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is the fifth album by the experimental Japanese band Boris. This album stands out as a combination of all the genres, stylings, and sounds of their previous works, yet maintains a mostly 1970s rock sound with a bit of sludge, punk, drone, and post-rock. Originally released in 2003 on Diwphalanx Records with minimalist artwork, it was re-issued in 2005 on Southern Lord Records with a different cover and extended tracks. While the original minimalist album cover has been part of Boris' website for an extensive period of time,〔(Boris' website with the minimalist album cover )〕 the album is traditionally recognized by its US cover version which is a direct tribute to the cover of Nick Drake's album ''Bryter Layter''. The notable difference in the cover design is Takeshi holding his double-neck Ibanez instead of the acoustic guitar that Drake holds in his cover. The album's original length was of 31 minutes which got extended on the reissue to 39 minutes, exactly the same length as ''Bryter Layter''. There is a third cover of the album which is found on the vinyl version of the album released by Southern Lord Records which is a tribute to the black metal band Venom. This album was released in picture disc with 700 copies featuring the "Nick Drake" cover, and 300 in the "Venom" style cover. In addition to running an additional 7 minutes, the opening track of the Southern Lord version is a totally different take; both use the same riff from "Akuma no Uta," but the original, shorter track repeats it far less and opens with over a minute of ambient, resonant amp noise absent from the longer version. An edit of the long version opens 2010 compilation ''Boris / Variations + Live in Japan'', closely resembling the running length of the original intro, but sourced from a different point halfway through the 9 minute version and with a fade in. Music videos were made for the songs "Ibitsu" and "Furi" and can be found on the 2003 DVD, ''Live at Shimokitazawa Shelter''. In addition to a short edit of the opening track, an alternate take of "Naki Kyoku" appears on ''Variations''; it and "Akuma no Uta" were also re-recorded with Merzbow in 2004, for their 2011 collaboration called ''Klatter''. In an interview with Rad Company, drummer Atsuo remarked that the album was recorded on analog tape in one take. ==Reception== The album received praise for its clever cover and use of many distinct genres previously used by the band into a single album. Music review online magazine Pitchfork Media, placed ''Akuma No Uta at number 198 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. 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「Akuma no Uta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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