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Happy End of the World is the first album of entirely new material that the Pizzicato Five released in the United States, but it doesn't necessarily represent a great leap forward for the dance-lounge duo.
Pizzicato Five continue to blend light '60s pop, '70s disco, and '80s dance with an ironic flair on Happy End of the World, but the energy level is turned down a bit.
It's a surprisingly laid-back album, but that's not necessarily a bad thing -- the lush arrangements have an engaging, low-key charm, and the beats are nice and subtle.
Happy End of the World runs a little too long, and no song stands out as a single, but it's an engaging record that suggests there may be more to the Pizzicato Five than kitsch.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trailer MusicKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 01:51 | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| 2 | It's a Beautiful DayKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:28 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Mon Amour TokyoKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 4 | Arigato We Love YouGerry Arling, Richard Cameron, Konishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 05:16 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 5 | Happy EndingYukihiro Fukutomi, Konishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 07:28 | 17 MB | 42 MB |
| 6 | Sekai wa 1-funkan ni 45 Kaiten de Mawatte Iru | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:41 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 7 | Chikyuu wa Mawaru yo | Pizzicato Five | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Ai no Prelude | Pizzicato Five | Play | 02:20 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 9 | Ai no Theme | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 10 | Instrumental | Pizzicato Five | Play | 05:06 | 11 MB | 38 MB |
| 11 | Shoutotsu to Sokkyou Instrumental | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Porno 3003 Music for SofaGalaxy OneIt's | Pizzicato Five | Play | 09:52 | 22 MB | 66 MB |
| 13 | Watashi no Jinsei, Jinsei no Natsu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 05:04 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 62 mins | 145 MB | |||||
| 50 mins | 334 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toshio Araki | Orchestra |
| 2 | Gerry Arling | Composer |
| 3 | Richard Cameron | Composer, Orchestra |
| 4 | Steve Campbell | Drawing, Illustrations |
| 5 | Cornelius | Orchestra |
| 6 | Yukihiro Fukutomi | Audio Consultant, Composer, Orchestra, Producer |
| 7 | Nomura Hiroshi | Photography |
| 8 | Aya Inoue | Assistant Engineer |
| 9 | Isao Kanayama | Orchestra |
| 10 | Makoto Kimura | Orchestra |
| 11 | Arichika Masumi | Vocals |
| 12 | A. Michiko | Ensemble, Talking |
| 13 | Tatsuya Murayama | Orchestra, Orchestration |
| 14 | Akemi Nakano | Hair Stylist |
| 15 | Yoshiaki Onishi | Mixdown Engineer, Mixing |
| 16 | Hirose Osamu | Engineer, Mixdown Engineer, Mixing |
| 17 | Pizzicato Five | Primary Artist |
| 18 | Tatsuya Shimogami | Orchestra |
| 19 | Masanobu Sugatsuke | Executive Producer |
| 20 | Akihiko Takenaka | Engineer, Mixdown Engineer, Mixing |
| 21 | Junko Tomita | Post Production, Post Production Coordinator, Production Coordination |
| 22 | Noboru Tomizawa | Hair Stylist |
| 23 | Kikou Uehara | Mixdown Engineer, Mixing |
| 24 | Hiroko Umeyama | Stylist |
| 25 | Hitoshi Watanabe | Orchestra |
| 26 | Hideo Yamaki | Orchestra |
| 27 | Konishi Yasuharu | Composer, Ensemble, Producer, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |