Pink (Boris album)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100 ^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10) ^[3]
Pitchfork Media	(8.7/10) ^[4]
Spin.com	(favourable) ^[5]
Stylus	C ^[6]

Pink is the tenth album by Japanese experimental music band Boris. It was originally released in 2005 through Diwphalanx Records in Japan and subsequently reissued in 2006 by American label Southern Lord Records. Upon release the album received very favorable reviews, largely for making the band's music more melodic and accessible.

The original version of the album released in Japan in 2005 presents itself with a different cover (shown on the right side), track names, and length. All of these elements were subsequently modified on the first reissue of the album. The album's length was extended significantly on the LP version of the album. Additionally, a music video was shot for the title track which was limited to 100 copies on DVD. Since then, the music video has been included in the limited edition of the album Smile, also published by Southern Lord.

An expanded reissue of the album using the original Japanese filled stencil-style art was announced for worldwide release by Sargent House on May 9, 2016, simultaneously debuting new track "Are You Ready" from its bonus disc.^[7] Later the same month, NPR Music hosted a stream of an additional new song from the release, "SOFUN".^[8] Sargent House streamed the bonus disc via their SoundCloud page the day before it was released on July 8, 2016.^[9]

The full-length version of the track "Farewell" from the vinyl edition appears on Boris / Variations + Live in Japan. It was also re-recorded for the collaborative studio album with Merzbow, Gensho.

Reception

Critical response to Pink has been positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 80, based on 13 reviews.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"決別" ("Farewell")	7:33
2.	"Pink"	4:20
3.	"スクリーンの女" ("Woman on the Screen")	2:38
4.	"別になんでもない" ("Nothing Special")	2:17
5.	"ブラックアウト" ("Blackout")	4:49
6.	"Electric"	1:45
7.	"偽ブレッド" ("Pseudo-Bread")	4:29
8.	"ぬるい炎" ("Afterburner")	4:22
9.	"6を3つ" ("Six, Three Times")	2:53
10.	"My Machine"	2:01
11.	"俺を捨てたところ" ("Just Abandoned Myself")	10:14
Total length:		47:23

Southern Lord CD

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Farewell"	7:33
2.	"Pink"	4:20
3.	"Woman on the Screen"	2:38
4.	"Nothing Special"	2:17
5.	"Blackout"	4:49
6.	"Electric"	1:45
7.	"Pseudo-Bread"	4:29
8.	"Afterburner"	4:22
9.	"Six, Three Times"	2:53
10.	"My Machine"	2:01
11.	"Just Abandoned Myself"	18:14
Total length:		55:23

Vinyl version

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pink"	4:20
2.	"Woman on the Screen"	2:38
3.	"Nothing Special"	2:17
4.	"Blackout"	4:49

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Electric"	1:45
2.	"Six, Three Times"	2:53
3.	"Afterburner"	4:22
4.	"Pseudo-Bread"	10:08

Side C
No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Machine"	11:14
2.	"Farewell"	9:32

Side D
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Just Abondoned My-Self"	18:14
Total length:		72:16

2016 Deluxe version

First disc is identical to the Southern Lord CD release, and the first two discs of the LP are identical to the previous vinyl versions.

Forbidden Songs
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Your Name Part 2"	6:15
2.	"Heavy Rock Industry"	3:18
3.	"SOFUN"	3:57
4.	"non/sha/lant"	2:35
5.	"Room Noise"	3:35
6.	"Talisman"	4:26
7.	"N.F. Sorrow"	7:50
8.	"Are You Ready?"	4:21
9.	"Tiptoe"	2:18

The LP of this disc splits the track list between "Room Noise" and "Talisman."^[11]

Personnel

Takeshi – vocals, bass, guitar
Atsuo – drums, percussion
Wata – guitar, effects
Stephen O'Malley – design (LP version)
The Lord – A&R (reissue)
Blake & Durer – Artwork (reissue)
P.C.B. – Design (reissue)
Fangs Anal Satan – artwork
Produced by Boris
Mixed and mastered by Souichirou Nakamura

Pressing history

Year	Label	Format	Country	Out of Print?	Notes
2005	Diwphalanx	CD	Japan	No	Some copies featured a die-cut sleeve around the jewel box
2005	Diwphalanx	2xLP	Japan	Yes	Ltd. 500. Deluxe 2xLP featuring a die-cut "stencil" cover and extended cuts of "Pseudo-Bread", "My Machine", "Farewell" and "Just Abandoned Myself"; different track listing
2006	Southern Lord	CD	US	Yes	Different cover from Japanese pressing; has same audio overall as the Japanese CD apart from featuring the same extended cut of "Just Abandoned Myself" 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. The album also comes with three paintings of devil 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	Ltd. 6000. Pressed on 180g pink marble (2000), clear pink (2000) and black vinyl (2000); has same audio overall as the Japanese 2xLP; same cover art as the US CD
2007	Southern Lord	2xLP	US	Yes	Ltd. 2000. Pressed on 180g icy pink (1000) and deep red (1000); has same audio overall as the Japanese 2xLP; same cover art as the US CD

References

↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/pink/boris
↑ Review of "Pink" on Allmusic.com
↑ Review of "Pink" on Drowned in Sound.com
↑ Review of "Pink" on Pitchfork Media
↑ Review of "Pink" on Spin Magazine
↑ Review of "Pink" on Stylus Magazine
↑ "Boris Reissue Pink With Bonus Album, Share "Are You Ready": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
↑ "Viking's Choice: Boris, 'SOFUN'". NPR Music. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
↑ "Boris - Pink "Forbidden Songs" by Sargent House". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
↑ "Boris:Pink (2006): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
↑ "Pink Deluxe 12" Triple LP". Sargent House Hellomerch Store. Retrieved 2016-07-05.

External links

Pink at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

Boris

Atsuo Wata Takeshi Nagata

Studio albums	Absolutego Amplifier Worship Flood Heavy Rocks Akuma no Uta Boris at Last: Feedbacker The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Dronevil Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura" Pink The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3 Vein Smile New Album Heavy Rocks Attention Please Präparat Noise Urban Dance Warpath Asia

Collaborations	Megatone 04092001 Sun Baked Snow Cave Altar Rainbow Rock Dream Walrus / Groon Cloud Chamber BXI Klatter Gensho

Singles and EPs	Boris/Barebones Boris/Tomsk 7 More Echoes, Touching Air Landscape "1970" Boris/The Dudley Corporation "A Bao A Qu" Walrus/Groon Damaged She's So Heavy "Statement" "Message" Japanese Heavy Rock Hits

Live albums	Black: Implication Flooding 04092001 Boris Archive Long Hair and Tights Rock Dream Smile -Live at Wolf Creek- Archive II

Boxed sets	The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked – Chronicle

Video	Live at Shimokitazawa Shelter Bootleg -Feedbacker- Wizard's Convention: Japanese Heavy Rock Showcase Heavy Metal Me

Related articles	Boris discography "Boris" (Melvins song) Drone metal Doom metal Sunn O))) Merzbow Keiji Haino Inoxia Records Diwphalanx Records Southern Lord Records

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