Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra

After Service

On their 2nd live album, recorded during their 83-84 World Tour and released in 1984, again YMO succeeded in producing a live album with incredible au... more...

• 01 Propaganda
• 02 Tong Poo
• 03 Behind The Mask
• 04 Solid State Survivior

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Public Pressure

This is YMO's first live recorded album and their second number 1 album in Japan. Several concerts were recorded for Public Pressure, all in 1979 (The... more...

• 1 Rydeen
• 2 Solid State Survivor
• 3 Tong Poo
• 4 The End Of Asia

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Service

Service was the eighth and, at the time, final studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra. The band dissolved the following year after a world tour, but w... more...

• 01 SET
• 02 The Madmen
• 03 SET
• 04 Chinese Whispers

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Solid State Survivor

While Kraftwerk was emerging in Europe and became an influence and inspiration to the Japanese superstars, YMO stayed true to their unique sound. YMO'... more...

• 1 Technopolis
• 2 Absolute Ego Dance
• 3 Rydeen
• 4 Castalia

Yellow Magic Orchestra

X-Multiplies

X-Multiplies was released as an EP in 1980. Now this album is something different! Filled with humor, catchy commercial tunes, instrumentals, computer... more...

• 01 Jingle YMO
• 02 Nice Age
• 03 Snakeman Show
• 04 Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please)

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra USA and Yellow Magic Orchestra

This first YMO album was released in 1978 in Japan ('79 in Europe) and set a precedent in the music industry like never before. By releasing this dari... more...

• 01 Computer Game (theme from The Circus)
• 02 Firecracker
• 03 Simoon
• 04 Cosmic Surfin

Yellow Magic Orchestra

BGM

Recommended by: Alessandro Parisi

On their fourth album BGM (1981), YMO continued where they left off with X? Multiplies, by venturing further into synthesizers, drum computers and exp... more...

• 01 Ballet
• 02 Music Plans
• 03 Rap Phenomena
• 04 Happy End

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Technodelic

1981 was a groundbreaking year for the music industry. By releasing BGM and Technodelic in one year, YMO made a shift happen in Pop music. YMO introdu... more...

• 01 Pure Jam
• 02 Neue Tanz
• 03 Stairs
• 04 Seoul Music

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Naughty Boys & Naughty Boys Instrumental

Naughty Boys (1983) was Yellow Magic Orchestra's seventh and final album to top the Japanese Oricon Pop charts. A remix album, Naughty Boys Instrument... more...

• 01 Kimi Ni Mune Kyun (Uwaki Na Bakansu)
• 02 Expected Way
• 03 Focus
• 04 Ongaku