Solid State Survivor 4/29/1985 “Shoulders”

“Shoulders”

Producers include: Mr

Featuring 14 tracks of jazz

casually switching gears between bluegrass waltz

Mark McDonald

Solid State Survivor 4/29/1985 “Shoulders”The trio hit their stride with second album Solid State Survivor, a brisk and confident set of synth disco pop that continues along the line drawn five years before by Kraftwerk. Fun loving and breezy where Kraftwerk had been ponderous and statuesque, the album sets out YMO's template for electronic pop with less minimalism and a more varying use of synthesizer lines. The English lyrics, written by Chris Mosdell but sung by YMO themselves, make for