Smile (Boris album)

Infobox Album
Name = Smile
Type = studio
Artist = Boris


Released = Start date|2008|3|7
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Psychedelic rock, stoner rock, hard rock, drone music
Label = Diwphalanx Records
Southern Lord Records
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wc03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxfyxzrjldke link]
*"Decibel Rating-10|9
*"Sonic Frontiers" (favorable) [http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/review-183.html link]
Length = 61:42 (DIW) 56:58 (SL) 62:02 (SL2LP)
Last album = "Rock Dream"
(2007)
This album = "Smile"
(2008)
Next album =
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = US Version cover
Background = lightsteelblue


Lower caption = Southern Lord Recordings, 2008 Singles
Name = Smile
Type = studio
Single 1 = Message
Single 1 date = March 4, 2008
Single 2 = Statement
Single 2 date = 2008

"Smile" is the fourteenth full-length album by Japanese experimental band Boris. It was released through Diwphalanx Records in early 2008, featuring guest musicians Michio Kurihara of Ghost and Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))), both of whom have collaborated with Boris in the past. [cite web | last = Maher | first = Dave | title = Boris "Smile" for New Album | publisher = Pitchfork Media | date = 2007-11-29 | url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/47353-boris-ismilei-for-new-album] Shortly after this initial release, the album was released by American label Southern Lord with a slightly different track listing, different artwork (by Stephen O'Malley), and an almost entirely different sound. The first 3000 copies of this edition include a DVD containing videos for "Statement", "Pink" and "My Neighbor Satan".

Notably, this release is the second Boris album to feature vocals on every track (the first, excluding any one-track albums, was "Amplifier Worship"). Also, it delves more into experimental tendencies with a more manipulated sound, use of drum machines, and even experiments with sampled tracks (notably, "Dead Destination" is essentially "No Ones Grieve part 2" from "The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2" with added vocals; part of the seventh song from "Vein" is in "You Put Up Your Umbrella"). Speaking of this, VEIN on the 2LP is essentially the 7th track with remixed bass, effects, and Atsuo screaming and howling atop the song.

It also seems to take a more humorous and jokey approach as Boris have referenced this album in an interview with Terrorizer Magazine as "un-cool" and "The sell-out album" with comical lyricism, an 80s look for the band themselves, and the tones of voice in some of the songs.

The album charted on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart at number 20.cite web
title = "Top Heatseekers - "Smile"
work = billboard.com
url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=324&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+Heatseekers&ci=3095047&cdi=9771153&cid=05%2F17%2F2008]

Track listing

Diwphalanx CD

tracklist
title1 = Messeeji
note1 = "Nihongo2|メッセージ", "Statement"
length1 = 7:06

title2 = Buzz-In
length2 = 2:34

title3 = Hanate!
note3 = "Nihongo2|放て!", "Shoot!" ("Laser Beam" on English version)
length3 = 5:02

title4 = Hana, Taiyou, Ame
note4 = "Nihongo2|花・太陽・雨", "Flower, Sun, Rain"; cover of the song by Pyg
length4 = 5:35

title5 = Tonari No Sataan
note5 = "Nihongo2|隣のサターン", "My Neighbor Satan"
length5 = 5:20

title6 = Kare Hateta Saki
note6 = "Nihongo2|枯れ果てた先", "Dead Destination" ("Ka Re Ha Te Ta Sa Ki – No Ones Grieve" on English version)
length6 = 7:26

title7 = Kimi wa Kasa o Sashiteita
note7 = "Nihongo2|君は傘をさしていた", "You Were Holding an Umbrella"
length7 = 9:19

title8 = Untitled
note8 = Bonus Track with Stephen O'Malley, "You Were Holding an Umbrella Part 2"
length8 = 19:20

outhern Lord CD

tracklist
title1 = Flower, Sun, Rain
note1 = cover of the song by Pyg, "Hana, Taiyou, Ame" on Japanese version
length1 = 7:26

title2 = Buzz-In
length2 = 2:57

title3 = Laser Beam
note3 = "Hanate!" on Japanese version
length3 = 4:29

title4 = Statement
note4 = different mix; "Messeeji" on Japanese version
length4 = 3:24

title5 = My Neighbor Satan
note5 = "Tonari no Sataan" on Japanese version
length5 = 5:17

title6 = Ka Re Ha Te Ta Sa Ki – No Ones Grieve
note6 = "Kare Hateta Saki" on Japanese version
length6 = 8:58

title7 = You Were Holding an Umbrella
note7 = "Kimi wa Kasa o Sashiteita" on Japanese version
length7 = 8:54

title8 = Untitled
note8 = Features Stephen O'Malley on guitar
length8 = 15:28

outhern Lord vinyl

tracklist
headline = Side A
title1 = Statement
length1 = 3:24
title2 = Buzz-In
length2 = 2:57
title3 = Laser Beam
note3 = Slightly shortened due to bonus track, "After Me"
length3 = 3:46
title4 = Vein
note4 = Hilarious Bonus Track
length4 = 2:33tracklist
headline = Side B
title1 = My Neighbor Satan
note1 = alternate mix
length1 = 5:22
title2 = Ka Re Ha Te Ta Sa Ki – No Ones Grieve
length2 = 8:58

tracklist
headline = Side C
title1 = Flower, Sun, Rain
note1 = extended version
length1 = 7:50
title2 = You Were Holding an Umbrella
length2 = 8:54
title3 = After Me
note3 = Bonus track; was the end of the song "Shoot!" from the Japanese version.
length3 = 1:59tracklist
headline = Side D
title1 = untitled
note1 = extended version, part from Vein removed
length1 = 19:17

outhern Lord Bonus DVD

tracklist
title1 = Statement
length1 = 3:25

title2 = My Neighbour Satan
length2 = 5:19

title3 = Pink
length3 = 4:24

"Choice Cuts" Amazon Exclusive Drop-Card

tracklist
title1 = Hama
length1 = 7:31

title2 = Akuma No Uta
length2 = 4:01

title3 = Ibitsu
length3 = 3:22

title4 = Pink
length4 = 4:20

title5 = Farewell
length5 = 7:33

title6 = The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)
length6 = 7:38

title7 = Rainbow (Live 10-16-2007 @ Echoplex, LA with Michio Kurihara)
length7 = 5:09

title8 = You Were Holding An Umbrella (Live 10-16-2007 @ Echoplex, LA with Michio Kurihara)
length8 = 11:16

Personnel

* Takeshi - guitar, bass guitar, vocals
* Wata - guitar, vocals
* Atsuo - drums, percussion, vocals
* Michio Kurihara - guitar on "My Neighbour Satan", "Flower, Sun, Rain", and "You Were Holding An Umbrella"
* Stephen O'Malley - guitar on "Untitled"

References