Murdered by the Music

Murdered by the Music (音楽殺人) is Yukihiro Takahashi's second solo album, released when he was a member of YMO. As well as his YMO bandmates Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono, and longtime YMO collaborator Hideki Matsutake this album also features contributions from Sandii and Makoto Ayukawa of Sheena & the Rokkets.

In Japan this album reached No 12 on the general Oricon chart, and No. 14 on the Oricon LP chart.

Personnel

 * Yukihiro Takahashi - Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Vocoder, Drums, Percussion
 * Ryuichi Sakamoto - Synthesizers, Synthesizer Programming, Electric & Acoustic Piano, Vocoder
 * Haruomi Hosono - Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar
 * Sandii - Backing Vocals
 * Hideki Matsutake - Computer Operator
 * Kenji Omura - Electric Guitar
 * Makoto Ayukawa - Electric Guitar
 * "Teppei" Kasai - Engineer
 * Toshiro Itoh - Engineer
 * Seiichi Chiba - Recording Engineer
 * Chris Mosdell - Lyrics, Quasimutanic voice


 * Staff
 * Mitsuru Torii - Art Direction
 * "Bricks" - Costume
 * "Donbay" Nagata - Equipment Co-ordinator
 * Mikio Honda - Hair & Make Up
 * Hiroshi Okura - Management
 * Yoichi Itoh - Production Co-ordinator
 * Kenji Ando - Recording Director
 * Masayoshi Sukita - Photography