Technodon
{{Short description|1993 studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Technodon
| type = album
| artist = YMO
| cover = Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodon.jpg
| alt = A horizontally compressed photo of the band dressed in suits, with a diffraction grating circle in the middle with the text "Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison".
| released = May 26, 1993
| recorded = February 2, 1992 – January 31, 1993
| venue =
| studio = Skyline Studio, Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City
Victor Studio, Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| length = 63:24
| label = Toshiba EMI
| producer = YMO
| prev_title = After Service
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Technodon Live
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Technodon
| type = studio
| single1 = Be a Superman
| single1date = 1993
| single2 = Pocketful of Rainbows
| single2date = 1993
}}
}}
Technodon is the eighth and final studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra and released in 1993, a decade after the band's original breakup. Because the name Yellow Magic Orchestra was owned by former record label Alfa Records, the band were forced to release the album under the name YMO (typically stylized as the "YMO" initialism crossed out by a large "X"). For the tour that followed, they were billed as Not YMO. Future releases by the group would be made under the names Human Audio Sponge and HASYMO.
The album abandons much of the group's previous synth-pop style, instead adopting a more ambient techno sound. Yukihiro Takahashi mainly used drum machines for the record as opposed to a drum kit.
Track listing
All songs arranged by YMO.
{{Track listing
| headline =
| total_length =
| title1 = Be a Superman
| lyrics1 = Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi
| music1 = Sakamoto, Takahashi
| length1 = 5:21
| title2 = Nanga Def?
| lyrics2 = Sakamoto
| music2 = YMO
| length2 = 5:10
| title3 = Floating Away
| lyrics3 = William Gibson
| music3 = Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono
| length3 = 6:46
| title4 = Dolphinicity
| music4 = Hosono
| length4 = 5:12
| title5 = Hi-Tech Hippies
| lyrics5 = YMO
| music5 = YMO
| length5 = 4:24
| title6 = I Tre Merli
| music6 = YMO
| length6 = 6:05
| title7 = Nostalgia
| music7 = Sakamoto
| length7 = 4:48
| title8 = Silence of Time
| lyrics8 = Sakamoto
| music8 = Sakamoto, Takahashi
| length8 = 5:41
| title9 = Waterford
| music9 = Sakamoto, Takahashi
| length9 = 5:38
| title10 = O.K.
| lyrics10 = Hosono
| music10 = Hosono, Takahashi
| length10 = 4:29
| title11 = Chance
| music11 = Sakamoto
| length11 = 4:57
| title12 = Pocketful of Rainbows
| lyrics12 = Fred Wise, Ben Weisman
(Japanese translation: Reiko Yukawa)
| music12 = Wise, Weisman
| length12 = 5:00
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2011 & 2020 re-issues and vinyl release bonus track{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Yellow-Magic-Orchestra-Technodon/release/11007197|title= YMO* – Technodon (2011, CD)|website=Discogs|access-date=February 7, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Yellow-Magic-Orchestra-Technodon/release/15164847|title= Yellow Magic Orchestra – Technodon (2020, Vinyl)|website=Discogs|access-date=February 7, 2021}}
| title13 = Pocketful of Rainbows (English Version)
| lyrics13 = Wise, Weisman
| music13 = Wise, Weisman
| length13 = 4:36
}}
Personnel
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: keyboards, vocals
- Yukihiro Takahashi: drums, vocals
- Haruomi Hosono: bass, keyboards, vocals
Additional Credits
- William S. Burroughs: Voice on "Be a Superman" & "I Tre Merli"
- Ruriko Kamiya: Voice on "Be a Superman"
- William Gibson: Voice on "Floating Away"
- Hirofumi Tokutake: Guitar on "Floating Away"
- John C. Lilly: Voice on "Dolphinicity"
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{AllMusic | class= album| id=mw0001110063| label= Technodon | accessdate= 22:08, 8 November 2015 (UTC) }}
{{Yellow Magic Orchestra}}
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