• Limited Reissue Edition / Japanese Import
• 1xLP pressed on Clear Blue Vinyl
• Participating musicians: Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kenji Omura, Makoto Ayukawa, Sina, Takeshi Asada, ao.
• Remastered by Yoshinori Sunahara
• Lacquer cut by Bernie Grundman
• Originally released in 1980

"MURDERED BY THE MUSIC" is his 2nd solo album released by King Recordsin 1980 during the YMO era.

Based on the new wave sound that was sweeping the music scene at that time, various musical elements such as surf music, two-tone ska, and Motown sound were added, andYukihiro Takahashi’s pop side was fully opened. This album climbed to No. 12 on the chart.

B-1 is a self-cover of the song provided toThe Ventures. B3 is a cover version ofThe Supremes’ No.1 hit.

Participating musicians:Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kenji Omura, Makoto Ayukawa, Sina, Takeshi Asada,and others.

Yoshinori Sunahara’s remastering and Bernie Grundman’s cutting.

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass – Haruomi Hosono (tracks: B2 to B5)
Artwork By [Art Direction] – Mitsuru Torii
Backing Vocals – Sandi (tracks: A3, B2, B3)
Computer – Hideki Matsutake
Electric Guitar – Kenji Omura, Makoto Ayukawa (tracks: A1 to A3)
Engineer [Operating] – "Teppei" Kasai*, Toshiro Itoh*
Lyrics By – Chris Mosdell (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, B2, B4, B5)
Other [Costume] – "Bricks"
Other [Equipment Co-ordinator] – "Donbay" Nagata
Other [Hair, Make Up] – Mikio Honda
Other [Management] – Hiroshi Okura
Other [Production Co-ordinator] – Yoichi Itoh
Other [Recording Director] – Kenji Ando
Photography By – Masayoshi Sukita
Producer, Arranged By, Vocals, Drums, Percussion – Yukihiro Takahashi
Programmed By [Synthesizers], Synthesizer, Piano [Electric, Acoustic] – Ryuichi Sakamoto
Recorded By [Engineer] – Seiichi Chiba
Vocals [Vocoder] – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi
Voice [Quasimutantic] – Chris Mosdell