What, Me Worry? (album)

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What, Me Worry?
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 1982 (1982-06-21)
GenrePop music, Synthpop, Technopop
LabelYen Records (Alfa Records)
ProducerYukihiro Takahashi
Yukihiro Takahashi chronology
Neuromantic
(1981)
What, Me Worry?
(1982)

(1983)

What, Me Worry? (ボク、大丈夫!!, Boku, Daijōbu!!), released in 1982, is Yukihiro Takahashi's fourth solo album. As well as his YMO bandmates Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono, this album features guest appearances by Zaine Griff, Tony Mansfield, and Bill Nelson.

In Japan this album reached No. 35 on the Oricon LP chart.[1]

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Yukihiro Takahashi and Peter Barakan; all music is composed by Takahashi, except were noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."What, Me Worry?"instrumental 1:05
2."It's Gonna Work Out" (きっとうまくいく Kitto Umaku Iku)  4:00
3."Sayonara"Takahashi 5:33
4."This Strange Obsession"Zaine GriffGriff3:42
5."Flashback" (回想 Kaisō)TakahashiRyuichi Sakamoto5:17
6."The Real You" (本当の君 Hontō no Kimi)  4:45
7."Disposable Love" (使いすてハート Tsukai Sute Hāto)  4:29
8."My Highland Home in Thailand"instrumentalTakahashi, Bill Nelson1:11
9."All You've Got to Do" (すぐそこにある Sugu Soko ni Aru)  3:31
10."It's All Too Much" (すべて 素晴らしすぎる Subete Subarashi Sugiru)George HarrisonHarrison4:41
2005 re-issue bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Futari no Kage Ni" (二人の陰に)Takahashi 4:37
12."Disposable Love" (使いすてハート Tsukai Sute Hāto) (Japanese Version)  4:28
13."Ich bin der Gluckligchste Mench auf der Welt" (白銀は招くよ Shirogane wa Maneku yo, I am the Happiest Person in the World)Franz Grothe, trans. Toshio FujitaGrothe4:00

Personnel[]

  • Yukihiro Takahashi - Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Producer
  • Haruomi Hosono - Bass, Vocals
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto - Keyboards
  • Bill Nelson - Guitar, E-Bow
  • Zaine Griff - Vocals
  • Tony Mansfield - Vocals
  • Mitsuru Sawamura - Saxophone
  • Kohji Ueno - Keyboards
  • Ronny - Vocals
  • Hiroshi Sato - Keyboards
  • Kenji Omura - Guitar
  • Hajime Tachibana - Artwork, Design
  • Julian Mendelsohn - Engineer
  • Mitsuo Koike - Engineer
  • Steve Nye - Engineer
  • Yoshifumi Iio - Engineer
  • Akitsugu Doi - Assistant Engineer
  • Jeremy Allom - Assistant Engineer
  • Stuart Bruce - Assistant Engineer

References[]

  1. ^ Orikon chāto bukku. LP. Tōkyō: Orijinaru Konfidensu. 1990. ISBN 4871310256. OCLC 674130691.

External links[]

What, Me Worry? (album) at Discogs (list of releases)

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