{{Infobox album | name = Sweet Candy Power | type = Studio | artist = Shonen Knife | cover = ShonenKnife_SweetCandy.jpg | alt = | released = 5 June 2019 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist| * Pop-punk * Alternative rock<ref name="RockatNight">{{cite web |last1=Tabone |first1=Chyrisse |title=Album review: Shonen Knife's 'SWEET CANDY POWER' |url=https://www.rockatnight.com/2019/06/album-review-shonen-knifes-sweet-candy-power/ |website=Rock at Night |access-date=15 May 2022 |date=19 June 2019 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129120045/https://www.rockatnight.com/2019/06/album-review-shonen-knifes-sweet-candy-power/ |url-status=live }}</ref> }} | length = 32:21 | label = Good Charamel Records | producer = | prev_title = Alive! In Osaka | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = Our Best Place | next_year = 2023 }}
'''''Sweet Candy Power''''' is a studio album by the Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife, released in June 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prato |first=Greg |title=Shonen Knife Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shonen-knife-mn0000036310/biography |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=AllMusic |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913235559/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shonen-knife-mn0000036310/biography |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gourley |first=Bob |date=2019-10-01 |title=Naoko Yamano talks about 'Sweet Candy Power' and the long career of Shonen Knife |url=https://chaoscontrol.com/shonen-knife-interview-sweet-candy-power/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=Chaos Control Digizine |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516075031/https://chaoscontrol.com/shonen-knife-interview-sweet-candy-power/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It features guest appearances by former band members Ritsuko Taneda and Naru Ishizuka.<ref name="RockatNight"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-10 |title=SHONEN KNIFE - Sweet Candy Power |url=https://www.jpopgo.co.uk/shonen-knife-sweet-candy-power/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=J-POP GO |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518171335/https://www.jpopgo.co.uk/shonen-knife-sweet-candy-power/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Critical reception==
Reviewers in the alternative rock community generally praised the album as a continuation of Shonen Knife's history. ''The Spill Magazine'' noted that "The album stays true to their familiar sound of loud, driving chords layered with sugary melodic narratives of food and simple enjoyments."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swanson |first=Nicole |date=2019-06-05 |title=Spill Album Review: Shonen Knife - Sweet Candy Power |url=https://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-shonen-knife-sweet-candy-power/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=The Spill Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522210318/https://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-shonen-knife-sweet-candy-power/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Rock at Night'' called the album "pure punk-pop pleasure but don’t be fooled by the light-hearted, infectious melodies, food-oriented themes, and sweet harmonies—there’s plenty of lead guitar riffs and pogo-dancing beats, that remind us Shonen Knife are serious musicians."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tabone |first1=Chyrisse |date=19 June 2019 |title=Album review: Shonen Knife's 'SWEET CANDY POWER' |url=https://www.rockatnight.com/2019/06/album-review-shonen-knifes-sweet-candy-power/ |access-date=15 May 2022 |website=Rock at Night |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129120045/https://www.rockatnight.com/2019/06/album-review-shonen-knifes-sweet-candy-power/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Guitar Girl'' called the album "an exuberant good time, wrapped in a cute package [and] guaranteed to put a smile on your face."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Samantha |date=2019-06-05 |title=Album Review: Shonen Knife's "Sweet Candy Power" - Guitar Girl Magazine |url=https://guitargirlmag.com/reviews/music-reviews/album-review-shonen-knifes-sweet-candy-power/,%20https://guitargirlmag.com/reviews/music-reviews/album-review-shonen-knifes-sweet-candy-power/ |access-date=2022-05-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> In a review of the album ''Punk News'' stated that "The ability of this band to blend their unmistakable pop sensibilities with their love for punk rock is first rate."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Punknews.org |title=Shonen Knife - Sweet Candy Power |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/16529/shonen-knife-sweet-candy-power |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=www.punknews.org |date=17 June 2019 |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515202952/https://www.punknews.org/review/16529/shonen-knife-sweet-candy-power |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 32:21 | title1 = Party | length1 = 2:04 | title2 = Dizzy | length2 = 3:48 | title3 = Sweet Candy Power | length3 = 2:56 | title4 = My Independent Country | length4 = 3:47 | title5 = Wave Rock | length5 = 3:06 | title6 = Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches | length6 = 2:36 | title7 = Never-Never Land | length7 = 4:19 | title8 = Peppermint Attack | length8 = 3:47 | title9 = California Lemon Trees | length9 = 3:51 | title10 = Match 3 | length10 = 2:07 }}
== Personnel == *Naoko Yamano - guitar, vocals *Atsuko Yamano - bass, backing vocals *Risa Kawano - drums, backing vocals
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