World Tour 1980

Track listing

Track information

• "Riot in Lagos" was originally included in Sakamoto's 1980 album B-2 Unit.
• "The End of Asia" is performed in the style of Sakamoto's version from his 1978 album Thousand Knives.
• "Maps" was originally included in Omura's 1981 album Spring is Nearly Here.
• "The Core of Eden" was originally included in Takahashi's 1980 album Murdered by the Music.
• "Zai Kung Tong Boy" was originally included in Yano's 1980 album Gohan ga Dekita yo.
• "1000 Knives" was originally included in Thousand Knives and was included later on YMO's 1981 album BGM.
• "Tong Poo" is performed in the style of Yano's version from Gohan ga Dekita yo.
• "Invention" is a fast-paced rendition of Bach's "Invention No. 1", a demo song that was listed on the Roland MC-8 manual.

  Personnel

• Haruomi Hosono – Bass on "Tong Poo", Synth bass
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – Keyboards, Vocoder on "Behind the Mask", Drum machine
• Yukihiro Takahashi – Drums, Electronic drums, Lead vocals on "Nice Age", "The Core of Eden", "Citizens of Science", "La Femme Chinoise", "Solid State Survivor", "Radio Junk" and "All You Need is Love"
• Hideki Matsutake – Modular synthesizer, Sequencer, Programming
• Akiko Yano – Keyboards, Backing vocals on "Nice Age", "Solid State Survivor", "Radio Junk" and "All You Need is Love", Lead Vocals on "Zai Kung Tong Boy"
• Kenji Omura – Guitar, Lead vocals on "Maps", Backing vocals on "Nice Age", "Solid State Survivor", "Radio Junk" and "All You Need is Love"
• Tomoko Ebe Nunoi – Sampled Sexy Voice on "La Femme Chinoise"

  Technical personnel

• Kimitoshi Sato – Supervising, Planning, Selection, Compilation
• Mitsuo Koike – Mixing
• Yukimasa Okumura – Art Direction
• Masaki Yoshimi, Nobuo Yoshida/THE STUDIO TOKYO JAPAN INC. – Design
• Yukihiro Takahashi/BRICKS-MONO – Costume Design
• Nobuo Yoshida – Copy Coordination
• Kenji Narukawa – Coordination Support
• Shiro Tsubata/ALFA MUSIC – Manager
• Mikio Honoda, Kenji Miura, Toshi Yajima, Hiro Ito, Junichi Takahashi, Tetsuo Tanaka, Tomoaki Sato/FUJIHOUSE, Hiroshi Tanaka/NHK, Miki Tayama, Kazuhiko Naruze/TIGHTEN UP and ALL BEAUTIFUL YMO FREAKS – Special Thanks