Japan (1974 - 16 Dec 1982)

Group - United Kingdom UK new wave band

Releases (44)

Official

Album

1. Adolescent Sex Mar 1978
2. Obscure Alternatives Aug 1978
3. Quiet Life Dec 1979
4. Gentlemen Take Polaroids 15 Nov 1980
5. Tin Drum 28 Nov 1981

Album - Live

1. Oil on Canvas Jun 1983

Album - Compilation

1. Assemblage 11 Sep 1981
2. Japan 1982
3. Exorcising Ghosts 01 Oct 1984
4. Souvenir From Japan Oct 1989
5. Japan Oct 1990
6. The Other Side of Japan Oct 1991
7. In Vogue 24 Aug 1996
8. The Singles: Japan 04 Sep 1996
9. The Masters Sep 1997
10. The Best of Japan 02 Oct 2002
11. The Very Best Of 27 Mar 2006
12. The Collection 04 Aug 2009
13. Original Album Classics 28 Mar 2011

Single

1. Life in Tokyo 12 Apr 1979
2. Quiet Life Dec 1979
3. Second That Emotion 22 Mar 1980
4. Gentlemen Take Polaroids Oct 1980
5. The Art of Parties 29 Apr 1981
6. Visions of China Oct 1981
7. European Son 07 Jan 1982
8. Cantonese Boy 13 May 1982
9. I Second That Emotion Jul 1982
10. Nightporter 12 Nov 1982
11. Ghosts 1982
12. All Tomorrows Parties Feb 1983
13. I Second That Emotion / All Tomorrow’s Parties 1989

Single - Compilation

1. I Second That Emotion / Quiet Life / Life in Tokyo 1992

EP

1. Live in Japan Jul 1980

EP - Compilation

1. Special Edition Five Song Extended Play 1980

Bootleg

Album - Live

1. Methods of Dance 07 Feb 1981
2. Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1981
3. Visions of China 1982
4. Leidenese Boy 1982
5. 1982‐12‐08: Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan 31 Jul 2020
6. Live At Rock City 1981

Album - Compilation

1. 1977 Demos

Broadcast - Live

1. 1982-12-08: Soundstreet Special 08 Dec 1982

Relationships (5)

Members

1. Richard Barbieri
2. David Sylvian
3. Rob Dean ( - 1980)
4. Mick Karn
5. Steve Jansen

Recordings by (177)

1. Transmission 4:45 (Mar 1978)
2. Performance 4:36 (Mar 1978)
3. Lovers on Main Street 4:09 (Mar 1978)
4. Don’t Rain on My Parade 2:55 (Mar 1978)
5. Suburban Love 7:28 (Mar 1978)
6. Communist China 2:43 (Mar 1978)
7. Television 9:13 (Mar 1978)
8. Adolescent Sex 3:45 (Mar 1978)
9. The Unconventional 3:02 (Mar 1978)
10. Wish You Were Black 4:49 (Mar 1978)
11. The Tenant 7:14 (Aug 1978)
12. Automatic Gun 4:06 (Aug 1978)
13. …Rhodesia 6:49 (Aug 1978)
14. Love Is Infectious 4:12 (Aug 1978)
15. Sometimes I Feel So Low 3:49 (Aug 1978)
16. Obscure Alternatives 6:49 (Aug 1978)
17. Deviation 3:23 (Aug 1978)
18. Suburban Berlin 5:01 (Aug 1978)
19. Life in Tokyo (short version) 3:30 (12 Apr 1979)
20. Life in Tokyo (Pt 2) 3:29 (12 Apr 1979)
21. Quiet Life 4:14 (Dec 1979)
22. Halloween 4:24 (Dec 1979)
23. Fall in Love With Me 4:35 (Dec 1979)
24. Despair 5:59 (Dec 1979)
25. In Vogue 6:32 (Dec 1979)
26. All Tomorrow’s Parties 5:43 (Dec 1979)
27. Alien 5:01 (Dec 1979)
28. The Other Side of Life 7:26 (Dec 1979)
29. Life in Tokyo (12″ version) 7:04 (1979)
30. I Second That Emotion 3:45 (22 Mar 1980)
31. Deviation (Live In Tokyo) 3:21 (Jul 1980)
32. Obscure Alternatives (Live In Tokyo) 6:05 (Jul 1980)
33. In Vogue (live in Tokyo) 6:11 (Jul 1980)
34. Sometimes I Feel So Low (Live In Tokyo) 4:05 (Jul 1980)
35. The Experience of Swimming 4:04 (Oct 1980)
36. The Width of a Room 3:14 (Oct 1980)
37. Gentlemen Take Polaroids 3:29 (Oct 1980) 7? edit
38. Burning Bridges 3:59 (Oct 1980)
39. Swing 6:26 (15 Nov 1980)
40. Taking Islands in Africa 5:13 (15 Nov 1980)
41. My New Career 3:52 (15 Nov 1980)
42. Methods of Dance 6:53 (15 Nov 1980)
43. Ain’t That Peculiar 4:40 (15 Nov 1980)
44. Nightporter 6:57 (15 Nov 1980)
45. State Line 4:46 (1980)
46. European Son 3:39 (1980)
47. Life in Tokyo 3:31 (1980)
48. Life in Tokyo (extended version) 7:05 (27 Apr 1981)
49. Life Without Buildings 6:40 (29 Apr 1981)
50. The Art of Parties 6:46 (29 Apr 1981)

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On Recordings (5)

Arranged

1. Life Without Buildings 6:40 Japan (29 Apr 1981)

Produced

1. All Tomorrow’s Parties 5:43 Japan (Dec 1979)
2. European Son 3:39 Japan (1980)
3. Life Without Buildings 6:40 Japan (29 Apr 1981)
4. Ghosts 4:32 Japan (28 Nov 1981)

Credited as (5)

1. Japan
2. Blaze feat. Japan
3. Genesis / Japan / Can / Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
4. Japan & 矢野顕子
5. Japan & Takahashi

Events (1)

Main Performer At

1. Japan at Tiffany's cancelled

Links (33)

Other Databases

1. https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/band/Japan_(UK)
2. https://www.whosampled.com/Japan/
3. http://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/15374
4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/1217063-X
5. http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/J/Japan/
6. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/japan
7. https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000014742/POPULAR/

Lyrics Page

1. https://genius.com/artists/Japan
2. https://www.musixmatch.com/artist/Japan
3. https://muzikum.eu/en/japan/lyrics
4. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-7575/japan/lyrics.html

Last.Fm

1. https://www.last.fm/music/Japan

Songkick

1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/190977

Discogs

1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/23036

Allmusic

1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000217622

Imdb

1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8273809/

VIAF ID

1. http://viaf.org/viaf/2145304682778610650

Wikidata

1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174933

Stream For Free

1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7vPXrGlSGukcwpaPxUfKKR
2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/12334

Purchase Music For Download

1. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/id13670529
2. https://www.junodownload.com/artists/Japan/releases/
3. https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/interpreter/japan/download-streaming-albums

Purchase Music For Mail-Order

1. https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/person/700212890

Streaming Page

1. https://music.amazon.com/artists/B001EE0QPA
2. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/13670529
3. https://us.napster.com/artist/japan
4. https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/interpreter/japan/download-streaming-albums

Interviews

1. http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/japan/5864

Fan Pages

1. http://www.nightporter.co.uk/

Picture

1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japan_Nov82-curtain.JPG

BBC Music

1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/697e7111-5630-4c77-83f3-39821bacc61a

Social Networking

1. https://www.facebook.com/lifeintokyo