Boris Archive

{{Infobox album | name = Boris Archive | type = Live | artist = [[Boris (band)|Boris]] | cover = Boris archive 1.jpg | alt = | released = 2005 | recorded = 1996–2001 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Drone doom]], [[noise rock]] | length = 131:25 (total) 46:00 (volume one) 47:57 (volume two) 37:28 (volume three) | label = [[aRCHIVE]] | producer = Scott Slimm | chronology = [[Boris (band)|Boris]] | prev_title = [[Sound Track from Film "Mabuta no Ura"]] | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = [[Pink (Boris album)|Pink]] | next_year = 2005 | misc = }}

{{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Ankeny |first=Jason |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r816787/review |pure_url=yes}} |title=Archive Volume One: Live 96-98 - Boris : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-06-14}}</ref> (volume one) | rev2 = AllMusic | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Ankeny |first=Jason |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r816788/review |pure_url=yes}} |title=Archive Volume Two: Drumless Shows - Boris : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-06-14}}</ref> (volume two) | rev3 = AllMusic | rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Ankeny |first=Jason |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r816789/review |pure_url=yes}} |title=Archive Volume Three: 2 Long Songs - Boris : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-06-14}}</ref> (volume three) }}

'''''Boris Archive''''' is a three-disc collection of live material by Japanese band [[Boris (band)|Boris]]. The first disc comprises various live renditions of older songs and material from ''[[Amplifier Worship]]'' and the ''[[Boris/Barebones]]'' split EP. The second disc is three drumless drone songs. The third disc is a live set consisting of the 65-minute ''[[Absolutego]]'' and the 70-minute ''[[Flood (Boris album)|Flood]]'' played back-to-back in 37 minutes. Altogether, 600 copies of each disc were pressed with the intention of being sold individually. However, due to strong demand for all three, a set consisting of an obi-style horizontal slipcase enclosing the three discs was created and limited to 320 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archivecd.com/archives.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226034219/http://archivecd.com/archives.htm |archivedate=2009-02-26 |title=Archive1-6 - The aRCHIVES |publisher=Archivecd.com |date=2009-02-26 |accessdate=2012-06-14}}</ref>

All three discs were re-released together in 2013 through Daymare Recordings with new artwork.<ref>[http://www.diwproducts.com/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=000000001729&search=boris+archive&sort= Daymare Recordings listing for Archive I reissue]</ref>

==Disc 1: "Live 96–98"==

{{tracklist |title1 = Huge | length1 = 10:34 | title2 = In Hush | length2 = 0:52 | title3 = Soul Search You Sleep | length3 = 8:47 | title4 = Vacuum | length4 = 1:43 | title5 = Mosquite | length5 = 3:16 | title6 = Mass Mercury | length6 = 8:05 | title7 = Scar Box | length7 = 4:14 | title8 = Hama | length8 = 8:29 | total_length = 46:00 }}

==Recording==

* Tracks 1–2 recorded December 21, 1996 at Koenji 20000V * Tracks 3–5 recorded June 21, 1996 at Koenji 20000V * Tracks 6–7 recorded October 4, 1997 at Shinjyuku Loft * Track 8 recorded August 2, 1998 at Koenji 20000V

==Disc 2: "Drumless Shows"==

{{tracklist | title1 = Huge | length1 = 17:24 | title2 = Mosquito | length2 = 20:10 | title3 = Vomit Yourself | length3 = 10:23 | total_length = 47:57 }}

==Recording==

* Track 1 recorded August 9, 1997, at Nagoya Music Farm * Tracks 2–3 recorded August 8, 1997, at Koenji 20000V

==Disc 3: "2 Long Songs" ==

{{tracklist | title1 = Absolutego | length1 = 15:06 | title2 = Flood | length2 = 22:22 | total_length = 37:28 }}

==Recording==

* Recorded May 3, 2001 at Koenji 20000V

==Pressing history== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Label ! Format ! Country ! Out of print? ! Notes |- | 2005 | aRCHIVE | 3CD | [[United States|U.S.]] | Yes | Ltd. 600. 320 have a striped OBI strip to hold them together |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100124211203/http://archivecd.com/ aRCHIVE]

[[Category:Boris (band) live albums]] [[Category:Live album series]] [[Category:2005 live albums]] [[Category:2000s live albums]] [[Category:2005 compilation albums]]