Attention Please (Boris album)

Attention Please
Studio album by
Boris
ReleasedMay 24, 2011 (2011-05-24)
Genre
Length41:16
LabelSargent House
ProducerBoris
Boris chronology
Heavy Rocks
(2011) 		Attention Please
(2011) 		Präparat
(2013)
Singles from Attention Please
  1. "Hope"
    Released: February 25, 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Austin Chronicle[3]
Beats Per Minute66%[4]
Consequence of SoundB[5]
Pitchfork7.1/10[6]
PopMatters7/10[7]
Treblefavorable[8]

Attention Please is the seventeenth studio album by the Japanese experimental band Boris. The album was released on May 24, 2011, through the label Sargent House. Its original release date was April 26, but this was pushed back.[9] The album features vocals in every track sung by Wata.[10]

Attention Please marks a departure from the Heavy Rocks sound, returning to the dream pop sound explored on New Album, but this time, it has elements from noise pop, This is their release without announcement.

The album was released on the same day and label as Heavy Rocks, with which it shares the song title "Aileron."[11] The album features the tracks "Party Boy", "Hope", Les Paul Custom '86" and "Spoon" from New Album in altered forms.[12] "Party Boy" and "Les Paul Custom '86" additionally have third versions on the Japanese New Album vinyl release.

A version of "Tokyo Wonder Land" was previously released on the Golden Dance Classics split release with 9dw.

Initial track list information included "16:47:52" (previously available on Japanese Heavy Rock Hits) as track 6, but the official preorder revealed it is replaced by "You."[13]

On February 25, the label released the track "Hope" as the only single from the album.[14]

On May 16, NPR Music streamed Attention Please in its entirety.[15]

  1. ^ "Metacritic review". Metacritic. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Jurek, Thom. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Powell, Austin (November 4, 2011). "The Austin Chronicle Review". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  4. ^ Ryan, Will (May 26, 2011). "Album Review: Boris - Attention Please / Heavy Rocks | Beats Per Minute". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  5. ^ Young, Alex (May 27, 2011). "Consequence of Sound Review". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  6. ^ Currin, Grayson (May 20, 2011). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  7. ^ Branson, Scott (May 25, 2011). "Boris: Attention Please / Heavy Rocks". PopMatters. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  8. ^ Terich, Jeffrey (May 22, 2011). "Treble Magazine Review". Treblezine. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  9. ^ "Boris Store Is Now Open". B O R I S.
  10. ^ "Attention Please press release".
  11. ^ "Boris to Release Two Albums on the Same Day - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
  12. ^ "Daymare releases "Party Boy" track by Boris".
  13. ^ Official Attention Please preorder Archived 2013-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Boris – "Hope"". 24 February 2011.
  15. ^ "First Listen: Boris, 'Attention Please'". NPR.