Yellow Magic Orchestra discography explained

Artist:	Yellow Magic Orchestra
Studio:	9
Live:	15
Compilation:	10
Singles:	23

This is the discography of Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO).

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		JP ^[1]	US ^[2]
1978	Yellow Magic Orchestra Released: November 25, 1978 Labels: Alfa Records Formats: LP	17	81
1979	Solid State Survivor Released: September 25, 1979 Labels: Alfa Records Formats: LP	1	–
1980	×∞ Multiplies (a.k.a. Zoshoku) Released: June 5, 1980 Labels: Alfa Records Formats: EP	1	177
1981	BGM Released: March 21, 1981 Labels: Alfa Records Formats: LP	2	–
1981	Technodelic Released: November 21, 1981 Labels: Alfa Records Formats: LP	4	–
1983	Naughty Boys Released: May 24, 1983 Labels: Alfa Records Formats: LP	1	–
1983	Service Released: December 14, 1983 Labels: Alfa Records Formats: LP	5	–
1993	Technodon Released: May 26, 1993 Labels: Toshiba EMI Formats: LP	2	–

Live albums

• 1980 Public Pressure – Japan No. 1^[1]
• 1984 After Service – Japan No. 2^[1]
• 1991 Faker Holic (Transatlantic Tour 1979) – Japan No. 50^[1]
• 1992 Complete Service (mixed by Brian Eno) – Japan No. 37^[1]
• 1993 Technodon Live – Japan No. 12^[1]
• 1993 Live At The Budokan 1980 – Japan No. 87^[1]
• 1993 Live At Kinokuni-Ya Hall 1978 – Japan No. 55^[1]
• 1995 Winter Live 1981
• 1996 World Tour 1980 – Japan No. 59^[1]
• 1997 Live At The Greek Theatre 1979
• 2000 One More YMO
• 2008 Euymo – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London + Gijon 2008
• 2008 LONDONYMO - Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London 15/6 08
• 2008 Gijonymo – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in Gijon 19/6 08
• 2015 No Nukes 2012

Compilation albums

• 1980 X∞Multiplies
• 1982 YMO Best Selection
• 1984 Sealed
• 1987 Y.M.O. History
• 1992 Technobible
• 1992 Kyoretsu Na Rhythm
• 2000 YMO Go Home! : The Best of Yellow Magic Orchestra, (compiled by Haruomi Hosono)
• 2001 One More YMO: The Best of YMO Live (compiled by Yukihiro Takahashi)
• 2003 (compiled by Ryuichi Sakamoto)
• 2011 YMO (compiled by YMO)
• 2018 NEU TANZ (Towa Tei supervised and selected the songs, and Yoshinori Sunahara was in charge of remastering)

Remix albums

• 1983 Naughty Boys Instrumental – Japan No. 18
• 1993 Hi-tech/No Crime (Yellow Magic Orchestra Reconstructed) (UK compilation of remixes by British artists)
• 2000 YMO Remixes Technopolis 2000-00 (Japanese compilation of remixes by Japanese artists)

Singles

• "Firecracker" (1978, Japan; 1979, US, UK)
• "Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)" (1978, Japan; 1979, UK)
• "Computer Game" (1979, US, Canada, Europe) – UK No. 17,^[3] US No. 60^[4]
• "Cosmic Surfin" (1979, US)
• "La Femme Chinoise" (1979, Europe) (Lyrics: Chris Mosdell)
• "Technopolis" (1979, Japan) – Japan No. 9^[5]
• "Rydeen" (1980, Japan; 1982, UK) – Japan No. 15^[5]
• "Behind the Mask" (1979, US; 1980, UK, Italy) (Lyrics: Chris Mosdell)
• "Nice Age" (1980, UK, Netherlands) (Lyrics: Chris Mosdell)
• "Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please)" (cover version of Archie Bell & the Drells hit; 1980, Japan, US, UK) – Japan No. 43^[5]
• "Cue" (1981, Japan, US)
• "Mass" (1981, Japan)
• "Taiso" (1982, Australia, Japan)
• "Pure Jam" (1982, Spain)
• "Kimi ni Mune Kyun" (1983, Japan) – Japan No. 2^[5]
• "The Spirit of Techno / Kageki na Shukujo" (1983, Japan) – Japan No. 15^[5]
• "Ishin Denshin (You've Got To Help Yourself)" (1983, Japan) – Japan No. 23^[5]
• "Every Time I Look Around (I Hear The Madmen Call)" (1983, Holland)
• Reconstructions EP (1992, UK)
• "Pocketful of Rainbows" (1993, Japan) – Japan No. 13^[5]
• "Be A Superman" (1993, Japan) – Japan No. 76^[5]
• "Rescue / Rydeen 79/07" (2007, Japan) – Digital download release: March 10, 2007, CD release: August 22, 2007
• "The City of Light / Tokyo Town Pages" (2008, Japan)
• "Good Morning, Good Night" (2009, Japan) – by HASYMO

Music videos

Year	Title	Director(s)^[6]
1978	"Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)"
	"Computer Game"
1979	"Technopolis"
	"Rydeen"
1981	"Taiso"	Haruomi Hosono, Norimasa Okumura^[7]
1983	"Kimi ni Mune Kyun"	Hajime Tachibana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yellow Magic Orchestra (Albums). Yamachan Land (Oricon archives). ja. June 1, 2011. (Translation)
2. Web site: Yellow Magic Orchestra: Billboard Albums. Allmusic. May 25, 2011.
3. Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 614.
4. Web site: Yellow Magic Orchestra: Billboard Singles. Allmusic. May 25, 2011.
5. Web site: Yellow Magic Orchestra (Singles). Yamachan Land (Oricon archives). ja. June 1, 2011. (Translation)
6. YMO Giga Clips (1998). Notes from DVD notes. Toshiba EMI.
7. Winter Live 1981 (2020). Notes from Blu-ray liner notes. Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.