Thousand Knives

Thousand Knives
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 25, 1978 (1978-10-25)
RecordedApril 10 – July 27, 1978
StudioColumbia Studios 1, 2 and 4, Tokyo, Japan
Genre
Length45:37
LabelNippon Columbia
ProducerRyuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology
Thousand Knives
(1978)
Summer Nerves
(1979)
Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology
Yellow Magic Orchestra
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic
Pitchfork8.2/10

Thousand Knives (also known as Thousand Knives of Ryuichi Sakamoto) is the debut solo album by Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. Released in 1978, it is a mostly electronic music album, foreshadowing his work with Yellow Magic Orchestra later that year.