Overdose (album)

{{for|other albums|Overdose (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Overdose

| type = studio

| artist = Pizzicato Five

| cover = Overdose Cover sleeve.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Outer sleeve cover

| released = {{start date|1994|10|01}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Shibuya-kei

| length = {{duration|m=64|s=12}}

| label = Triad

| producer = {{hlist|Yasuharu Konishi|Yukihiro Fukutomi}}

| prev_title = A Television's Workshop

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = TYO: Big Hits and Jet Lags 1991–1995

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Overdose

| type = studio

| single1 = The Night Is Still Young

| single1date = December 1, 1993{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/136546/products/78845/1/|title=東京は夜の七時 {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ|publisher=Oricon|access-date=June 10, 2020|language=ja}}

| single2 = Happy Sad

| single2date = April 21, 1994{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/136546/products/80716/1/|title=Happy Sad {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ|publisher=Oricon|access-date=June 10, 2020|language=ja}}

| single3 = Superstar

| single3date = July 21, 1994{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/136546/products/78971/1/|title=Superstar {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ|publisher=Oricon|access-date=June 10, 2020|language=ja}}

| single4 = On the Sunny Side of the Street

| single4date = October 21, 1994{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/136546/products/79079/1/|title=陽の当たる大通り {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ|publisher=Oricon|access-date=June 10, 2020|language=ja}}

}}{{Extra album cover

| header = CD case cover

| type = studio

| cover = Overdose Cover.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

}}{{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = studio

| cover = Overdose Reissue Cover.jpg

| alt =

| caption = 2006 reissue

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/overdose-mw0000944500|title=Overdose – Pizzicato Five|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 6, 2018|last=Mills|first=Ted}}

}}

{{Nihongo|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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/136546/products/68398/1/|title=overdose {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ|publisher=Oricon|access-date=December 20, 2022|language=ja}} 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. The album pays tribute to soul music, and soul singer Stevie Wonder in particular, with several songs incorporating Wonder's signature instrument, the harmonica.

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".{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sister-freedom-tapes-mw0000616724|title=Sister Freedom Tapes – Pizzicato Five|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 6, 2018|last=Mills|first=Ted}} Several tracks from the album appeared on the band's 1995 compilation The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sound-of-music-by-pizzicato-five-mw0000176720|title=The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five – Pizzicato Five|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 6, 2018|last=Mills|first=Ted}} Overdose was reissued by Readymade Records on September 30, 2000 and March 31, 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/136546/products/69580/1/|title=overdose {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ|publisher=Oricon|access-date=June 10, 2020|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/136546/products/69580/2/|title=overdose {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ|publisher=Oricon|access-date=June 10, 2020|language=ja}}