Happy End of the World

Happy End of the World
Matador issue
Studio album by
Pizzicato Five
ReleasedJune 21, 1997 (1997-06-21)
GenreShibuya-kei
Length62:40
Label
Producer
Pizzicato Five chronology
Great White Wonder: Rare Masters 1990–1996
(1996) 		Happy End of the World
(1997) 		Porno 3003
(1997)
Pizzicato Five US chronology
The Sound of Music by Pizzicato Five
(1995) 		Happy End of the World
(1997) 		Happy End of You
(1998)
Singles from Happy End of the World
  1. "It's a Beautiful Day"
    Released: March 1, 1997[1]
  2. "Mon amour Tokyo"
    Released: June 21, 1997[2]
Alternative cover
2006 reissue

Happy End of the World (ハッピー・エンド・オブ・ザ・ワールド) is the tenth studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. The album was released on June 21, 1997, by Readymade Records.[3] In the United States, it was released by Matador Records on September 9, 1997, and peaked at number 32 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[4][5] A companion remix album, Happy End of You, was released in 1998.[6] Happy End of the World was reissued by Readymade on March 31, 2006.[7]

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  2. ^ "モナムール東京 | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "HAPPY END OF THE WORLD | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
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  5. ^ "Pizzicato Five | Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  6. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Happy End of You – Pizzicato Five". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "HAPPY END OF THE WORLD | ピチカート・ファイヴ" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 10, 2020.