Butter (Butter 08 album)
| Butter | |
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| A photograph of a square of butter with the word "butter" carved into it in all caps. | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1996 |
| Length | 38:54 |
| Label | Grand Royal |
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Butter (also referred to as Butter 08) is the debut album by Butter 08, a band consisting of Cibo Matto leaders Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion drummer Russell Simins, filmmaker Mike Mills, and Skeleton Key percussionist Rick Lee. The album was released in 1996 by the Beastie Boys' label Grand Royal.[1][2]
Style
[edit | edit source]NME's Darren Johns called the album a "symposium for the obscurer-than-thou", noting influences including acid rap and Bis.[3] Other genre influences noted include funk,[4][5][6] punk rock,[4][3] arena rock,[6] hip hop,[7] and alternative.[7]
Critics also noted the contrast between Hatori's and Simins' vocals, calling Hatori's "high-flown"[4] and "shrill"[3] and Simins' a "paranoid growl",[4] a "restrained drawl",[3] and "husky".[1] Wired's James Sullivan said Lee provides "foundational scratch guitar" and occasional "mind-bending string-bending" and Mills adds simple basslines which "keep the rhythms gliding atop Simins' pile-driven beats."[1]
Reception
[edit | edit source]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A–[5] |
| NME | 8/10[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| Spin | 5/10[8] |
AllMusic's Tim Sheridan called the album "Often hilarious and consistently groovy; in a word, dynamite."[4] Entertainment Weekly's Ethan Smith said the album is "guaranteed to keep your hips shaking all night".[5]
Less positively, Spin's Douglas Wolk called the lyrics "either half-assed ... or inaudible" and said many song's ideas felt like "the result of a moment's whim", such as "Mono Lisa" sounding like Stereolab and "Degobrah" being "fake hardcore".[8]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]All tracks are written by Butter 08.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "9MM" | 2:44 |
| 2. | "Shut Up" | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Butter of 69" | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Dick Serious" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "How Do I Relax" | 3:40 |
| 6. | "It's the Rage" | 2:06 |
| 7. | "Mono Lisa" | 4:56 |
| 8. | "What Are You Wearing" | 2:30 |
| 9. | "Sex Symbol" | 3:49 |
| 10. | "Degobrah" | 2:06 |
| 11. | "Hard to Hold" | 3:50 |
| 12. | "Butterfucker" | 3:28 |
| Total length: | 38:54 | |
Personnel
[edit | edit source]Butter 08
[edit | edit source]- Miho Hatori – vocals, piano, organ, drums
- Yuka Honda – Hammond organ, Farfisa, synthesizer, piano, sampler, guitar, backing vocals
- Mike Mills – bass, guitar, backing vocals
- Russell Simins – drums, vocals, guitar, bass
- Rick Lee – guitar, bass, percussion, sampler
Additional musicians
[edit | edit source]- Josh Roseman – trumpet (4)
- Ravi Best – trumpet (4)
- Timo Ellis – drums (6)
- Sean Lennon – keyboards (6)
- Evan Bernard – vocals (10)
Technical
[edit | edit source]- Yuka Honda – producer
- Russell Simins – producer
- Jamey Staub – producer, mixing engineer
- Howie Weinberg – mastering engineer
- Lance Acord – photography
- Joe Wittkop – photography
- Michael Lavine – photography
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