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The album features Bill Nelson and Pierre Barouh. All songs were recorded in Japan and half of the tracks were sung in Japanese. The album emphasizes Yukihiro as a singer and it reached #11 on the Japanese music charts, which was the highest ranking for his solo work. 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This record builds on the techno sound of YMO’s \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eBGM\u003c\/span\u003e (released the same year), infusing Takahashi’s unique romantic aesthetic and is considered one of his masterpieces. 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