover

"Super æ" (sometimes written as "Super Ae" or "Super Are") is the fifth full-length album by Boredoms, released in 1998. It was named the 44th greatest album of the 1990s by Pitchfork Media. [cite web | url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36737-staff-list-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/page_6 | publisher = Pitchfork Media | accessdate = 2008-03-17 | date = 2003-11-17 | last = Richardson | first = Mark | title = Top 100 Albums of the 1990s ]

The correct pronunciation of the album's title is often debated, although according to The New Yorker's pop-music critic Sasha Frere-Jones, group frontman Yamantaka Eye has stated that the correct articulation of the "æ" symbol is simply "ah" or "ugh". [http://www.vicerecords.com/download/never_boring.mp3]

Track listing

#"Super You" – 7:37
#"Super Are" – 8:30
#"Super Going" – 12:24
#"Super Coming" – 12:17
#"Super Are You" – 8:47
#"Super Shine" – 12:45
#"Super Good" – 6:06

Personnel

*Yamantaka Eye – synthesizer, percussion, vocals, production, loops, electronics
*Hira – bass guitar, percussion, vocals
*Yamamoto Seiichi – guitar, vocals
*Yoshimi P-We – synthesizer, percussion, trumpet, vocals, Casio keyboard
* Atari – drums, samples, percussion
* EDA – drums, electronic percussion
*Masanobu Kondo – executive production
*Masayo Takise – mastering
*Kazvnori Akita – design

References