Pink (Boris album)

Pink
Studio album by Boris
Released	November 18, 2005 (2005-11-18)
Recorded	2005
Studio	Sound Square
Genre	Metal stoner metal noise rock garage punk ambient psychedelia
Length	47:23 (CD version) 55:23 (CD reissue) 72:16 (LP version) 93:58 (2016 deluxe CD version) 110:51 (2016 deluxe LP version)
Label	Diwphalanx
Producer	Boris
Boris chronology
Boris Archive (2005) Pink (2005) The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 (2006)
Alternative cover
2006 Southern Lord release

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.

The album's length was extended significantly on the LP version of the album. For the 2006 reissue of Pink, the album's cover art, track order, and length were modified from the original version released in Japan in 2005. 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.^[1] Later the same month, NPR Music hosted a stream of an additional new song from the release, "SOFUN".^[2] Sargent House streamed the bonus disc via their SoundCloud page the day before it was released on July 8, 2016.^[3] The full-length version of the track "Farewell" from the LP edition appears on Boris / Variations + Live in Japan. It was also re-recorded for Boris' collaborative studio album with Merzbow, Gensho.

Pink has been met with critical acclaim, particularly for incorporating more melody into the band's abrasive sound. It is regarded as Boris' breakthrough, and several music sites have listed it as one of the best albums, metal or otherwise, of the 2000s.