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A1	School Of Thought Backing Vocals – Sheena Written-By – R. Sakamoto*	4:12
A2	Murdered By The Music Electric Bass – Takeshi AsadaWritten-By – M. Ayukawa*	3:40
A3	Kid-Nap, The Dreamer Backing Vocals – Carmen C. López, José M. López, Makoto KubotaElectric Bass – Takeshi Asada	3:00
A4	I-Kasu!	1:12
A5	Radioactivist Backing Vocals – Masakazu Togo	3:14
A6	Numbered From A Calculated Conversation	4:36
B1	Bijin-Kyoshi At The Swimming School Electric Guitar – Hajime Tachibana	4:08
B2	Blue Colour Worker Written-By – H. Hosono*	4:28
B3	Stop In The Name Of Love Backing Vocals – Carmen C. López, José M. LópezWritten-By – F. & B. Holland / L. Dozier*	3:19
B4	Mirrormanic	3:33
B5	The Core Of Eden	6:25

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – King Record Co. Ltd
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – King Record Co. Ltd
• Copyright (c) – Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd.
• Recorded At – CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass – Haruomi Hosono (tracks: B2 to B5)
• Artwork By [Art Direction] – Mitsuru Torii
• Backing Vocals – Sandi* (tracks: A3, B2, B3)
• Computer – Hideki Matsutake
• Electric Guitar – Kenji Omura, Makoto Ayukawa (tracks: A1 to A3)
• Engineer [Operating] – "Teppei" Kasai*, Toshiro Itoh*
• Lyrics By – Chris Mosdell (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, B2, B4, B5)
• Other [Costume] – "Bricks"
• Other [Equipment Co-ordinator] – "Donbay" Nagata
• Other [Hair, Make Up] – Mikio Honda
• Other [Management] – Hiroshi Okura
• Other [Production Co-ordinator] – Yoichi Itoh
• Other [Recording Director] – Kenji Ando
• Photography By – Masayoshi Sukita
• Producer, Arranged By, Vocals, Drums, Percussion – Yukihiro Takahashi
• Programmed By [Synthesizers], Synthesizer, Piano [Electric, Acoustic] – Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Recorded By [Engineer] – Seiichi Chiba
• Vocals [Vocoder] – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi
• Voice [Quasimutantic] – Chris Mosdell

Notes

Black vinyl version.
Includes a 2-color gatefold insert with lyrics.

Initial pressing on Blue vinyl can be found here.

Yukihiro uses Tama "Super Star" Drums and Ult-Sound Drum Synthesizer.
Recording studio; CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio.
Recording date; 7, Feb. 1980 ~ 2, Apr. 1980

Reissue CD: K32X-13, KICS-2141, KISC-8071, KICS-1141(paper sleeve 2005)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 〄 SKLB 12613-14
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 〄 SKLB 12614-15
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
K32X 13	Yukihiro Takahashi	Murdered By The Music ‎(CD, Album)	King Records	K32X 13	Japan	1985
KICS 1141	Yukihiro Takahashi	Murdered By The Music ‎(CD, Album, RM, Ltd)	King Records	KICS 1141	Japan	2005
STK-40005	Yukihiro Takahashi	Murdered By The Music ‎(LP, Album)	Integra	STK-40005	Venezuela	1982
STK-40.005	Yukihiro Takahashi	Murdered By The Music ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Integra	STK-40.005	Venezuela	1983
22L0427	Yukihiro Takahashi	Murdered By The Music ‎(LP, Album)	Statik Records	22L0427	Spain	1982

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