Ryuichi Sakamoto discography
Ryuichi Sakamoto discographyStudio albums 24 EPs 3 Soundtrack albums 49 Live albums 11 Compilation albums 13 Tribute albums 1 Singles 40 Video albums 6 Music videos 8
The Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952–2023) released over 20 solo studio albums , over 25 collaboration albums, 3 remix albums, more than 10 live albums , several compilation albums , over 40 EPs and singles , and about 50 soundtracks . Several of the albums exist in both Japanese and internationally released versions, sometimes containing different track listings. Sakamoto has also released many video albums and music videos.
Albums
Solo studio albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
JPN [ 1] [ 2] AUS [ 3] US [ 4]
1978
Thousand Knives —
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1980
B-2 Unit Released: September 21, 1980
Labels: Alfa Records
Formats: LP 19
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1981
Left-Handed Dream
Released: October 5, 1981
Labels: Alfa Records
Formats: LP 20
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1983
Coda
38
1984
Ongaku Zukan [A] Released: October 24, 1984
Labels: Midi
Formats: LP 5
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1985
Esperanto (music for a dance performance)
Released: October 5, 1985
Labels: Midi
Formats: LP 9
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1986
Futurista Released: April 21, 1986
Labels: Midi
Formats: LP 5
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1987
Neo Geo Released: July 1, 1987
Labels: Sony Music
Formats: LP 8
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1989
Beauty 14
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1991
Heartbeat Released: October 21, 1991
Labels: Virgin Records
Formats: LP 6
94
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1994
Sweet Revenge 7
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1995
Smoochy
Released: October 20, 1995
Labels: For Life Music
Formats: LP 28
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1996
1996 Released: May 17, 1996
Labels: For Life Music
Formats: LP —
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1998
BTTB 26
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2002
Comica
Released: February 27, 2002
Labels: Warner Music Japan
Formats: LP —
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2002
Elephantism
Released: May 15, 2002
Labels: Warner Music Japan
Formats: LP —
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2004
Chasm Released: February 25, 2004
Labels: Warner Music Japan
Formats: LP 19
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2004
/04
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2005
/05
28
2009
Out of Noise
Released: March 4, 2009
Labels: Commmons
Formats: LP 16
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2009
Playing the Piano Released: September 23, 2009
Labels: Commmons
Formats: LP 41
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10
2016
Plankton (music for an installation)
Released: 2016
Labels: Milan
Formats: LP / CD / digital
2017
async Released: April 28, 2017
Labels: Milan
Formats: CD / digital / 2xLP —
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5
2023
12 Released: January 17, 2023
Labels: Milan
Formats: Digital 4
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"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
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Remix albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
JP
2006
Bricolages
Released: 24 May 2006
Labels: Warner
Formats: CD 81
2018
async - Remodels Released: 16 February 2018
Labels: Milan
Formats: Digital, CD, LP
2022
To the Moon and Back Released: 30 November 2022
Labels: Milan
Formats: Digital
Collaboration albums
Year
Album details
1975
Disappointment-Hateruma (with Tsuchitori Toshiyuki )
1978
Paraiso (with Haruomi Hosono )
1979
Summer Nerves (with Kakutougi Session)
1982
The End of Asia (with Danceries)
1982
The Arrangement (with Robin Scott ) (originally released as an EP and later expanded into a full album with album-free singles)
1983
Chanconette Tedesche (with Danceries)
1993
Asian Games [live] (with Yōsuke Yamashita and Bill Laswell )
2001
Casa [live] (with Morelenbaum²)
2001
Morelenbaum²/Sakamoto "Live in Tokyo" [live] (with Morelenbaum²)
2002
Vrioon (with Carsten Nicolai , as alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto)
2003
A Day in New York (with Morelenbaum²)
2005
Insen (with Carsten Nicolai , as alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto)
2007
Cendre (with Fennesz )
2007
Ocean Fire (with Christopher Willits , as Willits + Sakamoto)
2008
utp_ [live] (with Alva Noto and Ensemble Modern )
2010
UTAU (with Taeko Onuki )
2011
Flumina (with Fennesz )
2011
Summvs (with Carsten Nicolai , as alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto)
2012
Ancient Future (with Christopher Willits , as Willits + Sakamoto)
2012
Three (with Jaques Morelenbaum , Judy Kang )
2012
Snow, Silence, Partially Sunny [live] (with Sachiko M )
2013
Disappearance (with Taylor Deupree )
2015
Perpetual (with Taylor Deupree and Illuha, as Taylor Deupree / Illuha / Ryuichi Sakamoto)
2018
Glass [live] (with Alva Noto )
2018
Glenn Gould Gathering [live] (with Alva Noto , Nilo, Fennesz , Francesco Tristano )
2019
TWO: Live at Sydney Opera House [live] (with Alva Noto )
2019
Live in London [live] (with Taylor Deupree )
Live albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
JP[ 1] [ 2]
US[ 4]
1986
Media Bahn Live
Released: September 21, 1986
Labels: Midi
Formats: LP —
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1988
Playing the Orchestra
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1997
Discord
Released: July 2, 1997
Labels: Güt
Formats: CD
1999
Cinemage —
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2000
Audio Life
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2001
In The Lobby: At G.E.H. in London
Released: March 22, 2001
Labels: Warner Music Japan
Formats: LP —
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2011
playing the piano usa 2010 / Korea 2011 - ustream viewers selection
Released: December 14, 2011
Labels: Commmons
Formats: CD —
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2013
Playing the Orchestra 2013
Released: December 11, 2013
Labels: Commmons
Formats: CD —
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2015
The Best of 'Playing the Orchestra 2014'
Released: December 16, 1988
Labels: Commmons
Formats: LP
2020
Playing the Piano 12122020
Released: December 12, 2021
Labels: KAB America Inc.
Formats: LP —
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2021
Garden Of Shadows And Light (with David Toop )
Released: July 9, 2021
Labels: ThirtyThree Records
Formats: LP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Soundtrack albums
Compilation albums
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
JP[ 1] [ 2]
1982
Tokyo Joe (with Kazumi Watanabe )
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1983
Favorite Visions
Released: 1983
Labels: Better Days
Formats: LP
1986
Ryuichi Sakamoto Best Selection
Released: 1986
Labels: Alfa Records
Formats: LP
1989
Gruppo Musicale
Released: 1989
Labels: MIDI
Formats: CD
1994
Soundbytes
Released: May 17, 1994
Labels: Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings
Formats: LP —
1998
The Very Best Of Güt Years 1994-1997
Released: 1998
Labels: Güt
Formats: CD
2002
Works I – CM
Released: November 20, 2002
Labels: Midi
Formats: LP —
2003
Moto.tronic
Released: November 11, 2003
Labels: Sony Music
Formats: LP —
2012
Complete Güt Box
Released: December 4, 2012
Labels: Güt
Formats: CD
2015
Year Book 2005–2014
Released: January 17, 2015
Labels: Commmons
Formats: LP 46
2016
Year Book 1971-1979
Released: January 17, 2016
Labels: Commmons
Formats: LP 77
2017
Year Book 1980-1984
Released: March 29, 2017
Labels: Commmons
Formats: CD
2018
Year Book 1985-1989
Released: February 18, 2018
Labels: Commmons
Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Mini-albums
Year
Album details
Ref.
1997
Music for Yohji Yamamoto: Collection, 1995
[ 12]
2001
Zero Landmine (as part of N.M.L. No More Landmines)
[ 13]
Singles and EPs
Video albums
Year
Video details
Ref.
1985
TV War (with Radical TV)
1986
Adelic Penguins
Distributor: Sony Video Software
Format: LaserDisc [ 14]
2006
Insen Live (as alva noto + ryuichi sakamoto)
Released: October 2006
Distributor: Raster-Noton
Format: DVD
2008
LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible... (as Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani )
Released: May 28, 2008
Distributor: Commmons
Format: DVD
2015
Playing the Orchestra 2014
Released: April 7, 2015
Distributor: Commmons
Format: DVD, Blu-ray
2015
Trio Tour 2012 Japan
Released: December 9, 2015
Distributor: Commmons
Format: DVD, Blu-ray
Music videos
Other album appearances
Soundtracks
Year
Song(s)
Album
Notes
Ref.
1989
"Laserman"
Black Rain
[ 21]
1992
"El Mar Mediterrani"
El Mar Mediterrani
Composition for 1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony officially released on the 1997 mini-album of the same name
[ 22]
1998
"Dreamcast Startup"
Startup sound for the Dreamcast video game console
[ 23]
2003
"Chinsagu No Hana"
Japanese Story An alternate mix by Elizabeth Drake originally from Beauty
[ 24]
2006
"Bibo No Aozora", "Only Love Can Conquer Hate", "World Citizen (I Won't Be Disappointed)"
Babel soundtrackAlternate mixes originally from 1996 Chasm
[ 25]
2017
"M.A.Y. in the Backyard", "Germination"
Call Me by Your Name
Guest appearances
Year
Album
Artist
Details
Ref.
1976
Auroila
Lily
Arranger
Hi Tomoshi Goro
Maki Asakawa
Organ
Grey Skies
Taeko Onuki
Vibraphone, fender rhodes, marimba, organ, prepared piano, piano, Clavinet, tambourine, harpsichord, tubular bells, arp solina string ensemble, ARP Odyssey, arranger, string arrangements, arrangements
1977
Sunshower Taeko Onuki
Keyboards, arrangements, musical director, composer
1978
Pacific Haruomi Hosono
Keyboards, piano, percussion, glockenspiel
1979
Intimate
Keizo Inoue
Piano, synthesizer
Kylyn Kazumi Watanabe
Co-producer, keyboards
1980
Romantique
Taeko Onuki
Arranger, conductor, mix engineer, keyboards
Gentlemen Take Polaroids Japan
Co-writer ("Taking Islands in Africa")
Eating Pleasure
Sandii
Keyboards
1981
Tadaima
Akiko Yano
Producer
Aventure
Taeko Onuki
Arranger, Prophet 5, rhodes piano, piano, analog synthesizer, mixing engineer
Neuromantic Yukihiro Takahashi
Keyboards
1982
What, Me Worry? Yukihiro Takahashi
Keyboards
1983
Rose
Mari Iijima
Producer
1984
Brilliant Trees David Sylvian
Guest piano/synthesizers on three tracks
1985
Copine
Taeko Onuki
Synthesizer, Rhodes, all instruments, mixing engineer, arranger
Alchemy: An Index of Possibilities David Sylvian
Guest piano and strings on Steel Cathedrals
Memory Theatre
Ayuo Takahashi
Guest musician
1986
Hope in a Darkened Heart Virginia Astley
Producer
Venus Tanjō
Yukiko Okada
Co-writer ("Wonder Trip Lover", "Kuchibiru Network", "Nemurenu Yoru no AQUARIUS")
Album Public Image Ltd
Synthesizer ("Rise ", "Fishing", "Bags", "Ease")
1987
Secrets of the Beehive David Sylvian
Arrangement, organ, synthesizer, piano
1989
Safety in Numbers David van Tieghem
Keyboards
1991
Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses
Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses
Piano, backing vocals
Mais Marisa Monte
Keyboards, piano
1992
Circuladô
Caetano Veloso
Sampler, Keyboards ("Neide Candolina"); Strings, Bass, Piano ("Lindeza")
Sahara Blue Hector Zazou
Piano ("Ophelie", "Hapolot Kenym", "Harar et les Gallas")
1993
Dreamland Aztec Camera
Co-producer
1994
Future Listening! Towa Tei
Fender rhodes, strings, piano, arrangements
1995
The Geisha Girls Show
Geisha Girls
Producer
1996
O Corpo Sutil Arto Lindsay
Guest musician
Red Hot + Rio Red Hot Organization
Keyboards ("É Preciso Perdoar (You Must Forgive)")
1998
Noon Chill Arto Lindsay
Prepared piano, keyboards, piano
1999
Dead Bees on a Cake David Sylvian
Arrangement, piano, guitar, bansuri, insects
2000
Everything and Nothing David Sylvian
Arrangement, piano
2002
Audio Sponge Sketch Show
Keyboards, guitar [sample], clavinet
2003
Strong Currents
Hector Zazou
Piano
2004
Shine Cyndi Lauper
Co-writer ("Eventually")
Astromantic M-Flo
Guest musician ("I Wanna Be Down")
Cinema
Rodrigo Leão
Guest musician
2005
Snow Borne Sorrow Nine Horses
Piano ("Atom and Cell", "Snow Borne Sorrow")
2006
Yellow Fever! Senor Coconut
Guest musician
2008
Sound Unbound
DJ Spooky
Song “The Need to Be ” with Daniel Bernard Roumain
Telecoteco
Paula Morelenbaum
Piano
2009
影の無いヒト
Asa-Chang & Junray
Vocals
2011
Heligoland Massive Attack
Co-remixer ("Fatalism")
Forgetfulness
Natalie Beridze TBA
Co-writer ("Blue Shadow")
2018
Love in the Time of Lexapro
Oneohtrix Point Never
Remix, production
2019
Adult Baby
Kazu
Objects, chimes, triangle, tape loops, synthesizer, piano, field recordings
2021
kiCK iiiii Arca
Vocals ("Sanctuary")
2023
D-Day Agust D
Piano ("Snooze ")
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