Murdered by the Music (音楽殺人, Ongaku Satsujin) is Yukihiro Takahashi's second solo album, released when he was a member of YMO. As well as his YMO bandmates Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono, and longtime YMO collaborator Hideki Matsutake this album also features contributions from Sandii and Makoto Ayukawa of Sheena & the Rokkets.
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| Released | June 21, 1980 | |||
| Studio | CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Pop music, Synthpop, Technopop | |||
| Length | 42:20 | |||
| Label | Seven Seas (King Records) | |||
| Producer | Yukihiro Takahashi | |||
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| Sounds |   [1] |
In Japan this album reached No 12 on the general Oricon chart, and No. 14 on the Oricon LP chart.[2]
Track listing edit
All lyrics are written by Chris Mosdell; all music is composed by Yukihiro Takahashi, except where noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "School of Thought" | Ryuichi Sakamoto | 4:12 | |
| 2. | "Murdered by the Music" | Takahashi, Makoto Ayukawa | 3:40 | |
| 3. | "Kid-Nap, the Dreamer" | 3:00 | ||
| 4. | "I-Kasu!" | instrumental | 1:12 | |
| 5. | "Radioactivist" | 3:14 | ||
| 6. | "Numbers from a Calculated Conversation" | 4:36 | ||
| 7. | "Bijin-Kyoshi at the Swimming School" | instrumental | 4:08 | |
| 8. | "Blue Colour Worker" | Haruomi Hosono | 4:28 | |
| 9. | "Stop! In the Name of Love" | Holland–Dozier–Holland | Holland–Dozier–Holland | 3:19 |
| 10. | "Mirrormanic" | 3:33 | ||
| 11. | "The Core of Eden" | 6:25 |
Personnel edit
- Yukihiro Takahashi - Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Vocoder, Drums, Percussion
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - Synthesizers, Synthesizer Programming, Electric & Acoustic Piano, Vocoder
- Haruomi Hosono - Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar
- Sandii - Backing Vocals
- Hideki Matsutake - Computer Operator
- Kenji Omura - Electric Guitar
- Makoto Ayukawa - Electric Guitar
- "Teppei" Kasai - Engineer
- Toshiro Itoh - Engineer
- Seiichi Chiba - Recording Engineer
- Chris Mosdell - Lyrics, Quasimutanic voice
- Staff
- Mitsuru Torii - Art Direction
- "Bricks" - Costume
- "Donbay" Nagata - Equipment Co-ordinator
- Mikio Honda - Hair & Make Up
- Hiroshi Okura - Management
- Yoichi Itoh - Production Co-ordinator
- Kenji Ando - Recording Director
- Masayoshi Sukita - Photography
References edit
- ^ Mitchell, Tony (6 March 1982). "Yukihiro Takahashi: Murdered By The Music". Sounds. p. 32.
- ^ Orikon chāto bukku. LP. Tōkyō: Orijinaru konfidensu. 1990. p. 193. ISBN 4871310256. OCLC 674130691.
External links edit
Murdered by the Music at Discogs (list of releases)