Pink (Boris album)

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Pink

Studio album by Boris
Released	2005 (Japan) 2006 (world)
Genre	Doom metal Hard rock Heavy metal Sludge metal Drone metal Neo-Psychedelia
Length	47:23 (Diwphalanx CD version) 55:23 (Southern Lord CD version) 72:16 (Diwphalanx LP/Southern Lord LP version)
Label	Diwphalanx (Japan) Southern Lord (world)
All Music Guide link Cokemachineglow (79%/82%) link Drowned in Sound (8/10) link Pitchfork 87% link Spin.com (favourable) link Stylus C link
Boris chronology
Heavy Metal Me (2005)	Pink (2005)	The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 (2006)
Original cover

Diwphalanx Records, 2005

Pink is an album by Japanese band Boris, released in 2005 on the Diwphalanx label in Japan and subsequently reissued in the US on Southern Lord. The album received very favourable reviews, largely for taking a more melodic and accessible direction than had been taken in the band's work in the past. A music video was also shot for the title track, but was limited to less than 100 copies on DVD. It has not surfaced elsewhere.

1 Diwphalanx CD track listing
2 Southern Lord CD Track listing
3 Track listing for both LP versions
4 Pressing History

[edit] Diwphalanx CD track listing

"決別" – 7:33
"PINK" – 4:20
"スクリーンの女" – 2:38
"別になんでもない" – 2:18
"ブラックアウト" – 4:49
"Electric" – 1:45
"偽ブレッド" – 4:30
"ぬるい炎" – 4:22
"６を３つ" – 2:53
"My Machine" – 2:01
"俺を捨てたところ" – 10:14

[edit] Southern Lord CD Track listing

"Farewell" - 9:32
"Pink" - 4:20
"Woman on the Screen" - 2:38
"Nothing Special" - 2:12
"Blackout" - 4:51
"Electric" - 1:44
"Pseudo-Bread" - 10:10
"Six Three Times" - 2:49
"Afterburner" - 4:22
"Six Three Times" - 2:49
"My Machine" - 2:01
"Just Abondoned My-Self" - 18:13

[edit] Track listing for both LP versions

Side A

"Pink" - 4:20
"Woman on the Screen" - 2:38
"Nothing Special" - 2:12
"Blackout" - 4:51

Side B

"Electric" - 1:44
"Six Three Times" - 2:49
"Afterburner" - 4:22
"Pseudo-Bread" - 10:10

Side C

"My Machine" - 11:19
"Farewell" - 9:32

Side D

"Just Abandoned My-Self" - 18:13

[edit] Pressing History

Year	Label	Format	Country	Out Of Print?	Notes
2005	Diwphalanx	CD	Japan	No	Length is 47:23; some copies featured a die-cut sleeve around the jewel box
2005	Diwphalanx	2xLP	Japan	Yes	Length is 72:16; deluxe 2xLP featuring a die-cut "stencil" cover and extended cuts of "Just Abandoned My-Self" and "My Machine"; ltd. 600; different track listing
2006	Southern Lord	CD	US	No	Length is 55:23. Different cover from Japanese pressing; features same extended cuts as the Japanese 2xLP. The cover art features pictures by the poet and artist William Blake depicting Satan from his illustrations to John Milton's Paradise Lost. Interestingly, the album also comes with three paintings of bizarre devilish imagery on sheets of what resembles perforated "blotter paper," usually associated with LSD. Also, the misspelling of 'abandoned' to 'abondoned' on the album sleeve and online MP3 tagging seems to be intended.
2006	Southern Lord	2xLP	US	Yes; but still available in many record stores	72:16. Ltd. 2000; pressed on 180g pink marble vinyl; has same audio overall as the Japanese 2xLP; same cover art as the US CD