Yellow Magic Orchestra discography

Yellow Magic Orchestra discography
Studio albums	9
Live albums	15
Compilation albums	10
Singles	23

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
Year	Album details	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	–

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 UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Magic Orchestra (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)

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)

"Firecracker" (1978, Japan;^[3] 1979, US, UK)^[4]
"Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)" (1978, Japan;^[3] 1979, UK)
"Computer Game" (1979, US, Canada,^[5] Europe^[6]) – UK No. 17,^[7] US No. 60^[8]
"Cosmic Surfin" (1979, US)^[9]
"La Femme Chinoise" (1979, Europe)^[6] (Lyrics: Chris Mosdell)
"Technopolis" (1979, Japan) – Japan No. 9^[10]
"Rydeen" (1980, Japan; 1982, UK) – Japan No. 15^[10]
"Behind the Mask" (1979, US; 1980, UK, Italy)^[11] (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)^[12] – Japan No. 43^[10]
"Cue" (1981, Japan, US)^[13]
"Mass" (1981, Japan)
"Taiso" (1982, Australia, Japan)
"Pure Jam" (1982, Spain)
"Kimi ni Mune Kyun" (1983, Japan) – Japan No. 2^[10]
"The Spirit of Techno / Kageki na Shukujo" (1983, Japan)^[14] – Japan No. 15^[10]
"Ishin Denshin (You've Got To Help Yourself)" (1983, Japan) – Japan No. 23^[10]
"Every Time I Look Around (I Hear The Madmen Call)" (1983, Holland)
Reconstructions EP (1992, UK)
"Pocketful of Rainbows" (1993, Japan) – Japan No. 13^[10]
"Be A Superman" (1993, Japan) – Japan No. 76^[10]
"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

Year	Title	Director(s)^[15]
1978	"Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)"
1978	"Computer Game"
1979	"Technopolis"
1979	"Rydeen"
1981	"Taiso"	Haruomi Hosono, Norimasa Okumura^[16]
1983	"Kimi ni Mune Kyun"	Hajime Tachibana

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Yellow Magic Orchestra (Albums)" (in Japanese). Yamachan Land (Oricon archives). Retrieved June 1, 2011. (Translation)

^ ^a ^b Harry Hosono* & Yellow Magic Orchestra – Special DJ CopyatDiscogs

^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 614. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Yellow Magic Orchestra (Singles)" (in Japanese). Yamachan Land (Oricon archives). Retrieved June 1, 2011. (Translation)

^ Yellow Magic Orchestra – The Spirit Of TechnoatDiscogs

^ YMO Giga Clips (1998). Notes from DVD notes. Toshiba EMI.

^ Winter Live 1981 (2020). Notes from Blu-ray liner notes. Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.

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