{{Infobox album | name = Japanese Heavy Rock Hits | type = compilation | artist = [[Boris (band)|Boris]] | cover = Boris JHRH1.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = {{Start date|2009|9|14}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[shoegazing]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|[[alternative rock]]}} | length = 37:46 | label = [[Southern Lord Records]] | producer = [[Boris (band)|Boris]] | prev_title = [[Golden Dance Classics]] | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = [[BXI (EP)|BXI]] | next_year = 2010 | misc = }}
'''''Japanese Heavy Rock Hits''''' is a collection of singles by the Japanese [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Boris (band)|Boris]]. Volume 1 was released on September 14, 2009 through the label [[Southern Lord Records]]; the successive volumes followed one per month afterward.<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/news/36457-boris-to-release-7-series/ Pitchfork news article on release]</ref> Artwork for each single is in a [[glam rock]] cliché and features a single band member whose style is prominent on the songs on the accompanying release; the fourth single, a cover song, has a transparent PVC sleeve, and was bundled with preorders of the series along with a T-shirt. The only physical release was on separate 7" vinyl records, though digital versions (save vol. 4) in [[MP3]] and [[FLAC]] were available from online retailers.
Initial track list information included "8" as track 2 on ''[[Heavy Rocks (2011 album)|Heavy Rocks]]'' and "16:47:52..." as track 6 on ''[[Attention Please (Boris album)|Attention Please]]'', but the official preorder revealed they were replaced by "Leak -Truth,yesnoyesnoyes-"<ref>[http://hellomerch.com/sh/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=2268&category_id=157&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=2 Official Heavy Rocks preorder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722123952/http://hellomerch.com/sh/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=2268&category_id=157&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=2 |date=2011-07-22 }}</ref> and "You"<ref>[http://hellomerch.com/sh/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=2264&category_id=157&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=2 Official Attention Please preorder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122044547/http://hellomerch.com/sh/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=2264&category_id=157&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=2 |date=2013-01-22 }}</ref> respectively. Two alternate mixes of "Black Original" were used for the Japanese release of ''[[New Album]]'', and a live version of "8" is featured as a download bonus for ''[[Noise (Boris album)|Noise]]''.
==Track listing== {{tracklist | headline = Japanese Heavy Rock Hits v1
| title1 = 8 | length1 = 5:14 | title2 = Hey Everyone | length2 = 4:05 | total_length = 9:19 }} {{tracklist | headline = Japanese Heavy Rock Hits v2 | title3 = H.M.A. -Heavy Metal Addict- | length3 = 5:36 | title4 = Black Original | length4 = 4:24 | total_length = 10:00 }} {{tracklist | headline = Japanese Heavy Rock Hits v3 | title5 = 16:47:52 | length5 = 7:05 | title6 = ...and hear nothing | length6 = 5:33 | total_length = 12:38 }} {{tracklist | headline = Japanese Heavy Rock Hits v4 | title7 = Seasons ([[Earth and Fire]] cover) | length7 = 5:49 | total_length = 5:49 }}
==Credits== * Takeshi – Vocals, guitar and bass * Wata – Vocals, guitar * Atsuo – Vocals, drums and percussion * Souichiro Nakamura – Mixing and Mastering (volumes 1-3) * Fangsanalsatan – Recording, logo type, mixing and mastering (volume 4) * SOMA – Design * Miki Matsushima – Photography
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