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This is the first in the 'Yukihiro x Yukihiro EARLY 80s' reissue series, which highlights Takahashi Yukihiro's solo work from the early 1980s.

'Murdered by the Music' is Takahashi Yukihiro's second solo album, released by King Records in 1980, during the YMO boom. Based

on the new wave sound that was sweeping the rock world at the time, this album added various musical elements such as surf music, 2-tone ska, and Motown sound, and showed Takahashi's pop side in full swing, and was a hit that reached 12th place on the charts. B1 is a self-cover of a song he provided to The Ventures. B3 is a cover of a hit song by The Supremes. Participating musicians: Hosono Haruomi, Sakamoto Ryuichi, Omura Kenji, Ayukawa Makoto, Sheena, Asada Takeshi, Sandy, Kubota Makoto, Tachibana Hajime, Togo Masakazu, and others.

This time, it has been remastered by Yoshinori Sunahara, cut by Bernie Grundman,.

FACE 1

1. SCHOOL OF THOUGHT

2. MURDERED BY THE MUSIC

3. KID-NAP, THE DREAMER

4. I-KASU!

5. RADIOACTIVIST

6. NUMBERS FROM A CALCULATED CONVERSATION

FACE 2

1. BIJIN-KYOSHI AT THE SWIMMING SCHOOL

2. BLUE COLOUR WORKER

3. STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE

4. MIRRORMANIC

5. THE CORE OF EDEN