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).Half Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London.
Tracklisting
- Methods of Dance
- Swing
- Gentlemen Take Polaroids
- Quiet Life
- A Foreign Place
- Nightporter
- My New Career
- The Other Side of Life
- Visions of China
- Taking Islands in Africa
- Ghosts
- Songs of Pioneers
- Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer
- Life Without Buildings
- Talking Drum
- The Art of Parties
Please note that Exorcising Ghosts (Reissue) is currently not in store but is with our local supplier.
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