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Absolutego is the debut studio album by Japanese experimental band Boris. It was released in 1996 by Fangs Anal Satan. This album shows inspiration from the Melvins and, most prominently, Earth. Excluding the Merzbow collaboration Sun Baked Snow Cave, it is the only "one-long-song" Boris album that is not broken down into multiple parts. A song with the same title also appears in the album Dear.

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Absolutego
Studio album by Boris
Released	1996 (original) 2001 (reissue)
Recorded	1995 (original) 1997 (reissue)
Genre	Drone metal
Length	60:15 (original) 73:24 (Reissue)
Label	Fangs Anal Satan Southern Lord (SUNN10)
Producer	Boris
Boris chronology
Boris/Barebones (1996) Absolutego (1996) Amplifier Worship (1998)
Alternative cover
2001 re-release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

In 2001 Southern Lord Records re-released this album remastered and slowed down, with an alternative cover, and relabeled as Absolutego+ (Special Low Frequency Version) in homage to Earth 2. This reissue included a bonus drone track recorded in 1997; its title would be reused 4 years later for an album also called Dronevil (a trend which continued with three albums titled Heavy Rocks, one in 2002, another in 2011, and a third in 2022) as well as for the original "Dronevil" song, a Heavy Rocks (2002) outtake released on the Mangrove 2002 compilation. Southern Lord also released the 2001 remaster on vinyl in 2011 with new artwork, splitting the title track arbitrarily with cutoffs to fill the first three sides; the fourth side contains the final 9:35 and bonus track "Dronevil 2."

Track listing

Personnel

On all releases until Amplifier Worship, Takeshi had been referred to as "Ohtani", and was credited as such on Absolutego's original release. This was corrected for the reissue of the album.

• Atsuo – vocals, drums (on Dronevil 2)
• Takeshi – bass
• Wata – guitars
• Nagata – drums
• Kakinuma – engineer
• Boris – production
• Just Play Design Uechi – artwork and typography

Pressing History

Year	Label	Format	Country	Out of Print?	Notes
1996	Fangs Anal Satan	CD	Japan	Yes	Cover depicts a girl holding a large snake; sound quality is tinny and more trebly than future releases
2001	Southern Lord	CD-R	U.S.	Yes	Orange jewel box; new cover depicting Wata and guitar; U.S. bonus track
2001	Southern Lord	CD	U.S.	Yes	Same cover as limited U.S. pressing, includes bonus track
2010	Southern Lord	Vinyl	U.S.	Yes	2000 Black vinyl, 1000 red vinyl; New cover; Includes bonus track
2020	Third Man	Vinyl	U.S.	No	Original 1996 cover; reissued by Third Man Records; limited edition blood vinyl and standard edition black; includes bonus track

References

External links

• Absolutego at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

На других языках

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Absolutego — дебютный студийный альбом японской экспериментальной группы Boris, выпущенный в 1996 году на лейбле Fangs Anal Satan. На создание этого альбома музыкантов вдохновляло творчество таких коллективов, как Melvins и, более всего, Earth. Если не считать коллаборацию с группой Merzbow Sun Baked Snow Cave, это единственная запись Boris, состоящая из одной композиции, то есть не разбитая на отдельные треки. Одноимённый трек также появляется в альбоме 2017 года Dear[en].

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