Japan – “Exorcising Ghosts” (Released 7th October 2022)

Description

//UMC/EMI//

£39.99 – 2xLP, Limited Edition Half-Speed with Obi-Strip and Abbey Road Certificate

Exorcising Ghosts (1984) is a 16-track 2LP set compiled and produced in consultation with lead singer David Sylvian, two years after Japan dissolved.

This career-spanning ‘Best of’ features three recordings from the band’s early career on the Hansa Records label (including 1979’s “Quiet Life”) but mainly focuses on material from their two seminal studio albums on Virgin Records; Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) and Tin Drum (1981).

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Methods of Dance
2. Swing
3. Gentlemen Take Polaroids
4. Quiet Life

Side B

1. A Foreign Place
2. Nightporter
3. My New Career
4. The Other Side of Life

Side C

1. Visions of China
2. Taking Islands in Africa
3. Ghosts
4. Songs of Pioneers

Side D

1. Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer
2. Life Without Buildings
3. Talking Drum
The Art of Parties