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.

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Track listing

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

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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

External links

1980 albums

Yukihiro Takahashi albums

King Records (Japan) albums

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