"Yellow Magic Orchestra" is the first official studio album by Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra. The album was an early example of synth-pop,a genre that the band helped pioneer. It contributed to the development of electro, hip hop and even techno. The album's innovations in electronic music included its use of the microprocessor-based Roland MC-8 Microcomposer music sequencer which allowed the creation of new electronic sounds,and its sampling of video game sounds.

Recorded and mixed at at Studio 'A', Shibaura, Tokyo: July 10 to September 5, 1978.
Yukihiro Takahashi appears courtesy of Victor/Invitation. Sticker with barcode to shrink wrap reads: "140g YELLOW VINYL".

TRACKLIST:

A1. Computer Game [Theme From The Circus]
A2. Firecracker
A3. Simoon
A4. Cosmic Surfin
A5. Computer Game [Theme From The Invader]
B1. Tong Poo
B2. La Femme Chinoise
B3. Bridge Over Troubled Music
B4. Mad Pierrot
B5. Acrobat