Pizzicato Five (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Pizzicato Five
| type = studio
| artist = Pizzicato Five
| cover = Pizzicato Five TM 1999.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1999|11|20}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Shibuya-kei
| length = {{duration|m=59|s=58}}
| label = {{hlist|Readymade|Matador}}
| producer = {{hlist|Yasuharu Konishi|Yukihiro Fukutomi|Shunsuke Sakamoto|Takeo Sasada|Sohichi Terada}}
| prev_title = Pizzicato Five VS Darlin' of Discothèque
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Pizzicato Five in the Bag
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Pizzicato Five U.S.
| type = studio
| prev_title = Playboy & Playgirl
| prev_year = 1999
| title = The Fifth Release from Matador
| year = 2000
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pizzicato-five-tm-mw0000378063|title=Pizzicato Five [TM] – Pizzicato Five|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 2, 2018|last=Mills|first=Ted}}
| rev2 = Alternative Press
| rev2score = 4/5{{cite magazine|title=Pizzicato Five: The Fifth Release from Matador|magazine=Alternative Press|issue=150|date=January 2001|page=98}}
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,388232,00.html|title=Perfect kitsch|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 27, 2000|access-date=January 2, 2018|last=Clarke|first=Betty}}
| rev4 = Pitchfork
| rev4score = 5.9/10{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20900-the-fifth-release-from-matador|title=Pizzicato Five: The Fifth Release from Matador|website=Pitchfork|access-date=January 2, 2018|last=Juzwiak|first=Richard M.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313163754/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20900-the-fifth-release-from-matador|archive-date=March 13, 2008|url-status=dead}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Pizzicato Five|ピチカート・ファイヴ|extra=stylized as Pizzicato Five™}} is the twelfth studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. The album was released on November 20, 1999, by Readymade Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/136546/products/75725/1/|title=PIZZICATO FIVE {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ|publisher=Oricon|access-date=December 20, 2022|language=ja}} Under the title The Fifth Release from Matador, it was released in the United States on November 14, 2000, by Matador Records.{{cite web|url=https://matadorrecords.com/pizzicato_five|title=Pizzicato Five|publisher=Matador Records|access-date=June 10, 2020}} Pizzicato Five was reissued on March 31, 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/136546/products/75725/2/|title=PIZZICATO FIVE {{!}} ピチカート・ファイヴ|publisher=Oricon|access-date=June 10, 2020|language=ja}}
The Japanese edition contains heavily reworked versions of the previously released songs "Darlin' of Discothèque" from the Darlin' of Discothèque EP, "Room Service" – renamed "20th Century Girl" – from the Nonstop to Tokyo EP, and "A Perfect World" from the A Perfect World EP. The American edition omits the song "Love Again" from the Japanese edition and includes the original versions of "Room Service" and "A Perfect World", together with "Tout, tout pour ma chèrie" from Darlin' of Discothèque.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Yasuharu Konishi, except where noted
| all_music = Konishi, except where noted
| headline = Pizzicato Five
| title1 = Love Again
| note1 = {{Nihongo2|また恋におちてしまった}}
| length1 = 4:58
| title2 = Roma
| note2 = {{Nihongo2|ローマ}}
| length2 = 2:57
| title3 = Loudland!
| length3 = 4:41
| title4 = A Room with a View
| note4 = {{Nihongo2|眺めのいい部屋}}
| length4 = 4:48
| title5 = La guerre est finie
| note5 = {{Nihongo2|戦争は終わった}}
| length5 = 4:56
| title6 = Wild Strawberries
| note6 = {{Nihongo2|野いちご}}
| length6 = 4:56
| title7 = Darlin' of Discothèque
| note7 = {{Nihongo2|ダーリン・オブ・ディスコティック}}
| length7 = 7:32
| title8 = A Perfect World
| note8 = {{Nihongo2|パーフェクト・ワールド}}
| length8 = 4:41
| title9 = 20th Century Girl
| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Konishi|Margo Guryan}}
| music9 = {{hlist|Konishi|Guryan}}
| length9 = 4:52
| title10 = Serial Stories
| note10 = {{Nihongo2|連載小説}}
| length10 = 3:41
| title11 = The World Without You
| note11 = {{Nihongo2|あなたのいない世界で}}
| music11 = Masumi Arichika
| length11 = 5:33
| title12 = Goodbye Baby & Amen
| note12 = {{Nihongo2|グッバイ・ベイビイ＆エイメン}}
| length12 = 6:23
| total_length = 59:58
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = The Fifth Release from Matador
| title1 = A Perfect World
| note1 = single version
| length1 = 3:58
| title2 = Roma
| length2 = 2:57
| title3 = Loudland!
| length3 = 4:41
| title4 = A Room with a View
| length4 = 4:48
| title5 = La guerre est finie
| length5 = 4:56
| title6 = Wild Strawberries
| length6 = 4:56
| title7 = Darlin' of Discothèque
| length7 = 7:41
| title8 = A Perfect World
| note8 = album version
| length8 = 4:31
| title9 = 20th Century Girl
| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Konishi|Guryan}}
| music9 = {{hlist|Konishi|Guryan}}
| length9 = 4:51
| title10 = Tout, tout pour ma chèrie
| lyrics10 = Michel Polnareff
| music10 = Polnareff
| length10 = 4:54
| title11 = Serial Stories
| length11 = 3:42
| title12 = The World Without You
| music12 = Arichika
| length12 = 5:33
| title13 = Room Service
| length13 = 4:28
| title14 = Goodbye Baby & Amen
| length14 = 6:22
| total_length = 68:18
}}
Sample credits{{cite AV media notes|title=The Fifth Release from Matador|others=Pizzicato Five|publisher=Matador Records|year=2000|id=OLE 415-2|type=liner notes}}
- "20th Century Girl" contains samples of "I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You", written by Margo Guryan.
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"| Chart (1999) !scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| 31 |
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|515804|Pizzicato Five}}
- {{Discogs master|192285|The Fifth Release from Matador}}
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