X∞Multiplies
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| EP by Yellow Magic Orchestra | ||||
| Released | 5 June 1980 (10", Japan) | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Studio | Alfa Studio “A”, The Studio Doo Wap | |||
| Genre | Electronic, dance, electro-funk, experimental, art rock, new wave, synthpop, world, ska | |||
| Length | 29:20 (Japanese version) 30:16 (American version) 36:33 (European version) |
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| Label | Alfa Records | |||
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| Smash Hits | 5/10 |
| Stereo Review | "Terrific" |
×∞Multiplies (増殖 Zōshoku?, lit. "multiplication") was a mini-album by Yellow Magic Orchestra released in 1980. It contains a mixture of songs and instrumentals by YMO (including a humorous reworking of Archie Bell & the Drells' "Tighten Up"), interspersed with comedy sketches. These sketches are performed by Snakeman Show in both Japanese and English, with YMO participating in some of them.
×∞Multiplies was released in several formats worldwide. The original Japanese pressing came on 10" vinyl. The United States pressing compiled tracks from both this record and from Solid State Survivor, which had not been released there, while dropping the comedy sketches. The United Kingdom released ×∞Multiplies with additional tracks culled from Yellow Magic Orchestra. All re-issues from 2003 onward reverted to the original Japanese track list (the version with the American track list had been re-issued various times over the years until 1999, when both Japanese and American issues were remastered under Haruomi Hosono's supervision and each received a new set of liner notes--the Japanese by Fantastic Plastic Machine and the American by Derrick May).
The tracks differ slightly between the Japanese and US versions: In the original release Nice Age has an abrupt ending and other tracks crossfade between the Snakeman Show sketches; in the US version these have clean intros and endings and Jingle 'YMO' is listed as part of the Nice Age track.
Some pressings included "Tighten Up" as the opening track for side one.
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