Murdered by the Music
| Murdered by the Music | ||||
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| Released | June 21, 1980 | |||
| Studio | CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Pop music, Synthpop, Technopop | |||
| Length | 42:20 | |||
| Label | Seven Seas (King Records) | |||
| Producer | Yukihiro Takahashi | |||
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Murdered by the Music, also known as Ongaku Satsujin (Japanese Kanji: 音楽殺人) in Japan, is the second studio album by Japanese multi-instrumentalist Yukihiro Takahashi, released on June 21, 1980 by Seven Seas via King Records. Murdered by the Music was released whilst Takahashi was an active member of the Yellow Magic Orchestra. As well as his YMO bandmates Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono, and longtime YMO collaborator Hideki Matsutake, the album also features contributions from Sandii and Makoto Ayukawa of Sheena & the Rokkets.
In Japan, the album reached No. 12 on the general Oricon chart, and No. 14 on the Oricon LP chart.