Yellow Magic Orchestra (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Yellow Magic Orchestra
Type = Album
Artist = Yellow Magic Orchestra


Released = 1978 November 25
Recorded =
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 37:35
36:04 (US mix)
Label = Alfa Records (Original Releases)

Toshiba-EMI (rereleases 1991-2003)

Sony Music Entertainment (rereleases 2003-onwrards)
Producer = Haruomi Hosono
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3cmtk60xtkra link]
Last album =
This album = "Yellow Magic Orchestra"
(1978)
Next album = "Solid State Survivor"
(1979)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Type = studio album


Lower caption = The US cover.

"Yellow Magic Orchestra" is the first album by Japanese electropop band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Originally released in Japan in 1978, the album was re-released in the United States the following year with new cover art, a more American-friendly mixing and without the closing track of "Acrobat".

"Firecracker" was released as a single under the name "Computer Game". As such, on early US pressings of the album, "Computer Game 'Theme from "The Circus'" and "Firecracker" were combined as one track, while the firecracker sound effect at the end of the track was indexed by itself as "Firecracker".

Track listing

tracklist
writing_credits = yes
headline = Side one
title1 = Computer Game 'Theme from "The Circus"'
note1 = nihongo2|コンピューター・ゲーム —サーカスのテーマ—
length1 = 1:48
writer1 = Yellow Magic Orchestra
title2 = Firecracker
note2 = nihongo2|ファイアークラッカー
length2 = 4:50
writer2 = Martin Denny
title3 = Simoon
note3 = nihongo2|シムーン
length3 = 6:27
writer3 = Chris Mosdell/Haruomi Hosono
title4 = Cosmic Surfin
note4 = nihongo2|コズミック・サーフィン
length4 = 4:51
writer4 = Hosono
title5 = Computer Game 'Theme from "The Invader"'
note5 = nihongo2|コンピューター・ゲーム —インベーダーのテーマ—
length5 = 0:43
writer5 = Yellow Magic Orchestra

tracklist
writing_credits = yes
headline = Side two
title1 = Tong Poo
note1 = nihongo2|東風
length1 = 6:15
writer1 = Ryuichi Sakamoto
title2 = La femme chinoise
note2 = nihongo2|中国女; "Chuugokujo"
length2 = 5:52
writer2 = Mosdell/Yukihiro Takahashi
title3 = Bridge Over Troubled Music
note3 = nihongo2|ブリッジ・オーバー・トラブルド・ミュージック
length3 = 1:17
writer3 = Yellow Magic Orchestra
title4 = Mad Pierrot
note4 = nihongo2|マッド・ピエロ
length4 = 4:20
writer4 = Hosono
title5 = Acrobat
note5 = nihongo2|アクロバット
length5 = 1:12
writer5 = Yellow Magic Orchestra

US pressing

tracklist
writing_credits = yes
headline = Side one
title1 = Computer Game 'Theme from "The Circus"'
length1 = 6:38
writer1 = Yellow Magic Orchestra
title2 = Firecracker
length2 = 0:02
writer2 = Martin Denny
title3 = Simoon
length3 = 6:27
writer3 = Chris Mosdell/Haruomi Hosono
title4 = Cosmic Surfin
length4 = 4:26
writer4 = Hosono
title5 = Computer Game 'Theme from "The Invader"'
length5 = 1:01
writer5 = Yellow Magic Orchestra

tracklist
writing_credits = yes
headline = Side two
title1 = Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)
length1 = 6:17
writer1 = Ryuichi Sakamoto
title2 = La femme chinoise
length2 = 5:55
writer2 = Mosdell/Yukihiro Takahashi
title3 = Bridge Over Troubled Music
length3 = 1:18
writer3 = Yellow Magic Orchestra
title4 = Mad Pierrot
length4 = 4:04
writer4 = Hosono

Personnel

*Ryuichi Sakamoto: keyboards, electronics, percussion, orchestration
*Yukihiro Takahashi: vocals, drums, percussion, electronics
*Haruomi Hosono: Bass, electronics, keyboards, arrangements
*Chris Mosdell: Lyrics
*Hideki Matsutake: Micro Composer programming
*Shunichi Hashimoto: Vocal on "Simoon"
*Masayoshi Takanaka: Electric guitar on "Cosmic Surfin" and "La femme chinoise"
*Tomoko Nunoi: Additional vocals on "La femme chinoise (credited as "Sexy Voice")