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Solid State Survivor
Studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Released	25 September 1979
Genre	Electropop
Length	32:23
Label	Alfa Records
Producer	Haruomi Hosono
Professional reviews
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Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology
Singles from Solid State Survivor
	"Technopolis"; Released: 1979; "Rydeen"; Released: 1980; "Behind the Mask"; Released: 1980;

Solid State Survivor was the second album of Yellow Magic Orchestra. It contains one of their best-known songs, "Rydeen". "Behind the Mask" became known to a wider audience due to a cover by Eric Clapton. It was also covered by Greg Phillinganes with added lyrics by Michael Jackson beforehand (he later joined Clapton's backing band), which was sampled by satirical rap group Goldie Lookin' Chain on their track "Your Mother's Got a Penis".

Solid State Survivor was never released in the United States, but several songs from this album were compiled for release in the States as the US pressing of ×∞Multiplies. It is only one of a handful of YMO albums in which the track titles do not have a Japanese equivalent.

This was YMO's most successful album in Japan. It was the best selling album in the Oricon LP Chart for 1980, beating Chiharu Matsuyama's Kishōtenketsu (起承転結^?) - Godiego's Magic Monkey (西遊記, Saiyūki^?) was best seller for 1979. In 1980 the album won a Best Album Award (ベスト・アルバム賞, Besuto Arubamu Shō^?) in the 22nd Japan Record Awards^[1].

[edit] Track listing

Side one
#	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Technopolis"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	4:14
2.	"Absolute Ego Dance"	Haruomi Hosono	4:37
3.	"Rydeen"	Yukihiro Takahashi	4:26
4.	"Castalia"	Sakamoto	3:31

Side two
#	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Behind the Mask"	Chris Mosdell/Sakamoto	3:36
2.	"Day Tripper"	Lennon/McCartney	2:40
3.	"Insomnia"	Chris Mosdell/Hosono	4:57
4.	"Solid State Survivor"	Chris Mosdell/Takahashi	3:58

[edit] Personnel

Ryuichi Sakamoto: keyboards, vocals
Yukihiro Takahashi: drums, vocals
Haruomi Hosono: Bass, keyboards, vocals
Chris Mosdell: Lyrics
Hideki Matsutake: Computer programming
Makoto Ayukawa: Guitar on "Day Tripper" and "Solid State Survivor"
Sandii: Voices on "Absolute Ego Dance"

[edit] Chart history

Year	Release	Chart	Peak Position	Weeks	Total sales
1979	LP	Oricon LP Chart	1	82	76600
1979	Cassette	Oricon CT Chart	1	65	25500

[edit] References

^ http://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/s1959.htm

[0] ttp://www.jacompa.or.jp/rekishi/s1959.htm

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Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Chart history

[edit] References