Yukihiro Takahashi Yukihiro Takahashi (高橋幸宏 ''Takahashi Yukihiro'', born June 6, 1952) is a Japanese musician, singer, record producer and actor, who is best known internationally as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the fo ...

's second solo album, released when he was a member of YMO. As well as his YMO bandmates

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto inf ...

and

Haruomi Hosono , sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop for ...

, and longtime YMO collaborator

Hideki Matsutake Hideki Matsutake (born August 12, 1951 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese composer, arranger, and computer programmer. He is known for his pioneering work in electronic music and particularly Programming (music), music progr ...

this album also features contributions from

Sandii Sandii & the Sunsetz were a Japanese synthpop band that collaborated from 1979 until the #1990s. The Sunsetz, led by Makoto Kubota, and Sandii started as separate artists, and each have a separate discography. However, their collaboration provi ...

and Makoto Ayukawa of

Sheena & the Rokkets is a Japanese rock band, formed in 1978. They are one of the most popular acts in the Mentai Rock scene. In September 2007, ''Rolling Stone Japan'' rated their album ''Vacuum Pack'' number 44 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Alb ...

. In Japan this album reached No 12 on the general Oricon chart, and No. 14 on the Oricon LP chart.

Track listing

Personnel

*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

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