Overdrive (album)

Overdrive is the second full-length album from Surrey based alternative rock band Fastlane. It was released in May 2007 by Punktastic Recordings.

Track listing

All music composed by Great Cynics.

Personnel

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Overdrive (video game)

Overdrive is an arcade-style motor racing game which was written by Peter Johnson for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro and released in 1984 by Superior Software.

Summary

The game was probably inspired by the hugely successful Namco/Atari arcade game Pole Position which was one of the most popular arcade games when Overdrive was being developed. Like Pole Position, Overdrive uses the "rear-view racer format" but there are no bends in the track. The aim of the game is to finish in the top 12 in order to qualify for the next track. There are five different tracks but as there are no bends, the only difference is the change in scenery (fields, night, snow, desert and riverside scenes) as well as a change in the grip.

Points are awarded for the distance travelled as well as a bonus given at the end of each level depending on the number of computer controlled cars that have been passed. If the player collides with another car, they explode and regenerate. This can happen an infinite number of times but it wastes time and many opponents will pass while the player slowly accelerates. It is also common for opponents to crash into the back of the player while they are still accelerating causing another explosion.

Overdrive (Shonen Knife album)

Overdrive is the 19th studio album by pop punk trio Shonen Knife. It was released in 2014 on April 14 (U.K. and Europe), April 15 (North America), April 16 (Japan), and April 18 (Australia and New Zealand). The CD album artwork was created by Masahiko Ohno who is known as "Solmania" and there are three different colors for Japan, North America, and U.K./Europe.

The album received moderately positive reviews from critics. Many applauded the band's dabbling in more harder rock, whereas others were critical of the album's musical and lyrical simplicity.

Production

While Shonen Knife's usual sound is Ramones-inspired pop punk, for Overdrive, the band branched out musically and listened to harder rock bands—such as Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Bad Company, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Boston, ZZ Top, and The Doobie Brothers—for inspiration. I Am Tuned Up has described the album's sound as a combination of "edgy guitar riffs with psychedelic 70s-esque enchanting nostalgia."Naoko Yamano reasoned that, because that Free Time (2010) was heavily influenced by punk rock, and Pop Tune (2012) explored a more pop-oriented sound, Overdrive represented an opportunity for the band to explore harder rock. In fact, the album's name is a reference to the overdrive pedal, which, in Yamano's mind, conjured up images of 1970s rock music.

Proposed top-level domain

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Geographic proposals

Kids (Jamiroquai song)

"The Kids" is the lead single taken from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's second studio album, The Return of the Space Cowboy, though it was recorded shortly after the Emergency on Planet Earth sessions. The single was only released in Japan, on 30 June 1994. "The Kids" is a song that deals with the rights of children and their social status in the world. The song is written to be absurdly loud and high in tempo, to possibly represent the immaturity of children, and more generally the whole early childhood of a person, which is usually a carefree time of life.

Background

It is commonly known amongst fan circles that "The Kids" was written and performed during the 1993 Emergency on Planet Earth tour. It may either have been an outtake from the album, or simply a song written after the album was fully produced and released. The live version of the track played during the tour had a different chorus when compared to the official album version. After "The Kids" was recorded with previous drummer, Nick Van Gelder, Derrick McKenzie replaced Nick, and all tracks from the Space Cowboy recording sessions were re-recorded with McKenzie on drums, aside from "The Kids", on which van Gelder's drumming remains. The song was probably left to be because of time constraints related to the mastering process, production and release.

Kids (Style of Eye song)

Kids is a song by Swedish DJ Style of Eye, featuring Soso and an uncredited appearance from Elliphant. Released on December 10, 2013 worldwide (excluding the United Kingdom), it was his fourth and final single of 2013. In the United Kingdom, it was released on March 16, 2014.

"Kids" peaked at 33 in Sweden and 76 in Germany.

Release history

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