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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.[1] 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").
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.[2]
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Diwphalanx CD
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"Messeeji" ("メッセージ", "Statement") |
7:06 |
| 2. |
"Buzz-In" |
2:34 |
| 3. |
"Hanate!" ("放て!", "Shoot!" ("Laser Beam" on English version)) |
5:02 |
| 4. |
"Hana, Taiyou, Ame" ("花・太陽・雨", "Flower, Sun, Rain"; cover of the song by Pyg) |
5:35 |
| 5. |
"Tonari No Sataan" ("となりのサターン", "My Neighbor Satan") |
5:20 |
| 6. |
"Kare Hateta Saki" ("枯れ果てた先", "Dead Destination" ("Ka Re Ha Te Ta Sa Ki – No Ones Grieve" on English version)) |
7:26 |
| 7. |
"Kimi wa Kasa o Sashiteita" ("君は傘をさしていた", "You Were Holding an Umbrella") |
9:19 |
| 8. |
"Untitled" (Bonus Track, "You Were Holding an Umbrella Part 2") |
19:20 |
[edit] Southern Lord CD
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"Flower, Sun, Rain" (cover of the song by Pyg, "Hana, Taiyou, Ame" on Japanese version) |
7:26 |
| 2. |
"Buzz-In" |
2:57 |
| 3. |
"Laser Beam" ("Hanate!" on Japanese version) |
4:29 |
| 4. |
"Statement" (different mix; "Messeeji" on Japanese version) |
3:24 |
| 5. |
"My Neighbor Satan" ("Tonari no Sataan" on Japanese version) |
5:17 |
| 6. |
"Ka Re Ha Te Ta Sa Ki – No Ones Grieve" ("Kare Hateta Saki" on Japanese version) |
8:58 |
| 7. |
"You Were Holding an Umbrella" ("Kimi wa Kasa o Sashiteita" on Japanese version) |
8:54 |
| 8. |
"Untitled" (Features Stephen O'Malley on guitar) |
15:28 |
[edit] Southern Lord vinyl
| Side A |
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"Statement" |
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| 2. |
"Buzz-In" |
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| 3. |
"Laser Beam" |
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| 4. |
"Vein" |
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| Side B |
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"My Neighbor Satan" (alternate mix) |
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| 2. |
"Ka Re Ha Te Ta Sa Ki – No Ones Grieve" |
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| Side C |
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"Flower, Sun, Rain" |
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| 2. |
"You Were Holding an Umbrella" (extended version) |
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| 3. |
"After Me" |
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| Side D |
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"untitled" |
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[edit] Southern Lord Bonus DVD
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"Statement" |
3:25 |
| 2. |
"My Neighbour Satan" |
5:19 |
| 3. |
"Pink" |
4:24 |
[edit] "Choice Cuts" Amazon Exclusive Drop-Card
| # |
Title |
Length |
| 1. |
"Hama" |
7:31 |
| 2. |
"Akuma No Uta" |
4:01 |
| 3. |
"Ibitsu" |
3:22 |
| 4. |
"Pink" |
4:20 |
| 5. |
"Farewell" |
7:33 |
| 6. |
"The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)" |
7:38 |
| 7. |
"Rainbow (Live 10-16-2007 @ Echoplex, LA with Michio Kurihara)" |
5:09 |
| 8. |
"You Were Holding An Umbrella (Live 10-16-2007 @ Echoplex, LA with Michio Kurihara)" |
11:16 |
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