Pizzicato Five - Bossa Nova 2001

Title: Bossa Nova 2001 Artist: Pizzicato Five Release Date: 11/14/2000 Label: Sony Music Distribution UPCs: 4988001463597, 4988001993360 Genre: Rock Styles: Dance-Pop, House, Alternative Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, Alternative Dance, Alternative/Indie Rock, J-Pop, Indie Pop, Shibuya-Kei Moods: Carefree, Fun, Quirky, Slick, Cheerful, Ironic, Sophisticated, Stylish, Wry, Amiable/Good-Natured, Elegant, Energetic, Irreverent, Playful, Sweet Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Rock & Roll
2. Sweet Soul Revue
3. Magic Carpet Ride
4. Groovy Is My Name
5. Sophisticated Catchy
6. Peace Music
7. Strawberry Sleighride
8. Sleeper
9. Sweet Thursday
10. Rain Song
11. Go Go Dancer
12. Eclipse
13. Saga
14. Hallelujah Hara Krishna
15. Playback 2001
16. Cleopatra 2001

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD Sony Music Distribution 50373

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Bossanova 2001 would turn out to be Keitaro Takanami's swan song with the Pizzicato Five and, as such, it's a beautiful testament to his songwriting skills. (But, like Paul McCartney after the Beatles, his solo material just hasn't been as good.) Calling on Keigo Oyamada (aka Cornelius) to produce, the album is less about the bossa nova of the title and more a trip through every late-'60s record in Yasuharu Konishi's voluminous collection. "Sweet Soul Review" is "Sweet Soul Music" updated, "Magic Carpet Ride" is 1967-era psychedelia, "Hallelujah Hare Krishna" is a funked-up Traffic pastiche. It's the Takanami songs that hook the most, too -- "Peace Music" and "Eclipse" are some of the finest from his time in the band. Top-notch production, as well, make this one of most satisfying of all their releases. ~ Ted Mills, All Music Guide

Name Credits Akira Okazawa Guitar (Bass) Cornelius Guitar, Producer Daisaku Kume Keyboards Hajime Mizoguchi Cello Hanaji Yunker Drums Hayashi Yutake Turntables Hiroko Umeyama Stylist Hirose Osamu Engineer Hitoshi Watanabe Bass (Acoustic) Ken Okada A&R Kobayashi Yasuhiro Accordion Konishi Yasuharu Bass Maki Nomiya Vocals Makoto Kimura Percussion Makoto Saito Guitar Masahiro Kobayashi Trumpet, Flugelhorn Masako Saito Illustrations Mitsuo Shindo Photography, Art Direction Oakazawa Akira Bass Pizzicato Five Producer Takao Naoki Choir, Chorus Takenaka Akihiko Engineer, Mastering Toda Yoshie Percussion Tohru Takahashi Vocals (Background) Yasuhiro Kobayashi Accordion Yuko Ohishi Design