Overdose (album)

For other albums, see Overdose (disambiguation).
Overdose
Outer sleeve cover
Studio album by
Pizzicato Five
ReleasedOctober 1, 1994 (1994-10-01)
GenreShibuya-kei
Length64:12
LabelTriad
Producer
Pizzicato Five chronology
A Television's Workshop
(1994) 		Overdose
(1994) 		TYO: Big Hits and Jet Lags 1991–1995
(1995)
Singles from Overdose
  1. "The Night Is Still Young"
    Released: December 1, 1993[1]
  2. "Happy Sad"
    Released: April 21, 1994[2]
  3. "Superstar"
    Released: July 21, 1994[3]
  4. "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
    Released: October 21, 1994[4]
CD case cover
Alternative cover
2006 reissue
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]

Overdose (オーヴァードーズ) is the eighth studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. The album was released on October 1, 1994 by the Nippon Columbia imprint Triad.[6] It is their first studio album not to feature founding member Keitarō Takanami, who departed the band earlier in the year. Overdose is the first of several Pizzicato Five albums to be themed around a famous city, in this case New York.[5] The album pays tribute to soul music, and soul singer Stevie Wonder in particular, with several songs incorporating Wonder's signature instrument, the harmonica.[5]

Four singles were released from Overdose: "The Night Is Still Young", "Happy Sad", "Superstar" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street". The song "Airplane" was later re-recorded for the band's 1996 EP Sister Freedom Tapes as "Airplane '96".[7] Several tracks from the album appeared on the band's 1995 compilation The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five.[8] Overdose was reissued by Readymade Records on September 30, 2000 and March 31, 2006.[9][10]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Yasuharu Konishi, except where noted; all music is composed by Konishi, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Overture" 0:17
2."Airplane" (エアプレイン) 5:21
3."Statue of Liberty" (自由の女神)
4:49
4."Readymade FM" (レディメイドＦＭ) 1:23
5."Happy Sad" (ハッピー・サッド) 5:10
6."Superstar" (スーパースター) 5:23
7."If I Were a Groupie" (music by Konishi and Yukihiro Fukutomi)
  • Konishi
  • Nomiya
5:00
8."Shopping Bag" (ショッピング・バッグ) 3:44
9."The Night Is Still Young" (東京は夜の七時) 10:59
10."Hippie Day" (ヒッピー・デイ) 3:49
11."The Sweetest Girl" (世界中でいちばんきれいな女の子) 6:19
12."Questions" (クエスチョンズ) 5:27
13."On the Sunny Side of the Street" (陽の当たる大通り) 6:31
Total length:64:12

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 9

References

  1. ^ "東京は夜の七時 | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Happy Sad | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Superstar | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "陽の当たる大通り | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Mills, Ted. "Overdose – Pizzicato Five". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "overdose | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  7. ^ Mills, Ted. "Sister Freedom Tapes – Pizzicato Five". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  8. ^ Mills, Ted. "The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five – Pizzicato Five". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  9. ^ "overdose | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  10. ^ "overdose | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

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