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''Overdrive'' is the 19th studio album by pop punk trio Shonen Knife. It was released in 2014 on April 14 (U.K. and Europe), April 15 (North America), April 16 (Japan), and April 18 (Australia and New Zealand). The CD album artwork was created by Masahiko Ohno who is known as "Solmania" and there are three different colors for Japan, North America, and U.K./Europe.〔 The album received moderately positive reviews from critics. Many applauded the band's dabbling in more harder rock, whereas others were critical of the album's musical and lyrical simplicity. ==Production== While Shonen Knife's usual sound is Ramones-inspired pop punk, for ''Overdrive'', the band branched out musically and listened to harder rock bands—such as Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Bad Company, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Boston, ZZ Top, and The Doobie Brothers—for inspiration.〔 I Am Tuned Up has described the album's sound as a combination of "edgy guitar riffs with psychedelic 70s-esque enchanting nostalgia." Naoko Yamano reasoned that, because that ''Free Time'' (2010) was heavily influenced by punk rock, and ''Pop Tune'' (2012) explored a more pop-oriented sound, ''Overdrive'' represented an opportunity for the band to explore harder rock. In fact, the album's name is a reference to the overdrive pedal, which, in Yamano's mind, conjured up images of 1970s rock music.〔 In an interview with 100PercentRock.com, Yamano explained that her process for writing and recording has not changed substantially from the band's early days: "I’m lazy and I don’t start writing songs until we book recording studio, but once we booked the studio, I can write songs quickly with concentration. Then I send my demo to our members and we rehearse. At the recording studio, we start to record from basic tracks then overdub." On this album, every member of the band also sings a unique song about a food item; Yamano sings "Fortune Cookie", the band's bassist Ritsuko Taneda lends her vocals to "Ramen Rock", and drummer Emi Morimoto can be heard on "Green Tea". Other lyrical themes include tennis ("Jet Shot") and cats ("Like a Cat"). For the non-Japan releases of the album, all songs were recorded with English lyrics. However, for the domestic release of the album, "Dance to the Rock", "Shopping", and "Like a Cat" were recorded with Japanese lyrics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Overdrive (Shonen Knife album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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