Service (album)
Service is the seventh studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra, released on.
Background
The band dissolved the following year after a world tour, but would later reform in 1993 for a one-off reunion album, Technodon.Releases
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.Songs
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 Casiopea's song "Time Limit" from their album Mint Jams. "以心電信" more accurately transliterates to "Telegraph from the heart".Personnel
Yellow Magic Orchestra – arrangements, electronics, mixing engineers, producers- Haruomi Hosono – bass guitar, synth bass, keyboards, vocals
- Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboards, vocals
- Yukihiro Takahashi – vocals, electronic drums, cymbals, keyboards
- Takeshii Fujii and Akihiko Yamazoe – technical assistance
- Peter Barakan – lyrics
- Yūji Miyake, Hisahiro Ogura, Osamu Hagihashi, Daisuke Yamazaki, Kōichi Nagata, Etsuyo Mitani, Keiko Ishii & Akemi Imamura – counterparts
- Mitsuo Koike – recording and mixing engineer
- Akitsugu Doi – assistant engineer
- Teppei Kasai – mastering engineer
- Tsuguya Inoue – art director, painting
- Beans – design