Overdose (album)

Overdose
Studio album by Pizzicato Five
Released	October 1, 1994
Genre	Shibuya-kei
Length	64:07
Producer	Yasuharu Konishi, Yukihiro Fukutomi
Pizzicato Five chronology
A Television's Workshop EP (1993) Overdose (1994) Pizzicato Five TYO (1995)
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2006 reissue version

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Overdose (オーヴァードーズ) is a 1994 album by Pizzicato Five. It was their first full-length album after parting with founding member K-Taro Takanami.^[2] Setting a trend that would exist in later Pizzicato Five albums, Overdose is themed around a famous city, in this case New York City.^[3][4] 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".^[5] Overdose produced three singles: "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".^[6] Several tracks from Overdose appeared on the 1995 compilation album The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five.^[7]

Track listing

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" - 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

References

1. ↑ Allmusic review
2. ↑ allmusic ((( Overdose > Overview )))
3. ↑ allmusic ((( Overdose > Overview )))
4. ↑ allmusic ((( Romantique 96 > Overview )))
5. ↑ allmusic ((( Overdose > Overview )))
6. ↑ allmusic ((( Sister Freedom Tapes > Overview )))
7. ↑ allmusic ((( The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five > Overview )))