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Subject: Japan
Written By: whistledog on 03/10/07 at 12:07 pm
Anyone else like Japan? I love alot of their songs, but I never really liked 'Ghosts'. It's difficult to sing along with lol
This is an incomplete discography as I don't know what's beyond the UK Top 40, and whether or not they had any chart success in America ...
ALBUMS
1980 - Quiet Life
1981 - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
1981 - Assemblage
1981 - Tin Drum
1983 - Oil on Canvas
SINGLES
1979 - Life in Tokyo
1980 - Quiet Life
1980 - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
1981 - Visions of China
1981 - The Art of Parties
1982 - European Son
1982 - Ghosts
1982 - Cantonese Boy
1982 - I Second That Emotion
1982 - Life in Tokyo <re-issue>
1982 - Night Porter
1983 - All Tomorrow's Parties
Subject: Re: Japan
Written By: Windbreaker05 on 03/10/07 at 12:34 pm
A couple more UK placings...
"Gentlemen Take Polaroids" - UK #60/1980
"The Art of Parties" - UK #48/1981
Pretty sure they didn't have anything by way of charting in the States
Subject: Re: Japan
Written By: whistledog on 03/10/07 at 10:42 pm
A couple more UK placings...
"Gentlemen Take Polaroids" - UK #60/1980
"The Art of Parties" - UK #48/1981
Pretty sure they didn't have anything by way of charting in the States
Thanks for the info 8)
Subject: Re: Japan
Written By: Paul on 03/12/07 at 5:39 pm
Can't say I was a fan (they were a bit too arty and pretentious for my tastes), but I did actually like 'Ghosts' for its stark, moody feel...
A few months later, they hit with a rather untypical cover of 'I Second That Emotion'...and also rather untypical, they seemed to be contracted to two record labels at the same time!
Subject: Re: Japan
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/16/07 at 5:40 pm
I always wanted to like Japan, but never did.
I like a lot of David Sylvian's solo stuff, though.
Subject: Re: Japan
Written By: Stinkyy on 03/17/07 at 8:07 pm
I think this is a topic very deserving of attention for fans of 80s groups that can be considered somewhat "underground."
I picked up Gentlemen Take Polaroids while visiting Hawaii, needed some good ambient music at work. Just picked up the disc on a whim while nostalgic for Japan actual .
I later tried to figure out why the band chose their name. Was it the same mysterious attraction for the country that Westerners find over there? Is that why the band is appealing in some part?
Later I learned they are part of a new wave sub-genre someone dreamed up: the "new romantics." Pretty apt title. Lumped together with other groups like Duran Duran, what comes to mind are the guys running around wearing suits to their concerts and etc.
Very cool band; it's too bad that they're kind of tough to find information on.
http://www.nightporter.co.uk/