Amplifier Worship

Amplifier Worship
Studio album by Boris
Released	November 26, 1998 (1998)
Recorded	Sound Crew, August–September 1998
Genre	Doom metal drone metal sludge metal
Length	63:52
Label	Mangrove Southern Lord (SUNN24)
Producer	Boris
Boris chronology
Absolutego (1996) Amplifier Worship (1998) Black: Implication Flooding (1998)
Alternative cover
US release cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Amplifier Worship is the second studio album by Japanese band Boris.

Excluding the "one-long-song" albums, this is one of only two Boris full-lengths to have vocals on every song (the other being 2008's Smile ), and the first time that Takeshi performed lead vocals for the band (although Atsuo performs lead vocals on "Huge"). "Vomitself" was written and laid down separately at Sound Square while the other four songs were recorded at Sound Crew. According to Japanese production company FoodUnited, videos were shot for "Hama" and "Kuruimizu" but were not released to the public.

The Southern Lord vinyl issue features new artwork but uses the same crossfading despite the track order change and the inability to segue across sides; these issues are solved either with new crossfades (the two songs on side A) or cut offs (the rest of the sides).

Studio reworkings of "Huge" and "Vomitself" appear on their collaborative album with Merzbow, Gensho .

Track listing

Some of the track titles were originally released in Japanese (2, 3, and 4)

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Huge"	9:14
2.	"Ganbou-Ki" (願望魕)	15:44
3.	"Hama" (蟾蜍)	7:30
4.	"Kuruimizu" (狂水)	14:27
5.	"Vomitself"	16:57
Total length:		63:52

Vinyl (Side A)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Huge"	9:15
2.	"Hama" (蟾蜍)	7:28

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ganbou-Ki" (願望魕)	16:55

Side C

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kuruimizu" (狂水)	14:57

Side D

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vomitself"	16:57
Total length:		65:32

Personnel

• Wata - guitar, effects and electronics
• Takeshi - vocals, bass and electronics
• Atsuo - vocals, drums, cymbal and electronic drums
• Osamu Seino - engineer (tracks 1 to 4)
• Eiji Hashizume - engineer (track 5)
• Fangs Anal Satan - artwork

Pressing history

Year	Label	Format	Country	Out of print?	Notes
1998	Mangrove	CD	Japan	No	-
2003	Southern Lord	CD	US	Yes	Green jewel box with a gummy worm in the spine; different cover from Japanese pressing; at time of release, there were rumors that said worm had hallucinogenic properties akin to those of LSD when eaten; these rumors have been denied by Southern Lord, the band, and people who actually ate their worm;[ citation needed ] 2-second breaks between songs reminiscent of a CD-R
2003	Southern Lord	CD	US	Yes	Same cover as limited US pressing
2010	Southern Lord	Vinyl	US	Yes	2000 black vinyl, 1000 green vinyl. Same cover as limited US pressing

References

1. York, William. "Boris Amplifier Worship". Allmusic . Retrieved 19 September 2020.

External links

• Amplifier Worship at MusicBrainz (list of releases)