Overdose (album)

Overdose
Studio album by Pizzicato Five
Released October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01)
Genre Shibuya-kei
Length 64:12
Label Triad
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 (1993-12-01)
  2. "Happy Sad"
    Released: April 21, 1994 (1994-04-21)
  3. "Superstar"
    Released: July 21, 1994 (1994-07-21)
  4. "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
    Released: October 21, 1994 (1994-10-21)
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Professional ratings
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AllMusic[1]

Overdose 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. It marks the group's first full-length album following the departure of founding member Keitarō Takanami. Setting a trend that would exist in later Pizzicato Five albums, Overdose is themed around a famous city, in this case New York City.[1] Musically, the album delves in soul music, containing several references to Stevie Wonder, most prominently the harmonica solo of "On the Sunny Side of the Street".[1]

Overdose produced four singles: "The Night Is Still Young", "Happy Sad", "Superstar" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street". The song "Airplane" was later redone on the 1996 EP Sister Freedom Tapes, titled as "Airplane 96".[2] Several tracks from Overdose appeared on the 1995 compilation album The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Yasuharu Konishi, except as noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Overture" 0:17
2."Airplane" 5:21
3."Statue of Liberty"
4:49
4."Readymade FM" 1:23
5."Happy Sad" 5:10
6."Superstar" 5:23
7."If I Were a Groupie"
  • Nomiya
  • Yukihiro Fukutomi
5:00
8."Shopping Bag" 3:44
9."The Night Is Still Young" 10:59
10."Hippie Day" 3:49
11."The Sweetest Girl" 6:19
12."Questions" 5:27
13."On the Sunny Side of the Street" 6:31
Total length:64:12

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] 9

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mills, Ted. "Overdose – Pizzicato Five". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ Mills, Ted. "Sister Freedom Tapes – Pizzicato Five". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ Mills, Ted. "The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five – Pizzicato Five". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ "1994.10.17付　アルバムTOP20". Oricon. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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