Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra
Label:
Catalog#:
79156-2
Format:
CD
Country:
US
Released:
1992
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Electro,
Synth-pop
Tracklist
| 1 | Computer Game (Theme From "The Circus") | 1:48 | ||
| 2 | Firecracker | 4:51 | ||
| 3 | Simoon | 6:27 | ||
| 4 | Cosmic Surfin' | 4:54 | ||
| 5 | Computer Game (Theme From "The Invader") | 1:01 | ||
| 6 | Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) | 6:14 | ||
| 7 | La Femme Chinoise | 5:53 | ||
| 8 | Bridge Over Troubled Music | 1:16 | ||
| 9 | Mad Pierrot | 4:21 |
Notes
Reissue of the album of 1978
Somehow it grew on me to an unbelievable extent and today I own nearly every YMO album. This first one is still my favorite. The melodies and intricate flourishes are timeless and addictive. The styles are all over the map, from Simoon that sounds like it's out of a Super Mario 3 cave level (probably the other way around!), to the eclectic Femme Chinoise with the wonderfully cheesy electric guitar chords.
Seriously, if you can't fathom it on the first listen, try it a few more times.
And, oh ya, I no longer find any of the singing bad! In fact, I love YMO vocals as they're so Japanese and distinctly different from typical American pop vocals.
Be sure to check out Atom Heart's Senor Coconut revamp of YMO's tunes in Yellow Fever. And the 90's remix CD Hi-Tech/No Crime is good too!