In early 1994, the remaining members of the Pizzicato Five (Yasuharu Konishi and Nomiya Maki) played in America for the first time, and it shows in Overdose.
The album is a tribute to New York City, soul music, and Stevie Wonder in particular.
Wonder-esque instrumentation and harmonica pop up in "Questions," "Hippie Day," and especially "On the Sunny Side of the Street," one of their best singles.
Elsewhere, Konishi is lifting riffs from the not-exactly-New-Yorker-but-it'll-do Donovan ("Airplane"), using a rapper for the first time (Takagi Kan on "Statue of Liberty"), and, while "Superstar" may sound like Lenny Kravitz, adding a lush orchestral break American artists would never think of.
The album loses some energy when it hits the ten-minute remix of "The Night Is Still Young," and none of the following tracks apart from the closing number match the energy of the opening seven.
A mixed bag, but it does show that a Takanami-less Pizzicato Five could carry on.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OvertureKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 00:16 | 0 MB | 1 MB |
| 2 | AirplaneKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 05:21 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Readymade FMKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 01:23 | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| 4 | Happy SadKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | SuperstarKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 05:23 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 6 | If I Were a GroupieYukihiro Fukutomi, Maki Nomiya, Konishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 7 | Shopping BagKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | Hippie DayKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | QuestionsKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 05:27 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 10 | Jiyuu no Megami | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 11 | Tokyo Wa Yoru No Shichiji | Pizzicato Five | Play | 10:59 | 25 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Sekaijuu de Ichiban Kireina Onna no Ko | Pizzicato Five | Play | 06:19 | 14 MB | 42 MB |
| 13 | Hi no Ataru Oodoori | Pizzicato Five | Play | 06:31 | 15 MB | 42 MB |
| 64 mins | 148 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 278 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yukihiro Fukutomi | Composer |
| 2 | Naoko Hayashi | Assistant Photographer |
| 3 | Maki Nomiya | Composer |
| 4 | Pizzicato Five | Primary Artist |
| 5 | Gemi Taylor | Guitar |
| 6 | Gaile Vazbys | Prop Design |
| 7 | Konishi Yasuharu | Composer, Producer |
| 8 | Atsushi Yoneyama | Video |
| 9 | Noboyuki Yoshida | Transportation |
| 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. |