Murdered by the Music
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 1980 (1980-06-21)
StudioAlfa Studio “A”, Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo
GenrePop music, Synthpop, Technopop
Length42:20
LabelSeven Seas (King Records)
ProducerYukihiro Takahashi
Yukihiro Takahashi chronology
Saravah!
(1978)
Murdered by the Music
(1980)
Neuromantic
(1981)

Murdered by the Music (音楽殺人, Ongaku Satsujin) is Yukihiro Takahashi's second solo album, released when he was a member of YMO. As well as his YMO bandmates Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono, and longtime YMO collaborator Hideki Matsutake this album also features contributions from Sandii and Makoto Ayukawa of Sheena & the Rokkets.

In Japan this album reached No 12 on the general Oricon chart, and No. 14 on the Oricon LP chart.[1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chris Mosdell; all music is composed by Yukihiro Takahashi, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."School of Thought" Ryuichi Sakamoto4:12
2."Murdered by the Music" Takahashi, Makoto Ayukawa3:40
3."Kid-Nap, the Dreamer"  3:00
4."I-Kasu!"instrumental 1:12
5."Radioactivist"  3:14
6."Numbers from a Calculated Conversation"  4:36
7."Bijin-Kyoshi at the Swimming School"instrumental 4:08
8."Blue Colour Worker" Haruomi Hosono4:28
9."Stop! In the Name of Love"Holland–Dozier–HollandHolland–Dozier–Holland3:19
10."Mirrormanic"  3:33
11."The Core of Eden"  6:25

Personnel

  • Yukihiro Takahashi - Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Vocoder, Drums, Percussion
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto - Synthesizers, Synthesizer Programming, Electric & Acoustic Piano, Vocoder
  • Haruomi Hosono - Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar
  • Sandii - Backing Vocals
  • Hideki Matsutake - Computer Operator
  • Kenji Omura - Electric Guitar
  • Makoto Ayukawa - Electric Guitar
  • "Teppei" Kasai - Engineer
  • Toshiro Itoh - Engineer
  • Seiichi Chiba - Recording Engineer
  • Chris Mosdell - Lyrics, Quasimutanic voice
Staff
  • Mitsuru Torii - Art Direction
  • "Bricks" - Costume
  • "Donbay" Nagata - Equipment Co-ordinator
  • Mikio Honda - Hair & Make Up
  • Hiroshi Okura - Management
  • Yoichi Itoh - Production Co-ordinator
  • Kenji Ando - Recording Director
  • Masayoshi Sukita - Photography

References

  1. Orikon chāto bukku. LP. Tōkyō: Orijinaru konfidensu. 1990. p. 193. ISBN 4871310256. OCLC 674130691.

Murdered by the Music at Discogs (list of releases)

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