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1984 live album by Yellow Magic Orchestra

After Service

Live album by

Yellow Magic Orchestra

Released| February 22, 1984 (1984-02-22)
Recorded| 12 – 13 December 1983
Venue| Nippon Budokan, Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Genre|

* Art rock
* electro-funk
* electronic rock
* exotica
* J-pop
* new wave
* synthpop
* techno

Length| 1:22:21 (double-LP, double-CD)
71:04 (single-CD)
Label| Alfa
Producer| Haruomi Hosono
Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology
| Service
(1983)  | After Service
(1984)  | Technodon
(1993)

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After Service is the second live album by Yellow Magic Orchestra, directly following their (at the time) final studio album, Service. The album features former ABC member David Palmer on additional drums. A film version was released alongside the album. After Service features "Kageki na Shukujo" (過激な淑女, "Radical Lady"), which was released in a studio version as a single, but does not feature on any of their albums (compilations excepted).

After Service was later expanded and remixed by Brian Eno under the title Complete Service.[1]

## Track listing

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### Double-LP

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All songs arranged by YMO.

Disc 1/Side ANo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Propaganda"|  | Yellow Magic Orchestra| 1:53
2.| "Tong Poo" (東風 Ton Pū)|  | Ryuichi Sakamoto| 5:06
3.| "Behind the Mask"| Chris Mosdell| Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi| 4:33
4.| "Solid State Survivor"| Mosdell| Takahashi| 4:09
5.| "La Femme Chinoise" (中国女 Chūgoku Onna)| Mosdell| Takahashi| 5:02
Total length:| 20:43

Disc 1/Side BNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Ongaku" (音楽)| Sakamoto| Sakamoto| 3:27
2.| "Focus"| Haruomi Hosono, Peter Barakan| Hosono, Takahashi| 3:47
3.| "Ballet"| Takahashi, Barakan| Takahashi| 4:37
4.| "Wild Ambitions"| Hosono| Hosono, Sakamoto| 5:15
5.| "Kai-Koh" (邂逅)| Sakamoto| Sakamoto| 4:09
Total length:| 21:15 (41:58)

Disc 2/Side ANo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Expecting Rivers" (希望の河 Kibō no Kawa)| Takahashi| Sakamoto, Takahashi| 4:48
2.| "See-Through"| Barakan| YMO| 3:40
3.| "Key" (手掛かり Tegakari)| Hosono, Barakan| Hosono, Takahashi| 4:29
4.| "Technopolis"|  | Sakamoto| 4:14
5.| "Rydeen" (雷電 Raidīn)|  | Takahashi| 4:04
Total length:| 21:15

Disc 2/Side BNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "You've Got to Help Yourself" (以心電信 Ishin Denshin)| Hosono, Barakan| Sakamoto, Takahashi| 4:15
2.| "Kageki na Shujuko" (過激な淑女)| Takashi Matsumoto| YMO| 4:21
3.| "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun. (Uwaki na Vakansu)" (君に、胸キュン。 （浮気なヴァカンス）)| Matsumoto| YMO| 4:31
4.| "Firecracker"|  | Martin Denny| 6:01
Total length:| 19:08 (40:23) (1:22:21)

### Single-CD release

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No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Propaganda"|  | Yellow Magic Orchestra| 1:53
2.| "Tong Poo" (東風 Ton Pū)|  | Ryuichi Sakamoto| 5:07
3.| "Behind the Mask"| Chris Mosdell| Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi| 4:34
4.| "Solid State Survivor"| Mosdell| Takahashi| 4:00
5.| "La Femme Chinoise" (中国女 Chūgoku Onna)| Mosdell| Takahashi| 5:12
6.| "Ongaku" (音楽)| Sakamoto| Sakamoto| 3:26
7.| "Ballet"| Takahashi, Barakan| Takahashi| 4:38
8.| "Wild Ambitions"| Hosono| Hosono, Sakamoto| 5:17
9.| "Expecting Rivers" (希望の河 Kibō no Kawa)| Takahashi| Sakamoto, Takahashi| 4:46
10.| "Key" (手掛かり Tegakari)| Hosono, Barakan| Hosono, Takahashi| 4:34
11.| "Technopolis"|  | Sakamoto| 4:14
12.| "Rydeen" (雷電 Raidīn)|  | Takahashi| 4:16
13.| "You've Got to Help Yourself" (以心電信 Ishin Denshin)| Hosono, Barakan| Sakamoto, Takahashi| 4:18
14.| "Kageki na Shujuko" (過激な淑女)| Takashi Matsumoto| YMO| 4:22
15.| "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun. (Uwaki na Vakansu)" (君に、胸キュン。 （浮気なヴァカンス）)| Matsumoto| YMO| 4:31
16.| "Firecracker"|  | Martin Denny| 5:56
Total length:| 71:04

### Complete Service

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Disc 1No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Propaganda" (Full Version)|  | YMO| 5:42
2.| "Tong Poo" (東風 Ton Pū)|  | Sakamoto| 5:17
3.| "Behind the Mask"| Mosdell| Sakamoto, Takahashi| 4:39
4.| "Solid State Survivor"| Mosdell| Takahashi| 4:46
5.| "La Femme Chinoise" (中国女 Chūgoku Onna)| Mosdell| Takahashi| 5:10
6.| "Ongaku" (音楽)| Sakamoto| Sakamoto| 3:30
7.| "Focus"| Hosono, Barakan| Hosono, Takahashi| 3:48
8.| "Shadows on the Ground"| Sakamoto, Takahashi, Barakan| Sakamoto, Takahashi| 4:27
9.| "Ballet"| Takahashi, Barakan| Takahashi| 4:41
10.| "Perspective"| Sakamoto, Barakan| Sakamoto| 5:09
11.| "Wild Ambitions"| Hosono| Hosono, Sakamoto| 5:17
12.| "The Madmen" (マッドメン Maddomen)| Hosono, Barakan| Hosono| 5:27
Total length:| 57:53

Disc 2No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Limbo"| Hosono, Takahashi, Barakan| Hosono, Takahashi| 3:41
2.| "Chinese Whispers"| Takahashi, Barakan| Takahashi| 4:17
3.| "Expecting Rivers" (希望の河 Kibō no Kawa)| Takahashi| Sakamoto, Takahashi| 4:48
4.| "Kai-Koh" (邂逅)| Sakamoto| Sakamoto| 4:09
5.| "See-Through"| Barakan| YMO| 3:43
6.| "Key" (手掛かり Tegakari)| Hosono, Barakan| Hosono, Takahashi| 4:35
7.| "You've Got to Help Yourself" (以心電信 Ishin Denshin)| Hosono, Barakan| Sakamoto, Takahashi| 4:42
8.| "Firecracker"|  | Denny| 5:23
9.| "Kageki na Shujuko" (過激な淑女)| Matsumoto| YMO| 4:24
10.| "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun. (Uwaki na Vakansu)" (君に、胸キュン。 （浮気なヴァカンス）)| Matsumoto| YMO| 4:47
11.| "Technopolis"|  | Sakamoto| 4:14
12.| "Rydeen" (雷電 Raidīn)|  | Takahashi| 4:44
Total length:| 53:27 (1:51:20)

## Personnel

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(track numbers based on the Complete Service sequencing)

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Arrangements, Electronics, Keyboards, Mixing engineers, Producers

* Haruomi Hosono \- Bass (4-5, 11-14), Lead Vocals (7, 11-13, 16), Backing Vocals (3-4, 6, 9-10, 14, 17-19, 21-24)
* Ryuichi Sakamoto \- Lead Vocals (3, 6, 8, 10-11, 16), Backing Vocals (4, 12, 14-15, 17-19, 21-24)
* Yukihiro Takahashi \- Electronic drums (2-4, 7, 12, 16, 20, 23-24), Cymbals (2-4, 20, 23-24), Lead Vocals (4-9, 13-19, 21-22), Backing Vocals (3, 10, 23-24)

Guest musician

* David Palmer (ex-ABC) - Electronic Drums & Cymbals (5-19, 21-22)

Staff

* Mitsuo Koike - Recording & Mixing engineer
* Akitsugu Doi & Shinji Miyoshi - Assistant Engineers
* Teppei Kasai (CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio) - Mastering engineer
* Kazusuke Obi - A&R Coordinators
* Tsuguya Inoue - Art director
* Beans Suzi Sakamoto - Design
* Kenji Miura - Inside Photo

## Credits

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Tour Crew

* Planning: Makoto Sato & YMO
* Production: Makoto Sato & Tadsashi Katoh
* Stage Design: Kappa Senoh
* Stage Direction: Osamu Yamada
* Art Direction: Tsuguya Inoue
* Light Planning: Jiro Katsushiba
* Choreographer: Tsukio Kurotaki
* Hair & Make-up: Chiaki Shimada, Kiyomi Yoshikawa (Ours), and Mikio Honda (Bijin)
* Stage Staff: Takenori "Mansaku" Kubota, Terunobu Ohtsuka, Mariko Okabayashi, Satoru Ide (Create Osaka), Junji Kobayashi, Shoichi Katoh, Kazumi Hoshi, Masakatsu Yamada, Terunobu Tamaya, Yasutaka Nakano, Yoshio Kumada, Kazuo Kawakami (Kanai Ohdogu)
* Sound: Ken Kondo (Front), Hiroyuki "Ah So!" Matsura (Monitor), Noriyasu "Uchiumi" Nishiumi, Yoshiaki "Noisy" Nojima (Hibino Sound), Kohji "Shacho!" Sawai (Crewbie Office)
* Lighting: Takenori Hayakawa, Koyshin Suzuki, Yoshinori Kobyashi, Minoru Kobayashi, Toshiaki Hirasawa, Takashi Uehara, Kenji Muto, Kiyoto Hoshino, Sonoyo Nishikawa, Reiko Nihei, Masaki Hotei, Kazuhiko Koike (Stage Factory)
* Transportation: Tadashi Ohgawara, Kazuhito Miyamoto, Toshinobu Kiyobe, Mitsuo Shimada, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Tomio Maeda (Minegishi Unso)
* Instrument Care: Akimitsu Sasagawa (Crewbie Office), Kohji Kanamaru (Yoroshita Music), Masanobu Tsuchiya (Office Intenzio)
* Tape Operated & Click Mixed by: Takeshi Fujii (Yoroshita Music)
* Linn & Simmons Operated by: Aki Yamazoe (Yoroshita Music)

Equipment Support

* TEAC Corp. (TEAC 48 Tape Recorder, DBX DX-40 Noise Reduction)
* Onkyo Corp. (Onkyo PW-33 Transmitter, PR-1 Receiver)
* Management: Yoichi Itoh, Junko Sugimura, Hiromitsu Fujisawa (Office Intenzio), Fumie Takahashi, Peter Barakan (Yoroshita Music)
* Tour Conductor: Rima "Rimao" Yamashita (Yoroshita Music)
* Tour book compiled and edited by: Hiroma Shimizu
* Promotion: Kunio Tzutsu
* Dancers: Jacqueline Hurley, Clare Macnamara, Tina Stubbington, Nicole Matney (FOLIO)
* Executive Producer: Hiroshi Okura (Yoroshita Music)

[Re-issue]

* Supervised by: Yuji Tanaka
* Remastering and edited by: Mitsuo Koike at Ast studio, Tokyo, July 1999
* Art Direction & Design: Takayuki Innami
* Design: Kazuhiro Nozawa

## Charts

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Title  | Year  | Release  | Chart  | Peak position  | Weeks  | Sales

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After Service | 1984  | LP  | Oricon LP Chart[2] | 2  | 15  | 93,000
Cassette  | Oricon CT Chart[2] | 10  | 12  | 30,000
Complete Service | 1992  | Album  | Oricon Albums Chart[2] | 37  | 3  | 20,000
After Service | 2022  | Album  | Oricon Albums Chart[2] | 77  | 3  | 7,000
The Spirit of Techno / Kageki na Shukujo  | 1983  | Single  | Oricon Singles Chart[3] | 15  | 9  | 79,000
Total  |  |  | Japan  |  |  | 229,000

## See also

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* 1984 in Japanese music

## References

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1. ^ YMO – Complete Service at Discogs
2. ^ a b c d "Yellow Magic Orchestra" (in Japanese). Yamachan Land (Oricon archives). Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
3. ^ "Yellow Magic Orchestra (Singles)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved June 1, 2011.

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Yellow Magic Orchestra

* Haruomi Hosono
* Ryuichi Sakamoto
* Yukihiro Takahashi

Studio albums|

* Yellow Magic Orchestra
* Solid State Survivor
* ×∞Multiplies
* BGM
* Technodelic
* Naughty Boys (Instrumental)
* Service
* Technodon

Live albums|

* Public Pressure
* After Service
* Faker Holic
* Complete Service
* Technodon Live
* Winter Live 1981
* World Tour 1980
* EUYMO – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London + Gijón 2008

Compilation albums|

* Sealed
* Kyoretsu Na Rhythm
* UC YMO: Ultimate Collection of Yellow Magic Orchestra

Singles|

* "Computer Game/Firecracker"
* "Behind the Mask"
* "Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!)"
* "Pocketful of Rainbows"

Session musicians|

* Christian Fennesz
* Cornelius
* Ichiko Hashimoto
* Hideki Matsutake
* Bill Nelson
* Sandii
* Akiko Yano
* Kazumi Watanabe

Related|

| People|

* Makoto Ayukawa
* Peter Barakan
* Miharu Koshi
* Takashi Matsumoto
* Chris Mosdell
* David Palmer
* Hiroshi Takano

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Bands|

* Harry Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band
* Sketch Show
* Happy End
* Sadistic Mika Band
* The Beatniks

Labels|

* Commmons (Avex Group)
* Sony Music House
* Restless
* EMI Japan
* UMG Japan/A&M Japan
* Alfa

Albums|

* Thousand Knives
* YMO Versus The Human League
* Audio Sponge
* Tronika
* Wild Sketch Show
* Loophole

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