UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Magic Orchestra
| UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Magic Orchestra | |
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| Compilation album by Yellow Magic Orchestra | |
| Released | 6 August 2003 |
| Genre | Electropop |
| Label | Sony Music Entertainment |
UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Magic Orchestra is a compilation album by Yellow Magic Orchestra. The songs were selected by keyboardist and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album was also released as a premium edition. The premium edition came with a long-sleeved white shirt emblazed with the yMo logo as well as a yMo bandana that the band wore on the 1980 world tour 'From Tokio to Tokyo', along with a special Liner Notes Booklet and an autographed print by drummer and sometimes singer, Yukihiro Takahashi. It was cataloged as MHCL 291-4 and sold in Japan for 21,000 yen.
Track listing
All tracks arranged by YMO, except "Hirake Kokoro －Jiseiki－" by YMO & Kenji Omura and "Behind the Mask (Seiko Quartz CM Version)" by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Originally from | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Computer Game “Theme from The Circus”" | Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi | Yellow Magic Orchestra, 1978 | 1:47 | ||||||
| 2. | "Firecracker" | Martin Denny | Yellow Magic Orchestra, 1978 | 4:51 | ||||||
| 3. | "Tong Poo (東風 Ton Pū)" | Sakamoto | Yellow Magic Orchestra, 1978 | 6:14 | ||||||
| 4. | "La Femme Chinoise (中国女 Chūgoku Onna)" | Chris Mosdell | Takahashi | Yellow Magic Orchestra, 1978 | 5:51 | |||||
| 5. | "Technopolis" (Single Version) | Sakamoto | Solid State Survivor, 1979 | 3:51 | ||||||
| 6. | "Insomnia" | Mosdell | Hosono | Solid State Survivor, 1979 | 4:57 | |||||
| 7. | "Rydeen (雷電 Raidīn)" | Takahashi | Solid State Survivor, 1979 | 4:24 | ||||||
| 8. | "Behind the Mask" | Mosdell | Sakamoto, Takahashi | Solid State Survivor, 1979 | 3:36 | |||||
| 9. | "Solid State Survivor" | Mosdell | Takahashi | Solid State Survivor, 1979 | 3:59 | |||||
| 10. | "Radio Junk" (Live at Bottom Line in N.Y.) | Mosdell | Takahashi | Public Pressure, 1980 | 4:17 | |||||
| 11. | "Jingle “Y.M.O.”" | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | X∞Multiplies, 1980 | 0:19 | ||||||
| 12. | "Nice Age" | Mosdell | Sakamoto, Takahashi | X∞Multiplies, 1980 | 3:46 | |||||
| 13. | "Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!)" | Billy Butler | Archie Bell | X∞Multiplies, 1980 | 3:41 | |||||
| 14. | "The End of Asia" | Sakamoto | X∞Multiplies, 1980 | 1:32 | ||||||
| 15. | "Citizens of Science" | Mosdell | Sakamoto | X∞Multiplies, 1980 | 4:33 | |||||
| 16. | "Hirake Kokoro －Jiseiki－ (磁性紀－開け心－)" (Stereo Version) | Hosono | Sakamoto, Takahashi | Snakeman Show, 1981 (mono) World Tour 1980, 1996 (stereo) |
3:25 | |||||
Total length: |
61:29 | |||||||||
| Disc 2 | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Originally from | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Cue" | Hosono, Takahashi, Peter Barakan | Hosono, Takahashi | BGM, 1981 | 4:32 | |||||
| 2. | "Ballet" | Takahashi, Barakan | Takahashi | BGM, 1981 | 4:32 | |||||
| 3. | "U•T" | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | BGM, 1981 | 4:31 | ||||||
| 4. | "Gradated Grey (灰色の段階 Gurei no Dankai)" | Hosono, Barakan | Hosono | Technodelic, 1981 | 5:32 | |||||
| 5. | "Taisō (体操)" | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | Technodelic, 1981 | 4:20 | |||||
| 6. | "Lover, Come Back to Me (恋人よ我に帰れ Koibito yo Ware ni Kaere)" | Sigmund Romberg | Oscar Hammerstein II | Music Fair, 1982 | 1:03 | |||||
| 7. | "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun. (Uwaki na Vakansu) (君に、胸キュン。 （浮気なヴァカンス）)" | Takashi Matsumoto | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | Naughty Boys, 1983 | 4:06 | |||||
| 8. | "Chaos Panic" | Hosono, Barakan | Hosono | "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun." single, 1983 | 4:12 | |||||
| 9. | "Ongaku (音楽)" | Sakamoto | Sakamoto | Naughty Boys, 1983 | 3:26 | |||||
| 10. | "Lotus Love" | Hosono | Hosono | Naughty Boys, 1983 | 4:04 | |||||
| 11. | "Kai-Koh (邂逅)" | Sakamoto | Sakamoto | Naughty Boys, 1983 | 4:26 | |||||
| 12. | "Kageki na Shujuko (過激な淑女)" | Matsumoto | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | single, 1983 | 4:10 | |||||
| 13. | "The Madmen (マッドメン Maddomen)" | Hosono, Barakan | Hosono | Service, 1983 | 4:40 | |||||
| 14. | "You've Got to Help Yourself (以心電信 Ishin Denshin)" | Hosono, Barakan | Sakamoto, Takahashi | Service, 1983 | 4:43 | |||||
| 15. | "Perspective" | Sakamoto, Barakan | Sakamoto | Service, 1983 | 5:14 | |||||
| 16. | "M-16" | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | Propaganda, 1984 | 4:11 | ||||||
| 17. | "Pocketful of Rainbows (ポケットが虹でいっぱい Poketto ga Niji de Ippai)" | Fred Wise, Ben Weisman Reiko Yukawa (translation) | Wise, Weisman | Technodon, 1993 | 4:59 | |||||
| 18. | "Behind the Mask" (Seiko Quartz CM Version) | Sakamoto, Takahashi | Previously unreleased | 2:15 | ||||||
Total length: |
75:25 | |||||||||
Personnel
- Haruomi Hosono - Bass guitar, Synthesizer/Synth Bass, Keyboards, Drum machines, Samplers, Electronics, Sequencer, Marimba, Vocals
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - Keyboards, Electric piano, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Drum machines, Samplers, Electronics, Percussion, Vocals
- Yukihiro Takahashi - Drums, Electronic drums, Cymbals, Drum machines, Samplers, Percussion, Vocals
- Hideki Matsutake - Modular synthesizers, Sequencer, Programming
- Chris Mosdell - Lyrics, Vocals on "Citizens of Science"
- Masayoshi Takanaka - Guitar on "La Femme Chinoise"
- Tomoko Nunoi (née Ebe) - Sexy Voice (Vocals) on "La Femme Chinoise"
- Makoto Ayukawa - Guitar on "Solid State Survivor"
- Akiko Yano - Keyboards & Vocals on "Radio Junk"
- Moichi Kuwahara - Voice on "Jingle “Y.M.O.”"
- Kenji Omura - Guitar on "Nice Age", "Tighten Up", "Citizens of Science" & "Hirake Kokoro －Jiseiki－"
- Sandii - Vocals on "Nice Age"
- Mika Fukui - Voice on "Nice Age"
- Katsuya Kobayashi - Voice on "Tighten Up"
- Masato Ibu - Voice on "Tighten Up" & "The End of Asia"
- Peter Barakan - Lyrics
- Mari Nakamoto - Vocals on "Lover, Come Back to Me"
- Takashi Matsumoto - Lyrics
- Bill Nelson - Guitar on "Chaos Panic", "Ongaku", "Lotus Love", "Kai-Koh" & "Kageki na Shujuko"
- Takeshi Fujii & Akihiko Yamazoe - Technical Assistance on "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun.", "Chaos Panic", "Ongaku", "Lotus Love", "Kai-Koh", "Kageki na Shujuko", "The Madmen", "You've Got to Help Yourself", "Perspective" & "M-16"
- Regency - Doo-wop on "Pocketful of Rainbows"
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