Neo Geo (album)

Neo Geo

Studio album by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Released

July 1, 1987 (Japan)
November 14, 1991 (USA)

Genre

Fusion, Electronica, Synthpop, Traditional, World

Length

34:46

Label

Sony Music

Producer

Bill Laswell, Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology

Media Bahn Live
(1986)

Neo Geo
(1987)

The Last Emperor
(1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Neo Geo is a 1987 album by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The term "neo geo", or new geography, is derived from Sakamoto himself as a way to describe worldwide musical diversity in regards to genre (similar to world music and world beat).^[2]

A music video for "Risky" was directed by Meiert Avis.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Before Long"	1:20
2.	"Neo Geo"	5:08
3.	"Risky"	5:26
4.	"Free Trading"	5:28
5.	"Shogunade"	4:32
6.	"Parata"	4:21
7.	"Okinawa Song – Chin Nuku Juushii"	5:19
8.	"After All"	3:08

Personnel

Performers

Ryuichi Sakamoto – keyboard, piano, computer
Yukio Tsuji – shakuhachi, gayageum
Iggy Pop – vocals (3)
Kazumi Tamaki – vocals
Misako Koja – vocals
Yoriko Ganeko – vocals
Bill Laswell – bass
David Van Tieghem – percussions
Bootsy Collins – bass
Emmett Chapman – Chapman stick
Tony Williams – drums
Sly Dunbar – drums
Eddie Martinez – guitar
Haruo Kubota – guitar
Lucia Hwong – pipa

Technical

Jason Corsaro – mixing
Clive Smith – programmer
Jeff Bova – programmer

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	8

References

↑ Mills, Ted. "Neo Geo". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
↑ Beale, Lewis (June 21, 1992). "Maestro of the Universe : African Drummers, Japanese Chants, Irish Flutes--the High-tech, High-concept music of Ryuichi Sakamoto Is All Over the Map". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Publishing). p. 1. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
↑ Kretsch, Ron (January 13, 2014). "Iggy Pop and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Risky,’ a video tribute to Man Ray". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
↑ オリコンチャートブック〈LP編(昭和45年‐平成1年). Minato, Tokyo: Oricon Books. 1990. ISBN 4871310256.

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Studio albums

Solo	Thousand Knives (1978) B-2 Unit (1980) Left-Handed Dream (1981) Ongaku Zukan (1984) Esperanto (1985) Futurista (1986) Neo Geo (1987) Beauty (1989) Heartbeat (1991) Sweet Revenge (1994) Smoochy (1995) 1996 (1996) Discord (1997) BTTB (1999) Comica (2002) Elephantism (2002) Chasm (2004) Out of Noise (2009) Three (2012)

Collaborations	Disappointment-Hateruma (1975) Summer Nerves (1979) The End of Asia (1982) The Arrangement (1982) Casa (2001) Vrioon (2002) A Day in New York (2003) Insen (2005) Ocean Fire (2007) Cendre (2007) utp_ (2008) Summvs (2011) Flumina (2011) Ancient Future (2012) Perpetual (2015)

Extended plays

Music for Yohji Yamamoto: Collection, 1995 (1997)
Zero Landmine (2001)
World Citizen (2003)
Sala Santa Cecilia (2005)
Revep (2006)

Live albums

Media Bahn Live (1986)
Playing the Orchestra (1988)
Asian Games (1993)
Cinemage (1999)
Audio Life (2000)
In The Lobby: At G.E.H. in London (2001)
Playing the Piano (2009)

Compilations

Tokyo Joe (1978)
Coda (1983)
Soundbytes (1994)
Works I – CM (2002)
Moto.tronic (2003)
/04 (2004)
/05 (2005)
Bricolages (2006)
Year Book 2005–2014 (2015)
Year Book 1971-1979 (2016)

Soundtracks

Songs

Filmography

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
The Last Emperor (1987)
"Rain" (1993)
New Rose Hotel (1998)
Neo the Office Chuckler (2004)
Freeter, Ie wo Kau (2010)
Hungry! (2012)
Rich Man, Poor Woman (2012)

Related artists

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