YMO Go Home!

by Yellow Magic Orchestra

YMO Go Home! cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 21 September 1999
  • Label: Alfa
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 1:56:12
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Mitsuo Koike

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A best-of collection from Yellow Magic Orchestra's Alfa Records catalogue, covering the synth-pop landmarks 'Computer Game' and 'Rydeen' and their later work. Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi formed the group in 1978 and reshaped Japanese pop production.

Genres

Descriptors: electronic, synthesizers, melodic, rhythmic, retro

Tracklist

  1. Jingle "Y.M.O." (0:16)
  2. Rydeen (4:25)
  3. Behind The Mask (3:35)
  4. Insomnia (4:57)
  5. Cue (4:30)
  6. U-T (4:31)
  7. Nice Age (3:46)
  8. 体操 (Taiso) (4:21)
  9. Cosmic Surfin' (4:52)
  10. 以心電信 (You've Got To Help Yourself) (4:42)
  11. ポケットが虹でいっぱい (Pocketful Of Rainbows) (4:21)
  12. 東風 (Tong Poo) [Special DJ Copy] (6:08)
  13. 中国女 (La Femme Chinoise) [Acoustic Version] (2:24)
  14. Fire Cracker (4:51)
  15. Multiplies (2:56)
  16. Tighten Up [A&M Mix] (3:07)
  17. Simoon (6:27)
  18. Citizens Of Science (4:33)
  19. Camouflage (4:33)
  20. Gradated Grey (5:33)
  21. Pure Jam (4:29)
  22. Lotus Love (4:05)
  23. 君に、胸キュン。(浮気なヴァカンス) (4:06)
  24. Shadows On The Ground (4:20)
  25. Be A Superman (5:19)
  26. Where Have All The Flowers Gone? [Acoustic Version] (3:19)
  27. Technopolis (4:14)
  28. The End Of Asia (1:32)

Credits

  • Yellow Magic Orchestra - primary artist, arranged by, music by
  • Yuji Tanaka - booklet editor
  • Kengo Hiroshima - booklet editor [administration]
  • Yukihiro Takahashi - music by, words by, music by
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto - music by, words by, music by
  • Reiko Yukawa - lyrics by [japanese lyrics by]
  • Ben Weisman - words by, music by
  • Fred Wise - words by, music by

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