K.K.K.K.K.
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| Studio album by Kahimi Karie | ||||
| Released | August 25, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | Tokyo, London, Paris, Berlin | |||
| Genre | Shibuya-kei, indie pop, alternative rock | |||
| Length |
41:38 P |
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| Label | Trattoria Records, Le Grand Magistery | |||
| Producer | Kahimi Karie (executive) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |
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| Pitchfork Media | 4/10 |
41:38
K.K.K.K.K. (1998) is the second full-length album from Japanese singer Kahimi Karie, originally released in 1998 on the Cornelius-run Trattoria label. In 1999, it saw US release on Le Grand Magistery, along with four bonus remixes. It was the last Kahimi Karie album to be made readily available in the U.S., a year after the release of her well-liked self-titled compilation.
Like most Kahimi Karie albums, the songs are predominantly sung in English, though several are written in French. A song with lyrics by Karie herself is also included ("What Is Blue?"), rare in her early work.
K.K.K.K.K. can be considered so tight a key release in the Shibuya-kei subgenre of Japanese pop—however, Western critics were largely unimpressed by the album. Many wrote of being distressed by the implications of the youthful-sounding Karie singing the often sexually charged lyrics of Momus or of her breathy, untrained vocals in general.
(Tracks 12-15 included only on the U.S. reissue)
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