Pizzicato Five™

Pizzicato Five™ is the twelfth studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. The album was released on November 20, 1999 by Readymade Records.[5] Under the title The Fifth Release from Matador, it was released in the United States on November 14, 2000 by Matador Records.[6] Pizzicato Five™ was reissued on March 31, 2006.[7]

Pizzicato Five™
Studio album by
Pizzicato Five
ReleasedNovember 20, 1999 (1999-11-20)
GenreShibuya-kei
Length59:58
Label
Producer
Pizzicato Five chronology
Pizzicato Five vs. Darlin' of Discothèque
(1999)		 Pizzicato Five™
(1999)		 Pizzicato Five in the Bag
(2000)
Pizzicato Five US chronology
Playboy & Playgirl
(1999)		 The Fifth Release from Matador
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press4/5[2]
The Guardian[3]
Pitchfork5.9/10[4]

The Japanese edition contains heavily reworked versions of the previously released songs "Darlin' of Discotheque" 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

All tracks are written by Yasuharu Konishi, except as noted.

Pizzicato Five™
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Again" 4:58
2."Roma" 2:57
3."Loudland!" 4:41
4."A Room with a View" 4:48
5."La Guerre Est Finie" 4:56
6."Wild Strawberries" 4:56
7."Darlin' of Discothèque" 7:32
8."A Perfect World" 4:41
9."20th Century Girl" 4:52
10."Serial Stories" 3:41
11."The World Without You"
  • Konishi
  • Masumi Arichika
5:33
12."Goodbye Baby & Amen" 6:23
Total length:59:58
The Fifth Release from Matador
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Perfect World" (single version) 3:58
2."Roma" 2:57
3."Loudland!" 4:41
4."A Room with a View" 4:48
5."La Guerre Est Finie" 4:56
6."Wild Strawberries" 4:56
7."Darlin' of Discothèque" 7:41
8."A Perfect World" (album version) 4:31
9."20th Century Girl" 4:51
10."Tout, Tout Pour Ma Chèrie"Michel Polnareff4:54
11."Serial Stories" 3:42
12."The World Without You"
  • Konishi
  • Arichika
5:33
13."Room Service"
  • Konishi
  • Arichika
4:28
14."Goodbye Baby & Amen" 6:22
Total length:68:18

Charts
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 31
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References
  1. Mills, Ted. "Pizzicato Five [TM] – Pizzicato Five". AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. "Pizzicato Five: The Fifth Release from Matador". Alternative Press. No. 150. January 2001. p. 98.
  3. Clarke, Betty (October 27, 2000). "Perfect kitsch". The Guardian. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. Juzwiak, Richard M. "Pizzicato Five: The Fifth Release from Matador". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 13, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  5. "PIZZICATO FIVE | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  6. "Pizzicato Five". Matador Records. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  7. "PIZZICATO FIVE | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  8. Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon. ISBN 978-4-87131-077-2.
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