Public Pressure
| Public Pressure | ||||
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| Live album by Yellow Magic Orchestra | ||||
| Released | February 21, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 16 October & 24 October 1979 at The Venue, London (tracks 1-4) 2–4 August 1979 at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (track 5) 6 November 1979 at the Bottom Line, New York City (tracks 6-8) 19 December 1979 at the Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano (track 9) |
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| Genre | Electronic (dance, electro, rock, techno), experimental (art rock), new wave, synthpop, world (Asian) | |||
| Length | 42:24 | |||
| Label | Alfa Records | |||
| Producer | YMO with Haruomi Hosono | |||
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| Allmusic | (?)[1] |
Public Pressure (公的抑圧 Kōteki yokuatsu?, Public pressure) is Yellow Magic Orchestra's first live album, released on February 21, 1980.[2] It was their second number-one album in Japan, setting a record of 250,000 copies sold within two weeks of release.[3]
It was recorded during three dates of the group's first tour of Europe and the USA. The group toured as a six-piece, but guitarist Kazumi Watanabe was mixed out and replaced with more keyboards for contractual matters between record labels. Un-dubbed recordings from this tour were later released on the album Faker Holic. Most of Yukihiro Takahashi's vocals were also replaced with those re-recorded afterward in studio. These were not restored on Faker Holic.
The first half of the album was recorded live at The Venue in London. "Cosmic Surfin'" was recorded at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles while second side was recorded at Bottom Line in New York City by John Venable using the 2nd Generation Record Plant Remote Truck.[4]
Track listing
| Side one | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Rydeen" | Yukihiro Takahashi | 5:08 | |
| 2. | "Solid State Survivor" | Chris Mosdell | Takahashi | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Tong Poo" | Ryuichi Sakamoto | 6:01 | |
| 4. | "The End of Asia" | Sakamoto | 6:51 | |
| Side two | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Cosmic Surfin'" | Haruomi Hosono | 4:35 | |
| 2. | "Day Tripper" | Lennon–McCartney | Yellow Magic Orchestra, Lennon–McCartney | 2:42 |
| 3. | "Radio Junk" | Mosdell | Takahashi | 4:19 |
| 4. | "La femme chinoise" | Mosdell | Takahashi | 6:15 |
| 5. | "Back in Tokio" | Yellow Magic Orchestra | 1:52 | |
Personnel
- Yellow Magic Orchestra - Arrangements, Electronics, Mixing engineers, Producers
- Haruomi Hosono - Bass, Synth Bass
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - Keyboards, Vocoder, Drum machine
- Yukihiro Takahashi - Drums, Electronic drums, Vocals
- Guest musicians
- Hideki Matsutake - Modular synthesizers, Sequencers, Programming
- Akiko Yano - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
- Tomoko Nunoi (uncredited) - French Narration/Sexy Voice (sampled) on "La femme chinoise"
- Staff
- Kunihiko Murai & Shōrō Kawazoe - Executive Producers
- Norio Yoshizawa - Recording & Mixing engineer
- Mitsuo Koike - Recording engineer
- Masayoshi Sukita - Photography
- Heikichi Harata (WXY, INC.) - Artwork
- Lou Beach (uncredited) - Logo Type
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Public Pressure at AllMusic
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- ↑ Yellow Magic Orchestra – Public Pressure at Discogs
