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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Service, released in 1983, is the seventh album by Japanese Synth-Pop supergroup Yellow Magic Orchestra. Coming out just over half a year after Naughty Boys, the album was produced largely to fulfil the band's contract with Alfa Records, being the last studio album the label required before allowing the band to dissolve. Fitting this, much of the record is filled out by interspersing the band's songs with sketches by comedy troupe Super Eccentric Theater in the vein of ×∞Multiplies three years prior. Musically, meanwhile, the YMO songs on the album dive further into the City Pop approach on Naughty Boys, ramping up the adult contemporary elements and featuring a smoother sound.Like the band's other albums, Service was a considerable commercial success for the band, peaking at No. 5 on the Oricon LP charts. However, having finally fulfilled their contract, YMO were in no rush to produce a follow-up. What's more, Ryuichi Sakamoto had gained newfound recognition in the west for his starring role in and composition work for the Anglo-Japanese war film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, finally granting him the renewed international success that had evaded YMO since the turn of the decade. Thus, after the album's supporting tour in 1984, the group immediately dissolved, with the band members returning to their solo careers. At the same time, however, YMO were hesitant to call their split a breakup, instead using the Japanese term "spreading out" and implying that they were simply taking another hiatus. Sure enough, they would later regroup a decade later for the reunion album Technodon; for all intents and purposes though, this ten-year period is widely considered a de-facto breakup.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Service was supported by two singles: "You've Got to Help Yourself" (a vocal reworking of a track from Naughty Boys Instrumental) and a European-exclusive release of "The Madmen". The non-album single "Kageki Na Shukujo", recorded during the same sessions as Service, would also be released during the album's promotional cycle.Tracklist:Side One "Limbo" (3:21) "S.E.T." (4:21) "The Madmen" (4:40) "S.E.T." (1:23) "Chinese Whispers" (4:27) "S.E.T." (4:16) "You've Got To Help Yourself" (4:45)Side Two "S.E.T.+YMO" (5:53) "Shadows on the Ground" (4:20) "S.E.T." (3:25) "See-Through" (3:36) "S.E.T." (4:09) "Perspective" (5:12) "S.E.T." (0:46) | |
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Feelies: The initial LP release was pressed on translucent yellow vinyl, similarly to Solid State Survivor and A&M Records' promo copies of Yellow Magic Orchestra. | |
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New Sound Album | |
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New Sound Album: Service ramps up the adult contemporary elements from Naughty Boys, sounding much smoother as a result. | |
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Longest Song Goes Last | |
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Longest Song Goes Last: Inverted; the closing "S.E.T." skit is actually the shortest track on the album. | |
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Miniscule Rocking | |
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Miniscule Rocking: The second and final "S.E.T." skits both considerably fall under the two-minute mark, with the latter not even cracking one minute. | |
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Sampling | |
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Sampling: The second S.E.T. skit plays the song "Time Limit" by Japanese Jazz Fusion band Casiopea. | |
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Nightmare Sequence | |
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Nightmare Sequence: | |
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Form-Fitting Wardrobe | |
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Form-Fitting Wardrobe: "See-Through" | |
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Colour-Coded for Your Convenience | |
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Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: The Japanese LP release includes a black-on-red pattern of circles on side A and a yellow-on-blue pattern of ovals on side B. | |
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BreakUpSong | |
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Break Up Song: "Chinese Whispers" is narrated by a man contemplating a failed relationship. | |
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Spoken Word in Music | |
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Spoken Word in Music: The S.E.T. skits. | |
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Cut-and-Paste Translation | |
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Cut-and-Paste Translation: The initial European release removes the "S.E.T." comedy skits, cutting the album's runtime roughly in half. | |
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Anaphora | |
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Anaphora: The verses in "Perspective" feature the phrase "every day" at the start of each line. | |
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Rearrange the Song | |
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Rearrange the Song: "You've Got to Help Yourself" is a reworking of a track from Naughty Boys Instrumental, changing the instrumental piece into a vocal pop song. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: "The Madmen" is named after and based on the Daijiro Morohoshi manga Mud Men. The Japanese title for "You've Got Help Yourself" is "Ishin Denshin" ("以心電信"), a Japanese proverb about how you should help yourself before helping others. | |
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One-Word Title | |
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One-Word Title: "Limbo", "See-Through" and "Perspective". | |
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Limited Lyrics Song | |
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Limited Lyrics Song: "See-Through": | |
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Despair Event Horizon | |
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Despair Event Horizon: "Shadows on the Ground": | |
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Platonic Cave | |
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Platonic Cave: "Shadows on the Ground": | |
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Relationship Reboot | |
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Relationship Reboot: Played with a movie analogy on "Chinese Whispers": | |
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