History Music / Service

* {{Feelies}}: The initial LP release was pressed on translucent yellow vinyl, similarly to ''Music/SolidStateSurvivor'' and Creator/AAndMRecords' promo copies of ''Music/{{Yellow Magic Orchestra|Album}}''.

''Service'', released in 1983, is the seventh album by Japanese SynthPop {{supergroup}} Music/YellowMagicOrchestra. Coming out just over half a year after ''Music/NaughtyBoys'', 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 ''Music/{{Multiplies}}'' three years prior. Musically, meanwhile, the YMO songs on the album dive further into the CityPop approach on ''Naughty Boys'', ramping up the adult contemporary elements and featuring a smoother sound.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: The initial European release removes the "S.E.T." comedy skits, cutting the album's runtime roughly in half.

''Service'', released in 1983, is the seventh album by Japanese SynthPop {{supergroup}} Music/YellowMagicOrchestra. Coming out just over half a year after ''Music/NaughtyBoys'', 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 ''Music/{{Multiplies}}'' three years prior. The initial European release omits these skits, cutting the album down from 50:44 to 30:18 in the process. Musically, meanwhile, the YMO songs on the album dive further into the CityPop 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, Music/RyuichiSakamoto had gained newfound recognition in the west for his starring role in and composition work for the Anglo-Japanese war film ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'', finally granting him the renewed international success that had evaded YMO since the turn of the decade. Thus, after the album's supporting tour, 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 ''Music/{{Technodon}}''; for all intents and purposes though, this ten-year period is widely considered a de-facto breakup.

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''Service'' is the seventh album by Japanese Technopop trio Music/YellowMagicOrchestra. It was released in 1983 and was the band's last album for ten years until the release of ''{{Music/Technodon}}''.

In a similar fashion to one of their previous album {{Music/Multiplies}}, the tracklist contains YMO songs interspersed by skits performed by a comedy group (this time, the Super Eccentric Theater). And just like ''Mutlitplies'', ''Service'' had all of its skits removed when it was released in Europe (going from a 50'44 to a 30'18 running time). It is the one of two YMO albums which weren't produced solely by Music/HaruomiHosono (the second one being ''Techndon'').

# "Limbo"
# "S.E.T."
# "The Madmen"
# "S.E.T."
# "Chinese Whispers"
# "S.E.T."
# "You've Got To Help Yourself"

# "S.E.T.+YMO"
# "Shadows on the Ground"
# "S.E.T."
# "See-Through"
# "S.E.T."
# "Perspective"
# "S.E.T."

!!This album provides examples of:
* {{Anaphora}}: "Perspective":
--> '''''Everyday, I''' open the window''
--> '''''Everyday, I''' brush my teeth''
--> '''''Everyday, I''' read the paper''
--> '''''Everyday, I''' see your face''
--> '''''Everyday, I''' ride in cars''
--> '''''Everyday, I''' watch TV''
--> '''''Everyday, I''' write my diary''
--> '''''Everyday, I''' go to sleep''
* BreakUpSong: "Chinese Whispers":
--> ''It doesn't take a genius to know''
--> ''You're never coming back''

--> ''November, my whole world was cold and grey''
--> ''Do you remember, how you turned the clock to May
--> ''From that day, you took my heart and pulled the strings
--> ''I'm suspended in time and space and wandering

--> ''You try to fool me and lose me in your excesses''
--> ''You're so see-through in your very tight dresses''
--> ''As you drown in your glass of Cointreau''
--> ''And I drop off to sleep in the gloom''
--> ''We're still running round in circles''
--> ''As the smoke from your cigarette spirals''
--> ''You're so clever at hiding your guilt''

--> ''This whole thing is so bizarre
--> ''Maybe it's all a dream

--> ''Outside the sun is shining''
--> ''There's not a cloud in sight''
--> ''Inside, the season's changing''
--> ''Your words are turning me to ice''

--> ''Let's rewrite the script again''
--> ''Cut to another scene''

* ShoutOut: "The Madmen" is inspired by the manga "Mud Men" by Daijiro Morohoshi.
** "You've Got Help Yourself"'s japanese title is "Ishin Denshin", a Japanese proverb about how you should help yourself before helping others.
* SpokenWordInMusic: The S.E.T. skits.

''Service'' is the seventh album by Japanese Technopop trio Music/YellowMagicOrchestra. It was released in 1983 and was the band's last album for ten years until the release of {{Music/Technodon}}.

In a similar fashion to one of their previous album {{Music/Multiplies}}, the tracklist contains YMO songs interspersed by skits performed by a comedy group (this time, the Super Eccentric Theater). And just like ''Mutlitplies'', ''Service'' had all of its skits removed when it was released in Europe (going from a 50'44 to a 30'18 running time). It is the one of two YMO albums which weren't produced solely by Music/HaruomiHosono (the second one being ''{{Music/Techndon}}'').