Service (album)
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Service | ||
Studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra | ||
Released | 1983 | |
Recorded | September-October 1983 | |
Genre | Electropop | |
Length | 50:44 | |
Label | Alfa Records | |
Producer(s) | YMO | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology | ||
Naughty Boys Instrumental (1983) |
Service (1983) |
After Service (1983) |
Service was the eighth album by Yellow Magic Orchestra (1983). Somewhat like ×∞ Multiplies, it contains a mixture of YMO songs and comedy sketches, this time by S.E.T. (Some European editions omit the sketches.)
[edit] Track listing
- Limbo – 3:31 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono / words: Takahashi, Hosono, Peter Barakan)
- S.E.T. – 4:21
- The Madmen – 4:40 (music: Hosono / words: Hosono, Barakan)
- S.E.T. – 1.23 (intro music: Casiopea - Time Limit, from the album Mint Jams)
- Chinese Whispers – 4:27 (music: Takahashi / words: Takahashi, Barakan)
- S.E.T. – 4:16
- You've Got to Help Yourself – 4:42 (music: Sakamoto, Takahashi / words: Hosono, Barakan)
- S.E.T. + Y.M.O. – 5:53
- Shadows on the Ground – 4:20 (music: Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Sakamoto, Takahashi, Barakan)
- S.E.T. – 3:25
- See-Through – 3:36 (music: YMO / words: Barakan)
- S.E.T. – 4:09
- Perspective – 5:12 (music: Sakamoto / words: Sakamoto, Barakan)
- S.E.T. – 0:46
[edit] Credits
- Produced by: YMO
- All instruments played by: Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi
- Technical Assistance: Takeshi Fujii and Akihiko Yamazoe
- Engineered by: Mitsuo Koike
- Assistant Engineer: Akitsugu Doi
- Mixed by: YMO with Mitsuo Koike
- Mastered by: Teppei Kasai at CBS Sony Shinanomachi Studio
- Art Direction & Painting: Tsuguya Inoue
- Design: Beans
- A and R Coordination: Kazusuke Obi (Yen)