712 (album)

712
Studio album by Shonen Knife
Released	1991
Genre	Pop-punk
Length	39:58
Label	Rockville
Shonen Knife chronology
Shonen Knife (1990) 712 (1991) Let's Knife (1992)

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712 is a 1991 album by the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife. The album was named after the contraction of the Japanese words for the numbers 7 (nana), 1 (ichi) and 2 (futatsu, technically an alternate reading than the preceding, literally meaning "two things"), which, when contracted, sound like "na-i-fu". Naifu is the imported word in Japanese for "knife" .

The Japanese re-issue of this CD does not include the song "Baggs" (co-written with members of L7), instead featuring a new song "Cooking Story".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shonen Knife"	Naoko Yamano	3:51
2.	"Lazybone"	N. Yamano	2:16
3.	"Diet Run"	N. Yamano	3:12
4.	"Blue Oyster Cult"	N. Yamano	2:24
5.	"Rain"	Lennon, McCartney	2:57
6.	"The Luck Of The Irish"	Lennon, Ono	2:54
7.	"My Favorite Town (Osaka)"	N. Yamano	2:57
8.	"Faith Healer"	Bill Goffrier, Steve Michner, Jeff Oliphart, Gary Waleik	3:10
9.	"Redd Kross"	N. Yamano	2:36
10.	"White Flag"	Michie Nakatani, Steve Davis	1:05
11.	"Superstar"	N. Yamano	2:36
12.	"Expo '90"	Davis, Nakatani	2:05
13.	"Fruit Loop Dreams"	N. Yamano, Pat Fear	1:53
14.	"The Moon World"	Nakatani	2:42

Bonus Track on original US release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Baggs"	Nakatani, N. Yamano	3:50

Bonus Tracks on original Japanese rerelease
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Cooking Story"

Bonus Tracks on original US rerelease
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Baggs"
16.	"Lazybone" (Live)
17.	"Blue Oyster Cult" (Live)

Personnel

Shonen Knife

• Naoko Yamano: vocals, guitars
• Michie Nakatani: bass guitar, vocals
• Atsuko Yamano: drums

Additional personnel

• Jeff McDonald: vocals
• Pat Fear, Atsushi Shibata: guitars
• Noboru Yamada: saxophone
• Dave Landry, Steve McDonald, Steve Davis: bass guitar
• Victor Indrizzo: drums, percussion

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17919