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| The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 151433
Category: Music
Artist: Pizzicato Five
Publisher: Matador Records
Studio: Matador Records
Manufacturer: Matador Records
Label: Matador Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 10166
UPC: 744861016625
EAN: 0744861016625
ASIN: B00000581X
Release Date: October 22, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Rock & Roll | | • | The Night Is Still Young | | • | Happy Sad | | • | Groovy Is My Name | | • | Sophisticated Catchy | | • | Strawberry Sleighride | | • | If I Were a Groupie | | • | Sweet Thursday | | • | CDJ | | • | Fortune Cookie | | • | Good - Pizzicato Five, Chica | | • | Number Five | | • | Peace Music - Pizzicato Five, Nomiya, Maki | | • | Airplane | | • | Rock & Roll |
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Some look into the face of American popular culture and see the deep dark abyss of lowest-common-denominator commercialism. Tokyo duo Pizzicato Five, however, peer stateside and see the sparkling disco-ball inferno of souped-up drag-race hyper-enthusiasm, a kitschy retro-futurist youthquake, and a high-fashion, heavy-plastic glob of fun. The ever-changing group masterminded by Warhol-wannabe Yasuharu Konishi and fronted by Twiggy-disciple Maki Nomiya has borrowed, sampled, and stolen its way through an irresistible melange of Esquivel's bossa nova cocktail swing ("Rock and Roll"), Bacharach's jazz pop ("Fortune Cookie"), chewy psychedelic bubblegum ("Strawberry Sleighride"), cartoonish Jackson Five Motown ("Happy Sad"), and Dee-Lite's frenetic disco house music ("The Night Is Still Young"). --Roni Sarig
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 A Great Album From A Great Group December 28, 2007
The Sound of Music is yet another entry by Japanese Pop group Pizzicato Five. The group ventures into several different things on this album and they go for the gusto. At no point in this album did I feel like they half did anything. While the track "If I Were A Groupie" isn't as infectious as the rest of the tracks, it is still listenable. Everywhere you look on this album you'll be sure to find something so catchy that you'll find yourself dancing in your seat before long. This is pop when it goes down the unbeaten path and isn't just another clone of mainstream pop. I for one am thankful for groups such as P Five and they will be missed.
This album is certainly worth a listen and I'm glad I spent what I did on the purchase of it.
 I'm feelin' so happy sad May 5, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Never can it be said that Pizzicato Five doesn't have fun with their music. In "The Sound of Music," this Japanese band revels in glitzy sound and poppy melodies. Dancey, sparkly, plastic, sugary and enchantingly earnest, this is kitschy pop at its most entertaining.
After a brief intro with children singing about how they love "P. 5, oh yes we do," the band launches into the thoroughly danceable (and ill-named) "Rock'n'Roll," an infectious little song that would be maddening if it weren't so much fun, and so darn cute.
To judge from "Sound of Music," Pizzicato Five seem to be cheerfully cannibalizing various popular American music periods: There's a disco tune, a bit of bossa nova, bouncy funk, jazz, dance, and bubblegum pop that refuses to be serious about anything. A few -- like the conversation-filled "Groupie" -- are somewhat less charming, but it's hard not to be charmed by the repeated sentiment of "If I were a groupie..."
Pizzicato Five made music for years before "Sound of Music" started to capture American listeners. It's amazing that these guys didn't get attention before that. Rather than the wild experiments of Cornelius and Buffalo Daughter, Pizzicato Five are out to enjoy themselves (okay, they experiment once or twice). And they do so with great gusto -- the entire album sounds like a party where nobody cares what's cool, only what's fun.
Perhaps one of the most entertaining things about "Sound of Music" is that the band does absolutely nothing halfway. If the music is jazz, it drips jazz from every note. If it's dance, the tempo is mad. If they inject weird sound effects, it sounds like a haunted house. Synth, keyboard, wild drums and samples add to the fun, colorful maelstrom.
For anyone who doesn't speak Japanese: Most of the lyrics won't make any sense at all, despite the odd English word ("groovy!") thrown in. "Happy Sad" is one of the exceptions, with a the upbeat question "shoop-e-doop-e-doop/happy sad/are you feelin'/are you feelin' bad?/Happy sad..."
Pizzicato Five enchants in "The Sound of Music," a delightfully unpretentious album that tries out just about every variety of pop there is. The hills are alive!
good Pi 5 release June 17, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I like this album for listening in the car when I am driving. There are some slow parts on this one that I wish that weren't there ^mainly rock and roll^.My favorites on here are The Night is Still Young; Happy Sad; CDJ; Peace Music (actually St. Etienne Remix); Strawberry Sleighride; and Airplace. The biggest problem that friends have with this CD is the fact that there are only a few English songs on here. I reccomend that you get Happy End of the World if you want an Pizzicato Five release with english on it. For those of you who do like to listen to Japanese music, this one is a good one for the collection. Although I won't say that it is a must have.
Your friends will think you're weird... July 27, 2002
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
...if they're anything like mine. Peer pressure notwithstanding, Pizzicato Five have a great sound, and some of these tracks really are excellent. Rock n' Roll and Strawberry Sleighride specifically, are some of the most pleasant and mellow tracks I've come across in a long time, and I listen to pretty much anything from Classical to Rock.
Twiggy Twiggy attracted me to the P-5, and this CD has made me a fan of the band. Their sound is both unique and classic mainstream at the same time (reminds me of USSR-era Russian pop music), that not everyone might like or understand. But then again, just because a band is widely accepted, doesn't mean they're worth their salt - just look at N-sync.
One of the best P-5 CD's January 5, 2002
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are some songs that remind me of my dysfunctional self. I love it. Just remember that before you buy that the CD is mostly Japanese.
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