New Album

This article is about the Boris album. For other uses, see New Album (disambiguation).

2011 studio album by Boris

New Album

Studio album by

Boris

Released| March 16, 2011 (2011-03-16)
Genre|

* Alternative rock
* shoegaze
* blackgaze
* dream pop[1]
* experimental pop

Length| 45:39
Label| Tearbridge, Daymare, Sargent House
Producer| Shinobu Narita
Boris chronology
| Klatter
(2011)  | New Album
(2011)  | Heavy Rocks
(2011)

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 78/100[2]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
The A.V. Club| B+[4]
Consequence| B[5]
Fact| [6]
Pitchfork| 6.5/10[7]
Sputnikmusic| 4/5[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes| [9]
Under the Radar| [10]

New Album is the fifteenth studio album by the Japanese experimental band Boris. The album was released in Japan on March 16, 2011, on CD through Tearbridge (an imprint of major label Avex) and on double LP through Daymare Recordings, and was released worldwide with a different mix and track list through Sargent House on November 25, 2011.[11] The CD and LP feature different versions of several tracks.[12]

The label released the song "Party Boy" prior to the album, which also appears in an altered form on Attention Please. Other tracks shared with that album are "Hope" and "Spoon".[13] The album also shares the tracks "Jackson Head" and "Tu, La La" with Heavy Rocks. "Black Original" has appeared on Japanese Heavy Rock Hits with different instrumentation than the two versions used for this release.

Spin put up a full stream of the Sargent House CD version on November 29, 2011.[14]

## Track listing

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### Daymare 12" LP

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "フレア (Vinyl Version)" ("Flare"; features introduction quoting the end of "Looprider")| 5:02
2.| "希望" ("Hope")| 3:40
3.| "Party Boy (Vinyl Version)"| 3:43
4.| "Black Original (Vinyl Version)"| 4:33
5.| "Pardon?"| 5:54
6.| "Spoon"| 4:23
7.| "ジャクソンヘッド" ("Jackson Head")| 3:09
8.| "黒っぽいギター (Vinyl Version)" ("Dark Guitar"; English title "Les Paul Custom '86")| 4:06
9.| "Tu, la la"| 4:11
10.| "Looprider (Vinyl Version)"| 6:59
Total length:| 45:40

### Tearbridge CD

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Party Boy"| 3:49
2.| "希望" ("Hope")| 3:43
3.| "フレア" ("Flare")| 4:21
4.| "Black Original"| 4:27
5.| "Pardon?"| 5:59
6.| "Spoon"| 4:28
7.| "ジャクソンヘッド" ("Jackson Head")| 3:12
8.| "黒っぽいギター" ("Dark Guitar"; English title "Les Paul Custom '86")| 4:09
9.| "Tu, la la"| 4:15
10.| "Looprider"| 7:13
Total length:| 45:39

### Sargent House CD

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Flare" (uses introduction from Daymare LP version)| 5:04
2.| "Hope"| 3:43
3.| "Party Boy"| 3:48
4.| "Luna" (alternate mix of song released on a split with Torche, Chapter Ahead Being Fake and Williams Street Records's compilation Metal Swim)| 8:29
5.| "Spoon"| 4:29
6.| "Pardon?"| 6:00
7.| "Jackson Head"| 3:11
8.| "Les Paul Custom '86"| 4:10
9.| "Tu, La La"| 4:15
10.| "Looprider"| 7:01
Total length:| 50:10

## Personnel

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* Takeshi - Vocals, bass & guitar
* Wata - Vocals, guitar & keyboard
* Atsuo - Drums & percussion

## Pressing history

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Year  | Label  | Format  | Country  | Out of Print?  | Notes

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2011  | Tearbridge  | CD  | Japan | No  |
2011  | Daymare  | 2xLP  | Japan  | No  | Ltd. 700
2011  | Sargent House  | CD/LP  | US  | No  |

## References

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1. ^ Ezell, Brice (24 April 2013). "Boris - Praparat". PopMatters. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
2. ^ "New Album – Boris". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
3. ^ Jurek, Thom. "New Album – Boris". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
4. ^ Heller, Jason (November 22, 2011). "Boris: New Album". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
5. ^ Mojica, Frank (November 30, 2011). "Boris – New Album". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
6. ^ Jahdi, Robin (March 24, 2011). "Boris: New Album". Fact. The Vinyl Factory. Archived from the original on April 4, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
7. ^ Stosuy, Brandon (November 22, 2011). "Boris: New Album". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
8. ^ Andrew, Elijah (March 25, 2011). "Review: Boris – New Album". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
9. ^ Dorof, Jakob. "Boris – New Album". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
10. ^ Pace, J. (December 19, 2011). "Boris: New Album (Sargent House)". Under the Radar. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
11. ^ "Boris". Pitchfork.
12. ^ Aural Exploits release page
13. ^ Daymare releases "Party Boy" track by Boris
14. ^ "Stream Boris' Awesome, WTF-Worthy New Album 'New Album'". Spin.

## External links

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* New Album at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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Boris

* Atsuo
* Takeshi
* Wata

* Nagata

Studio albums|

* Absolutego
* Amplifier Worship
* Flood
* Heavy Rocks (2002)
* Akuma no Uta
* Boris at Last -Feedbacker-
* Dronevil
* Pink
* Smile
* New Album
* Attention Please
* Heavy Rocks (2011)
* Präparat
* Noise
* Urban Dance
* Warpath
* Asia
* Dear
* Love & Evol
* NO
* W
* Heavy Rocks (2022)
* Fade

Collaborations|

* 04092001
* Sun Baked Snow Cave
* Altar
* Rainbow
* Rock Dream
* Walrus / Groon
* BXI
* Klatter
* Gensho
* 2R0I2P0
* Hello There

EPs|

* Walrus/Groon
* Japanese Heavy Rock Hits

Live albums|

* 04092001
* Boris Archive
* Rock Dream

Related articles|

* Boris discography
* "Boris" (Melvins song)
* Sunn O)))
* Merzbow
* Keiji Haino

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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