Yellow Magic Orchestra is the first official studio album by
Japanese electronic music band
Yellow Magic Orchestra, who were previously known as the Yellow Magic Band. Originally released by
Alfa Records in Japan in 1978, the album was released by
A&M Records in
Europe and
North America in early 1979, with the
United States version featuring new cover art but without the closing track of "Acrobat". Both versions would later be re-issued in 2003 as a double-disc format, with the American version as the first disc.