Service is the seventh studio album by Japanese electronic music band 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".
Track listing
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
Guest musicians Takeshii Fujii and Akihiko Yamazoe – technical assistance Peter Barakan – lyrics
Super Eccentric Theater Yūji Miyake, Hisahiro Ogura, Osamu Hagihashi, Daisuke Yamazaki, Kōichi Nagata, Etsuyo Mitani, Keiko Ishii & Akemi Imamura – counterparts
Staff Mitsuo Koike – recording and mixing engineer Akitsugu Doi – assistant engineer Teppei Kasai (CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio) – mastering engineer Tsuguya Inoue – art director, painting Beans – design
See also 1983 in Japanese music
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