Happy Hour is a 1998 album by the Japanese rock trio, Shonen Knife.

Allmusic, in their review of "Happy Hour," stated that the song held "fast to" the group's "usual obsessions,"[1] while PopMatters called the track "frolicking.

PopMatters' Sarah Zupko praised the album and said that "Happy Hour is rolicking frolick through bubblegum pop culture—all perfect pop melodies, shiny choruses, and songs about cookies, hot chocolate, sushi, and banana chips," concluding that "this record is one helluva guilty pleasure.

"[2] Allmusic's review, written by Jason Ankeny, was less positive, stating " the Shonen Knife aesthetic has become pure formula, and the joke just isn't that funny anymore.

"[1] Musicologist Brooke McCorkle Okazaki's book on the album for the [33 1/3] Japan series considers the band's positioning as "josei rock"--music by women not fitting neatly into mass-marketed categories--and the expression of gender and food culture in their songs.