Murdered by the Music

by Yukihiro Takahashi

Murdered by the Music cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 June 1980
  • Label: Seven Seas
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 42:24
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded while he was an active member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, Yukihiro Takahashi's second solo album is a dazzling, hyperactive hybrid of cutting-edge synthpop, new wave, and frantic ska rhythms. The record features contributions from his YMO bandmates and perfectly encapsulates the technologically advanced, eccentric art-pop emerging from early 1980s Japan.

Genres

Descriptors: Synth-heavy, japanese, electronic, dance, synthesizers, melodic, vocal, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. SCHOOL OF THOUGHT (4:15)
  2. MURDERED BY THE MUSIC (3:44)
  3. KID-NAP, THE DREAMER (3:01)
  4. I-KASU! (1:23)
  5. RADIOACTIVIST (3:16)
  6. NUMBERS FROM A CALCULATED CONVERSATION (4:41)
  7. BIJIN-KYOSHI AT THE SWIMMING SCHOOL (4:11)
  8. BLUE COLOUR WORKER (4:33)
  9. STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE (3:16)
  10. MIRRORMANIC (3:34)
  11. THE CORE OF EDEN (6:26)

Credits

  • Yukihiro Takahashi - primary artist, arranged by
  • Hajime Tachibana - performer [musicians]
  • Hideki Matsutake - performer [musicians]
  • Kenji Omura - performer [musicians]
  • Makoto Ayukawa - performer [musicians]
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto - performer [musicians]
  • Takeshi Asada - performer [musicians]

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