Absolutego is the debut studio album by Japanese experimental band Boris.[2] It was released in 1996 by Fangs Anal Satan. This album shows inspiration from the Melvins and, most prominently, Earth. This marked the first release following the departure of original drummer Nagata, and Boris performing as a three-piece. A different song with the same title also appears in the album Dear and re-appears on the collaboration album 2R0I2P0.
In 2001 Southern Lord Records remixed and re-released the album on CD.[3] The remixing process by Southern Lord entailed slowing down the track, extending the track-length an additional 5:11. This new mix made the lower frequencies more prominent and was relabeled as Absolutego+ (Special Low Frequency Version) in homage to Earth 2. Stephen O'Malley redesigned the artwork for the album, continuing the themes of the original release but designing a Medusa-styled Wata playing guitar as the feature of the cover art.
A bonus track was also included on the reissue, which was originally recorded in 1997; its title Dronevil would be one used for multiple songs and releases (a trend which continued with three albums titled Heavy Rocks, one in 2002, another in 2011, and a third in 2022). The song "Dronevil", originally a Heavy Rocks (2002) outtake, was first released on the Mangrove 2002 compilation and later included in the 2023 reissue of Heavy Rocks (2002).
Southern Lord released the 2001 remaster on vinyl in 2010 with updated artwork, splitting the title track arbitrarily with cutoffs to fill the first three sides; the fourth side contains the final 9:35 and bonus track "Dronevil 2."
In November 2020, Boris released (through Fangs Anal Satan in Japan and Third Man Records[4] worldwide) a reissue of the original 1996 studio recordings. This time the remastering process was personally directed by the band and the track was returned to its 1996 track length. The original artwork was also used for this reissue and updated only to fit current CD and vinyl formats. The track "Dronevil 2" (which was used for the Southern Lord reissue) was also included in this version, bringing together the bands preferred make up of all previous versions.
On Absolutego's original release release, Takeshi is credited as "Ohtani". This was corrected for the later reissues of the album.
