Big Hits & Jetlags: 1994 - 1997 [Import]

Pizzicato 5 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Teichiku Japan
• ASIN: B000007WFZ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #712,532 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Lesson 3003 Part 1

3. Night Is Still Young (readymade mfsb mix), The

4. It's a Beautiful Day

5. Baby Portable Rock

6. Happy Sad

7. Superstar

8. Message Song, A

9. Icecream Meltin' Mellow

10. Mon Amour Tokyo

11. Lesson 3003 Part 2

12. Tokyo, Mon Amour

13. To Our Children's Children's Children

14. Triste

15. On the Sunny Side of the Street

16. I Hear a Symphony

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A 70-minute Package Tour of Pizzicato Greatness, January 21, 2001

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"plutoniclove" (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Hits & Jetlags: 1994 - 1997 (Audio CD)

The first time I listened to this CD I was a bit upset about the edits of some of the songs--why take out the cool strumming at the beginning of "To Our Children's Children's Children?" So "Lesson 3003" can be 3 seconds longer? What a waste. But once you get over that and other butcherings, I mean, edits, you have a certified Party-In-A-Jewel-Case. "Superstar" mixes rock guitars with strings and a great vocal performance by Maki-chan, and the rare "Message Song" has one of the most sing-along choruses in a Pizzicato Five song ever (and that's saying something!); meanwhile, "Tokyo Mon Amour" substitutes vocals for the organ of the "Combinaison Spaciale EP" version to create an almost-too-sad, yet compelling, P5 clasic. The collection closes with the single version of "I Hear A Symphony." Completely reworked for "Playboy & Playgirl," this version features a fast and busy arrangement and a 40's jingle-like arrangement that takes a bit to get used to, but in the end it's hard not to love it. All in all a very good compilation (especially for the songs that only came out as singles); my only complaint is that the two "Lessons," although quite interesting examples of DJing, are a bit too long, showing a bit of indulgence on Konishi's part.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars READYMADE HAPPY MUSIC......, April 6, 2000

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D. A. Vall-lloveras (Los Angeles CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Hits & Jetlags: 1994 - 1997 (Audio CD)

Pizzicato Five, actually a duo from Tokyo consisting of vocalist Maki Nomiya and producer Yasuharu Konishi, glide effortlessly through a wide range of western pop/rock/R&B influences in this compilation. It's creative, toungue-in-cheek, reverent, irreverent and a lot of F-U-N! Although sung in Japanese, Maki's vocals sound totally at home whether it be in "Happy Sad" (70's R&B) or "Superstar" (Punk) or "Baby Portable Rock" & "It's A Beautiful Day" (60's Pop). If you have the good fortune to see their "Readymade Video Collections" 1 & 2, you'll get to see Maki's true chameleon quality, and just how much fun they are having through it all! This CD is well worth the import price and is guaranteed to make you feel H-A-P-P-Y!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marvellous piece of work, July 4, 1998

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[e-mail] (Asia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Hits & Jetlags: 1994 - 1997 (Audio CD)

Pizzicato is following the shibuya style of music. It's really very very good. Their style is immensely Western. "7:00pm Tokyo","Baby Portable Rock" and "Mon Amour, Tokyo" are my favourite songs. The middle one got a sweet tune, and the latter one is rather 'Yuutsu'. I really like their remix songs, like track #2 ans #11. I feel that this is a cool album. If you wanna know more about Pizzicato 5, then u MUST listen to this. It's worthy to buy it! Everyone must