UMC/EMI
Japan - Exorcising Ghosts
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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).
Features
key
album
tracks
and
6
UK
Top
60
singles:
“Gentlemen
Take
Polaroids”
#60
in
Oct.
1980
“The
Art
of
Parties”
#48
in
May
1981
“Visions
of
China”
#32
in
Nov.
1981
“Quiet
Life”
#19
in
Sept.
1981
“Ghosts”
#5
in
March
1982
“Nightporter”
#29
in
Nov.
1982
Half
Speed
Mastered
by
Miles
Showell
at
Abbey
Road
Studios,
London
The
LPs
are
housed
in
a
Gatefold
Sleeve
with
Printed
Inner
bags.
Contains
a
new
Print
/
Abbey
Road
Half
Speed
Master
Certificate
and
Obi
strip.
Tracklists
2LP
Side
A
Methods
of
Dance
Swing
Gentlemen
Take
Polaroids
Quiet
Life
Side
B
A
Foreign
Place
Nightporter
My
New
Career
The
Other
Side
of
Life
Side
C
Visions
of
China
Taking
Islands
in
Africa
Ghosts
Songs
of
Pioneers
Side
D
Voices
Raised
in
Welcome,
Hands
Held
in
Prayer
Life
Without
Buildings
Talking
Drum
The
Art
of
Parties
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