Released December 14, 1983 Service(1983) After Service(1983) Release date 14 December 1983 | Producer YMO Label Alfa Records | |
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Recorded September – October 1983 Length 50:4430:18 (original EU pressing) Genres Rock music, J-pop, Electropop, Electronic dance music, New wave, Experimental music, Electronic music Similar Yellow Magic Orchestra albums, Electropop albums | ||
Ymo perspective
Service was the sixth and, at the time, final studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra. The band dissolved the following year after a world tour, but would later reform in 1993 for a one-off reunion album, Technodon. Each member would continue their already established solo careers, while Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi also formed the band Sketch Show (with Ryuichi Sakamoto assisting), which later turned into YMO. 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 omitted the sketches, 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.
Contents
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 featured a sample of Casiopea's song "Time Limit". "以心電信" more accurately transliterates to "Telegraph from the heart".
Personnel
Songs
Limbo3:30
SET4:22
The Madmen4:42