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The Fifth Release from Matador
by Pizzicato Five
Product Group: Music
Studio: Matador Records
ISBN: B00004YX2F
EAN: 0744861041528
UPC: 744861041528
Audio CD
Original Release Date: 2000-11-14
Release Date: 2000-11-14
SKU: 08020035
Condition: Like New Like New
Comments: Audio CD in like new condition with no scratches. Very nice Keepsake case with like new art work and labels.
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Editorial Reviews
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Album Description
Pizzicato Five's 2000 release is called The Fifth Release From Matador. When it was originally released in Japan the title was Pizzicato Five. This domestic version adds bonus tracks that are not on the import version. The tracks are 'A Perfect World', 'Roma', 'Loudland!', 'A Room With A View', 'La Guerre Est Finie', 'Wild Strawberries', 'Darlin' Of Discotheque', 'A Perfect World' (this track is listed twice), '20th Century Girl', 'Tout Tout Pour Ma Cherie', 'Serial Stories','The World Without You', 'Room Service' & 'Goodbye Baby & Amen'. Gatefold digipack.
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Customer Reviews
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If you loved Happy End of the World, you'll like this.
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-07-01
It's still a mellow yet upbeat listen, but not as catchy or distinctive as Happy End of the World.
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One of P5's Many Great American Releases
Rating  (4)
Date: 2005-10-13
Those put off by albums recorded in languages other than English should relax--and the best way to relax is to listen to this accessible, upbeat, and almost groovy album by the Japanese group Pizzicato Five. Leaders in the shibuya-kei movement, P5 demonstrates their consistent skill in songs like "Wild Strawberries" and personal favorite "Room Service."
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Perhaps P5's best US album, ever
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-08-17
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
The beauty of this album is how it jumps all around on the music scene. It blends the sounds together nicely. So what if they don't speak English! This album did everything right.
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A step in the wrong direction
Rating  (2)
Date: 2002-10-29
2 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Pizzicato 5 are at their very best when they sound new and fresh. This recording is old and stale. There is nothing here that departs from what you've heard from them before with the exception of the tracks "20th Century Girl" (the one redeeming feature of this album) and "Tout, Tout Pour Ma Cherie" (an abysmal failure...). The remaining songs all sound like you've heard them many times before in superior versions.Where "Happy End of The World" was a leap forward for P5, "The Fifth Release" is a step backwards. If you're looking to buy a P5 album, do yourself a favour and get one of the other ones.
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"Do these guys ever make an album that DOESN'T sound great?"
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-02-28
14 out of 14 customers found this reveiw helpful
I got my nephews hooked on Pizzicato Five three years ago after I discovered them myself, and whenever we travel together (which is a lot, as I babysit them often) they request this band's albums more than any other group besides The Beatles.So as soon as I bought this brand new (as of this writing) release, my nephews got all excited--I put it on in the car, and as they heard it for the very first time their jaws dropped and asked me, "Do these guys ever make an album that DOESN'T sound great?" Enough said. Pizzicato Five is one of those rare musical acts who keep getting better and better with each album, who continue to persistently produce music that is nothing but outstanding, who are completely incapable of creating "filler" junk. And, like a lot of such acts, you can actually hear them developing on and expanding ideas from their previous projects--you can musically "connect the dots" here, so to speak, with the experimentation that occured on the previous album "Playboy & Playgirl" just as you can hear the connections between that earlier title and its own predecessor. Indeed, P5 don't appear to really be a pop band, really, so much as an ongoing music conceptual art project. And after the particularly bad year we had in 2001... isn't it wonderful to have a band like this in the world who can create such wonderful joys in life for us all? P5 continue to remind everyone what is truly important in life. Thank God there is still at least one band around who still cares enough about people to do that.
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