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Service | ||||
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Released | December 14, 1983 | |||
Recorded | September – October 1983 | |||
Studio | Alfa Studio “A”, Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo | |||
Genre | Electronic, dance, experimental, rock, J-pop, new wave, synthpop, musique concrète [1] | |||
Length | 50:44 30:18 (original EU pressing) | |||
Label | Alfa | |||
Producer | YMO | |||
Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology | ||||
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Singles from Service | ||||
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AllMusic | [2] |
Service is the seventh studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra, released on December 14, 1983. The band dissolved the following year after a world tour, but would later reform in 1993 for a one-off reunion album, Technodon. Like ×∞Multiplies, it contains a mixture of YMO songs and comedy sketches performed by Super Eccentric Theater, or S.E.T. The first Dutch/German edition of the album shortened the sketches to ten-second interludes, effectively cutting the album's length in half. In 1999, the album was remastered under Hosono's supervision with new liner notes provided by lyricist Peter Barakan.
Service features "You've Got to Help Yourself", which was previously featured in instrumental form on the previous album, Naughty Boys Instrumental. The 2nd "S.E.T." track's intro featured Casiopea's song "Time Limit" from their album Mint Jams. "以心電信" more accurately transliterates to "Telegraph from the heart".
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Limbo" | Yukihiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono, Peter Barakan | Takahashi, Hosono | 3:21 |
2. | "S.E.T." | 4:21 | ||
3. | "The Madmen [3]" | Hosono, Barakan | Hosono | 4:40 |
4. | "S.E.T. [4]" | 1:23 | ||
5. | "Chinese Whispers" | Takahashi, Barakan | Takahashi | 4:27 |
6. | "S.E.T." | 4:16 | ||
7. | "You've Got to Help Yourself" (以心電信 Ishin Denshin) | Hosono, Barakan | Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takahashi | 4:45 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "S.E.T.+YMO" | 5:53 | ||
2. | "Shadows on the Ground" | Sakamoto, Takahashi, Barakan | Sakamoto, Takahashi | 4:20 |
3. | "S.E.T." | 3:25 | ||
4. | "See-Through" | Barakan | YMO | 3:36 |
5. | "S.E.T." | 4:09 | ||
6. | "Perspective" | Sakamoto, Barakan | Sakamoto | 5:12 |
7. | "S.E.T." | 0:46 |
Yellow Magic Orchestra – arrangements, electronics, mixing engineers, producers
Guest musicians
Staff
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (June 2015) |
Service | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | December 14, 1983 | |||
Recorded | September – October 1983 | |||
Studio | Alfa Studio “A”, Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo | |||
Genre | Electronic, dance, experimental, rock, J-pop, new wave, synthpop, musique concrète [1] | |||
Length | 50:44 30:18 (original EU pressing) | |||
Label | Alfa | |||
Producer | YMO | |||
Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from Service | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Service is the seventh studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra, released on December 14, 1983. The band dissolved the following year after a world tour, but would later reform in 1993 for a one-off reunion album, Technodon. Like ×∞Multiplies, it contains a mixture of YMO songs and comedy sketches performed by Super Eccentric Theater, or S.E.T. The first Dutch/German edition of the album shortened the sketches to ten-second interludes, effectively cutting the album's length in half. In 1999, the album was remastered under Hosono's supervision with new liner notes provided by lyricist Peter Barakan.
Service features "You've Got to Help Yourself", which was previously featured in instrumental form on the previous album, Naughty Boys Instrumental. The 2nd "S.E.T." track's intro featured Casiopea's song "Time Limit" from their album Mint Jams. "以心電信" more accurately transliterates to "Telegraph from the heart".
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Limbo" | Yukihiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono, Peter Barakan | Takahashi, Hosono | 3:21 |
2. | "S.E.T." | 4:21 | ||
3. | "The Madmen [3]" | Hosono, Barakan | Hosono | 4:40 |
4. | "S.E.T. [4]" | 1:23 | ||
5. | "Chinese Whispers" | Takahashi, Barakan | Takahashi | 4:27 |
6. | "S.E.T." | 4:16 | ||
7. | "You've Got to Help Yourself" (以心電信 Ishin Denshin) | Hosono, Barakan | Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takahashi | 4:45 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "S.E.T.+YMO" | 5:53 | ||
2. | "Shadows on the Ground" | Sakamoto, Takahashi, Barakan | Sakamoto, Takahashi | 4:20 |
3. | "S.E.T." | 3:25 | ||
4. | "See-Through" | Barakan | YMO | 3:36 |
5. | "S.E.T." | 4:09 | ||
6. | "Perspective" | Sakamoto, Barakan | Sakamoto | 5:12 |
7. | "S.E.T." | 0:46 |
Yellow Magic Orchestra – arrangements, electronics, mixing engineers, producers
Guest musicians
Staff