Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Ballet Written-By – Takahashi*	4:34
A2	Music Plans Written-By – Sakamoto*	4:34
A3	Rap Phenomena Written-By – Hosono*	4:33
A4	Happy End Written-By – Sakamoto*	4:33
A5	1000 Knives Written-By – Sakamoto*	5:24
B1	Cue Written-By – Hosono*, Takahashi*	4:33
B2	U • T Written-By – Hosono*, Sakamoto*, Takahashi*	4:34
B3	Camouflage Written-By – Takahashi*	4:34
B4	Mass Written-By – Hosono*	4:32
B5	Loom Written-By – Hosono*, Matsutake*, Sakamoto*, Takahashi*	5:17

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – ALFA Records, Inc
• Mastered At – A&M Studios
• Recorded At – ALFA Studio A
• Manufactured By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
• Published By – 1980 Music Inc.
• Published By – Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Arranged By, Performer, Written-By – Y M O*
• Computer [Programmed By] – Hideki Matsutake
• Coordinator [Equipment Coordination] – Don Nagata, Takeshi Fujii , Tomoki Miyadera
• Design – The Studio
• Engineer – Mitsuo Koike, Y M O*
• Executive-Producer – Shoro Kawazoe
• Lyrics By [Additional Lyrics] – Peter Barakan
• Management – Hiroshi Okura, Yoichi Itoh*
• Mastered By – Frank DeLuna, Marv Bornstein
• Producer – Haruomi Hosono

Notes

This pressing with "x" on labels before the A&M logo was pressed at the Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Pressing Plant ID: X
• Barcode (Text): 0 7502-14853-1
• Barcode (Scanned): 075021485310
• Matrix / Runout (Side One): AM SP 04853-A P2..
• Matrix / Runout (Side Two): AM SP 04853-B P2..

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ALR-28015	YMO*	BGM ‎(LP, Album)	Alfa	ALR-28015	Japan	1981
38XA-16	Yellow Magic Orchestra	BGM ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Alfa	38XA-16	Japan	1984
EPC 513449 2	YMO*	BGM ‎(CD, Album, RM)	Epic	EPC 513449 2	Europe	2004
355	YMO*	BGM ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Yess	355	Indonesia	1981
LPU 0020	YMO*	BGM ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Pick Up Records	LPU 0020	Netherlands	1985

Tracklist

1	Ballet
2	Music Plans
3	Rap Phenomena
4	Happy End
5	1000 Knives
6	Cue
7	U.T
8	Camouflage
9	Mass
10	Loom

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Notes

Mfd. by Toshiba EMI Ltd.
Made in Japan

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ALR-28015	YMO*	BGM ‎(LP, Album)	Alfa	ALR-28015	Japan	1981
38XA-16	Yellow Magic Orchestra	BGM ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Alfa	38XA-16	Japan	1984
MHCL 208	Yellow Magic Orchestra	BGM ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	SMEJ	MHCL 208	Japan	2003
355	YMO*	BGM ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Yess	355	Indonesia	1981
ALCA-9043	YMO*	BGM ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Alfa Records, Inc	ALCA-9043	Japan	1994

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Ballet Written-By – Yukihiro Takahashi	4:33
2	Music Plans Written-By – Riuichi Sakamoto*	4:32
3	Rap Phenomena Written-By – Haruomi Hosono	4:31
4	Happy End Written-By – Riuichi Sakamoto*	4:31
5	1000 Knives Written-By – Riuichi Sakamoto*	5:22
6	Cue Written-By – H. Hosono*, Y. Takahashi*	4:31
7	U.T Written-By – YMO*	4:31
8	Camouflage Written-By – Yukihiro Takahashi	4:34
9	Mass Written-By – Haruomi Hosono	4:30
10	Loom Written-By – Hideki Matsutake, YMO*	5:21

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Alfa Records, Inc
• Manufactured By – Alfa Records, Inc

Credits

• Arranged By – YMO*
• Art Direction – Yukimasa Okumura
• Computer – Hideki Matsutake
• Engineer – Mitsuo Koike, Yoshifumi Iio
• Lyrics By – Peter Barakan
• Mixed By – Mitsuo Koike, YMO*
• Photography By – Kenji Miura
• Producer – Haruomi Hosono

Notes

Recorded at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo, 1981.

This is the second release on CD, using the same master as the first.

"Happy End" is an alternate version with differences throughout (this also applies to the earlier Alfa 38XA- CD).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: 32XA-141 2
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ALR-28015	YMO*	BGM ‎(LP, Album)	Alfa	ALR-28015	Japan	1981
38XA-16	Yellow Magic Orchestra	BGM ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Alfa	38XA-16	Japan	1984
EPC 513449 2	YMO*	BGM ‎(CD, Album, RM)	Epic	EPC 513449 2	Europe	2004
355	YMO*	BGM ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Yess	355	Indonesia	1981
LPU 0020	YMO*	BGM ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Pick Up Records	LPU 0020	Netherlands	1985

Zololmaran

"Ballet" favorite track on the album. Guessing "The Gorillaz" got some ideas from that track. Pressing is great quality too. 5/5

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