Yellow Magic Orchestra discography
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| Yellow Magic Orchestra discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Live albums | 15 |
| Compilation albums | 10 |
| Singles | 23 |
This is the discography of Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO).
Contents
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP [1] |
US [2] |
|||||
| 1978 | Yellow Magic Orchestra
|
17 | 81 | |||
| 1979 | Solid State Survivor
|
1 | – | |||
| 1980 | ×∞ Multiplies (a.k.a. Zoshoku)
|
1 | 177 | |||
| 1981 | BGM
|
2 | – | |||
| 1981 | Technodelic
|
4 | – | |||
| 1983 | Naughty Boys
|
1 | – | |||
| 1983 | Service
|
5 | – | |||
| 1993 | Technodon
|
2 | – | |||
Live albums
- 1980 Public Pressure – Japan No. 1[1]
- 1984 After Service – Japan No. 2[1]
- 1991 Faker Holic (Transatlantic Tour 1979) – Japan No. 50[1]
- 1992 Complete Service (mixed by Brian Eno) – Japan No. 37[1]
- 1993 Technodon Live – Japan No. 12[1]
- 1993 Live At The Budokan 1980 – Japan No. 87[1]
- 1993 Live At Kinokuni-Ya Hall 1978 – Japan No. 55[1]
- 1995 Winter Live 1981
- 1996 World Tour 1980 – Japan No. 59[1]
- 1997 Live At The Greek Theatre 1979
- 2000 One More YMO
- 2008 Euymo – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London + Gijon 2008
- 2008 LONDONYMO - Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London 15/6 08
- 2008 Gijonymo – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in Gijon 19/6 08
- 2015 No Nukes 2012
Compilation albums
- 1980 X∞Multiplies
- 1982 YMO Best Selection
- 1984 Sealed
- 1987 Y.M.O. History
- 1992 Technobible
- 1992 Kyoretsu Na Rhythm
- 2000 YMO Go Home! : The Best of Yellow Magic Orchestra, (compiled by Haruomi Hosono)
- 2001 One More YMO: The Best of YMO Live (compiled by Yukihiro Takahashi)
- 2003 UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Magic Orchestra (compiled by Ryuichi Sakamoto)
- 2011 YMO (compiled by YMO)
- 2018 NEU TANZ (Towa Tei supervised and selected the songs, and Yoshinori Sunahara was in charge of remastering)
Remix albums
- 1983 Naughty Boys Instrumental – Japan No. 18
- 1993 Hi-tech/No Crime (Yellow Magic Orchestra Reconstructed) (UK compilation of remixes by British artists)
- 2000 YMO Remixes Technopolis 2000-00 (Japanese compilation of remixes by Japanese artists)
Singles
- "Firecracker" (1978, Japan;[3] 1979, US, UK)[4]
- "Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)" (1978, Japan;[3] 1979, UK)
- "Computer Game" (1979, US, Canada,[5] Europe[6]) – UK No. 17,[7] US No. 60[8]
- "Cosmic Surfin" (1979, US)[9]
- "La Femme Chinoise" (1979, Europe)[6] (Lyrics: Chris Mosdell)
- "Technopolis" (1979, Japan) – Japan No. 9[10]
- "Rydeen" (1980, Japan; 1982, UK) – Japan No. 15[10]
- "Behind the Mask" (1979, US; 1980, UK, Italy)[11] (Lyrics: Chris Mosdell)
- "Nice Age" (1980, UK, Netherlands) (Lyrics: Chris Mosdell)
- "Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please)" (cover version of Archie Bell & the Drells hit; 1980, Japan, US, UK)[12] – Japan No. 43[10]
- "Cue" (1981, Japan, US)[13]
- "Mass" (1981, Japan)
- "Taiso" (1982, Australia, Japan)
- "Pure Jam" (1982, Spain)
- "Kimi ni Mune Kyun" (1983, Japan) – Japan No. 2[10]
- "The Spirit of Techno / Kageki na Shukujo" (1983, Japan)[14] – Japan No. 15[10]
- "Ishin Denshin (You've Got To Help Yourself)" (1983, Japan) – Japan No. 23[10]
- "Every Time I Look Around (I Hear The Madmen Call)" (1983, Holland)
- Reconstructions EP (1992, UK)
- "Pocketful of Rainbows" (1993, Japan) – Japan No. 13[10]
- "Be A Superman" (1993, Japan) – Japan No. 76[10]
- "Rescue / Rydeen 79/07" (2007, Japan) – Digital download release: March 10, 2007, CD release: August 22, 2007
- "The City of Light / Tokyo Town Pages" (2008, Japan)
- "Good Morning, Good Night" (2009, Japan) – by HASYMO
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s)[15] |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | "Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)" | |
| "Computer Game" | ||
| 1979 | "Technopolis" | |
| "Rydeen" | ||
| 1981 | "Taiso" | Haruomi Hosono, Norimasa Okumura[16] |
| 1983 | "Kimi ni Mune Kyun" | Hajime Tachibana |
References
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- Yellow Magic Orchestra discography discography at Discogs
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Hosono* & Yellow Magic Orchestra – Special DJ Copy at Discogs
- ↑ "Yellow Magic Orchestra – Firecracker" at Discogs (list of releases)
- ↑ "Yellow Magic Orchestra – Computer Game" at Discogs (list of releases)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Yellow Magic Orchestra – Computer Game / La Femme Chinoise" at Discogs (list of releases)
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- ↑ "Yellow Magic Orchestra – Cosmic Surfin'" at Discogs (list of releases)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Translation)
- ↑ "Yellow Magic Orchestra – Behind The Mask" at Discogs (list of releases)
- ↑ "Yellow Magic Orchestra – Tighten Up" at Discogs (list of releases)
- ↑ "Yellow Magic Orchestra – Cue" at Discogs (list of releases)
- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra – The Spirit Of Techno at Discogs
- ↑ YMO Giga Clips (1998). Notes from DVD notes. Toshiba EMI.
- ↑ Winter Live 1981 (2020). Notes from Blu-ray liner notes. Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
