Public Pressure

Public Pressure
Live album by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Released	February 21, 1980
Recorded	16 & 24 October 1979 at The Venue, London (tracks 1–4) 2–4 August 1979 at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (track 5) 6 November 1979 at The Bottom Line, New York City (tracks 6–8) 19 December 1979 at the Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano (track 9)
Genre	Electronic (dance, electro, rock, techno), experimental (art rock), new wave, synthpop, world (Asian)
Length	42:24
Label	Alfa Records
Producer	YMO with Haruomi Hosono
Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology
Solid State Survivor (1979)Solid State Survivor1979 Public Pressure (1980) X∞Multiplies (1980)X∞Multiplies1980

Public Pressure (公的抑圧, Kōteki yokuatsu, Public pressure) is Yellow Magic Orchestra's first live album, released on February 21, 1980.^[2] It was their second number-one album in Japan, setting a record of 250,000 copies sold within two weeks of release.^[3]

It was recorded during three dates of the group's first tour of Europe and the US. The group toured as a six-piece, but guitarist Kazumi Watanabe was mixed-out and replaced with more keyboards due to contractual matters between record labels. Un-dubbed recordings from this tour were later released on the album Faker Holic. Most of Yukihiro Takahashi's vocals were also replaced with those re-recorded afterward in studio. These were not restored on Faker Holic.

The first half of the album was recorded live at The Venue in London. "Cosmic Surfin'" was recorded at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles while second side was recorded at The Bottom Line in New York City by John Venable using the 2nd Generation Record Plant Remote Truck.^[4]

Track listing

Personnel

Yellow Magic Orchestra – arrangements, electronics, mixing engineers, producers

• Haruomi Hosono – bass guitar, synth bass
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboards, vocoder, drum machine
• Yukihiro Takahashi – drums, electronic drums, vocals

Guest musicians

• Hideki Matsutake – modular synthesizers, sequencers, programming
• Akiko Yano – keyboards, backing vocals
• Tomoko Nunoi (uncredited) – French narration/sexy voice (sampled) on "La femme chinoise"

Staff

• Kunihiko Murai and Shōrō Kawazoe – executive producers
• Norio Yoshizawa – recording and mixing engineer
• Mitsuo Koike – recording engineer
• Masayoshi Sukita – photography
• Heikichi Harata (WXY, Inc.) – artwork
• Lou Beach (uncredited) – logo type

References