The last Pizzicato Five release of the decade, this 12-track CD is tainted with a little melancholic fin de siècle, especially in tracks such as "20th Century Girl" and "Goodbye Baby and Amen," the latter a duet with once-Pizzicato Five lead vocalist Takao Tajima.
But other than that, this is typical late-period Yasuharu Konishi, a breathless collage of distorted organ, speed lounge, dense rhythmic pile-ups, even Faust-like metal ("Loudland!").
Only "Wild Strawberries," with its riff stolen from Francoise Hardy, is reminiscent of their sound at the start of the '90s.
Nods to the past: Konishi indulges his own fan-boy wishes by working with '60s Japanese idol singer Mieko Hirota, letting her sing "Perfect World" in a Spencer Davis Group-type arrangement; Konishi polishes off a song from 1987's Couples, "Serial Stories," for Nomiya Maki.
An improvement over their previous album.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RomaKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 2 | Darlin' of DiscothequeKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 07:32 | 17 MB | 47 MB |
| 3 | A Perfect WorldKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:41 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 4 | 20th Century GirlKonishi Yasuharu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:52 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 5 | Mata Koi ni Ochite Shimatta | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:58 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 6 | LOUDLAND! LOUDLAND! | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:41 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 7 | Nagame no Ii Heya | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 8 | Sensou wa Owatta | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 9 | Noichigo | Pizzicato Five | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 10 | Rensai Shousetsu | Pizzicato Five | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 11 | Anata no Inai Sekai de | Pizzicato Five | Play | 05:33 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Goodbye Baby & Amen | Pizzicato Five | Play | 06:23 | 14 MB | 40 MB |
| 60 mins | 137 MB | |||||
| 54 mins | 362 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arichika Masumi | Composer |
| 2 | Pizzicato Five | Primary Artist |
| 3 | Konishi Yasuharu | Composer |
| 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. |