712 (album)
712 is a 1991 album by the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife. The album was named after the contraction of the Japanese words for the numbers 7 ("nana"), 1 ("ichi") and 2 ("futatsu", technically an alternate reading than the preceding, literally meaning "two things"), which, when contracted, sound like "na-i-fu". Naifu is the imported word in Japanese for "knife" . The Japanese re-issue of this CD does not include the song "Baggs" (co-written with members of L7), instead featuring a new song "Cooking Story". Critical reception. AllMusic called the album "a recommended starting point for  those wishing to indulge themselves in some whimsical and thoroughly unpretentious rock & roll." "The New York Times" wrote that "while [the band's] playing style can be charmingly imprecise -- harmonies that veer drastically out of key, missed drum cues -- its primitivism never seems contrived." "Spin" recommended the album, writing that Shonen Knife "triumph when they insert the referents of pop stardom into their own inimitable universe."