Service (album)

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Service
Service cover
Studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Released 1983
Recorded September-October 1983
Genre Electropop
Length 50:44
Label Alfa Records
Producer YMO
Professional reviews
Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology
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(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

  1. Limbo – 3:31 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono / words: Takahashi, Hosono, Peter Barakan)
  2. S.E.T. – 4:21
  3. The Madmen – 4:40 (music: Hosono / words: Hosono, Barakan)
  4. S.E.T. – 1.23 (intro music: Casiopea - Time Limit, from the album Mint Jams)
  5. Chinese Whispers – 4:27 (music: Takahashi / words: Takahashi, Barakan)
  6. S.E.T. – 4:16
  7. You've Got to Help Yourself – 4:42 (music: Sakamoto, Takahashi / words: Hosono, Barakan)
  8. S.E.T. + Y.M.O. – 5:53
  9. Shadows on the Ground – 4:20 (music: Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Sakamoto, Takahashi, Barakan)
  10. S.E.T. – 3:25
  11. See-Through – 3:36 (music: YMO / words: Barakan)
  12. S.E.T. – 4:09
  13. Perspective – 5:12 (music: Sakamoto / words: Sakamoto, Barakan)
  14. 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)
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