# Yellow Magic Orchestra discography

This is the discography of Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO).

## Studio albums

| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Album details | JP | US |
| 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 | – |

## Live albums

* 1980 Public Pressure – Japan No. 1
* 1984 After Service – Japan No. 2
* 1991 Faker Holic (Transatlantic Tour 1979) – Japan No. 50
* 1992 Complete Service (mixed by Brian Eno) – Japan No. 37
* 1993 Technodon Live – Japan No. 12
* 1993 Live At The Budokan 1980 – Japan No. 87
* 1993 Live At Kinokuni-Ya Hall 1978 – Japan No. 55
* 1995 Winter Live 1981
* 1996 World Tour 1980 – Japan No. 59
* 1997 Live At The Greek Theatre 1979
* 2000 One More YMO
* 2008 Euymo – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London + Gijon 2008
* 2008 LONDONYMO - Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London 15/6 08
* 2008 Gijonymo – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in Gijon 19/6 08
* 2015 No Nukes 2012

## Compilation albums

* 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)

## Remix albums

* 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)

## Singles

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

## Music videos

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