Assemblage - BONUS TRACKS
Released: May 25, 2004
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Released: May 25, 2004
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The 1981 compilation Assemblage gives a skewed, incomplete picture of Japan's early career; this is not necessarily a bad thing because, frankly, Japan's early career wasn't very good, and it...
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Adolescent Sex - EXPANDED
Released: Apr 19, 2004
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Released: Apr 19, 2004
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Although Japan later became one of new romantics' poster children, their 1978 Adolescent Sex LP predated the movement by two years. A remarkable debut, the set snarls with leftover punk intent, a...
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Obscure Alternatives - EXPANDED
Released: Apr 19, 2004
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Released: Apr 19, 2004
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Their second album to hit the shelves in 1978, Japan's sophomore effort, Obscure Alternatives, found the band dropping most of their debut's funk fringe in favor of guitar-oriented fuzz and quirk...
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Quiet Life - EXPANDED
Released: Apr 19, 2004
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Released: Apr 19, 2004
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Quiet Life is the album that transformed Japan from past-tense glam rockers into futuristic synth popsters, though they'd been leaning in that direction for a while. It's also a solid proto-new...
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Tin Drum - EXPANDED
Released: Sep 15, 2003
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Released: Sep 15, 2003
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Japan's studio swan song follows up and expands on the course charted by Gentlemen Take Polaroids: highly arty dance-funk utilizing Asian and Western sonorities alongside David Sylvian's post-Bryan...
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