Neuromantic (album)

Neuromantic
Studio album by Yukihiro Takahashi
Released	1981
Genre	Electronic (dance, electro), Experimental, New Wave, Rock (pop, synth), Synthpop, Traditional (Japanese)
Length	40:38
Label	Alfa
Producer	Yukihiro Takahashi
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Yukihiro Takahashi chronology
Murdered by the Music (1980) Neuromantic (1981) What? Me Worry? (album)

Neuromantic is Yukihiro Takahashi's self-produced 1981 album and featured his YMO colleagues Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto on keyboards. Tony Mansfield and Phil Manzanera also played on the album.The title of William Gibson's novel "Neuromancer" is inspired by this album's title.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

1. "Glass" (Yukihiro Takahashi, Peter Barakan) – 6:03
2. "Grand Espoir" (Haruomi Hosono, Barakan) – 4:38
3. "Connection" (Takahashi, Barakan) – 5:05
4. "New (Red) Roses" (Takahashi, Kenji Omura) – 3:49
5. "Extra-Ordinary" (Takahashi, Barakan) – 4:26
6. "Drip Dry Eyes" (Chris Mosdell, Takahashi) – 5:31
7. "Curtains" (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takahashi, Barakan) – 3:41
8. "Charge" (Takahashi, Barakan) – 2:34
9. "Something In The Air" (Takahashi, Barakan) – 4:51

Personnel

• Yukihiro Takahashi – Vocals, drums, keyboards, mixing
• Haruomi Hosono – Keyboards
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – Keyboards
• Kenji Omura – Guitars
• Tony Mansfield – Keyboards, backing vocals
• Phil Manzanera – Guitars
• Andy Mackay – Saxophones, oboe
• Hideki Matsutake – Computer programming and operation

Technical personnel

• Shoro Kawazoe - executive producer
• Yukimasa Okumura - artwork
• Hiromi Kanai - artwork
• Tomohiro Itami - artwork
• Mitsuo Koike - engineer
• Steve Nye - engineer, mixing
• Ian Little - assistant engineer
• Renata Blauel - assistant engineer
• Yoshifumi Ito - assistant engineer
• Masayoshi Sukita - Photography
• Sheila Rock - Photography
• Kazusuke Obi - artist relations
• Hiroshi Kato - recording coordination
• Toshi Yajima - recording coordination
• Lorraine Kinman - stylist
• Takeshi Fujii - equipment
• Peter Barakan - management
• Yoichi Ito - management

References

Neuromantic at Allmusic