A vs. Monkey Kong
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| Studio album by A | ||||
| Released | September 9, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | October 1998–February 1999 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 50:29 | |||
| Label | Tycoon/London | |||
| Producer | Al Clay | |||
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'A' vs. Monkey Kong is the second album by the British alternative rock band A, released via Tycoon Recordings/London Records on September 9, 1999.
"Monkey Kong" and "A", were also each released as singles.
'A' vs Monkey Kong's album sleeve notes incorporate a large amount of Japanese script, mostly Katakana representations of English words. Credibly, these mostly read accurately, although there are some mistakes and some obscured humour within the Katakana.
For example, each band member is pictured next to their thanks along with their name in katakana the abbreviation 'vs' and the katakana for Monkey Kong (モンキーコング). Jason (ジェイソン) and Dan's (ダン) katakana names are written correctly, while Mark (マーク) and Adam (アダム) have had their names accidentally switched, and Giles' name is replaced with Farmer G (ファーマーG), a reference to his nickname among the band and fans.
One of the centre pages of the booklet features a mock poster for a theoretical movie featuring the titular Monkey Kong character, and carries, among others, the joke warnings "Warning" (ウォーニング), "Very Scary Compact Disc" (ベリー スケアリー コンパクト ディスク) and "Huge" (ヒュージ) all of which are English words merely written in katakana script. However, not all is as self-explanatory or accurate as text down the mock poster's side reads "Colour yacht product average English band" and writing next to smaller band member mugshots on the same page has such arbitrary readings as: united, amnesia, of, anthem, states.
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