Japan Quiet Life

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) [Virgin VJCP-68872, Japan]

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2008 | Virgin, VJCP-68872 | ~ 349 or 140 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 48 Mb
New Wave / Synthpop

The last album with Rob Dean, Gentlemen Take Polaroids was also unquestionably the album in which Japan truly found its own unique voice and aesthetic approach. The glam influences still hung heavy, particularly from Roxy Music, but now the band found itself starting to affect others in turn…

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)  Music

Posted by frangarbla at July 31, 2009
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
rock- punk- new wave | FLAC (tracks) + MP3, 320 kbps CBR. | 384.36 Mb (FLAC) + 110.71 Mb (mp3) | 45:29 minutes | Full Covers.
Blue Plate Caroline records, November 1980.

Japan's evolution from rather humble glam rock beginnings into stylish synth pop (and beyond) made the British group one of the more intriguing and successful artists of their era...
Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983) [Reissue 2016] PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983) [Reissue 2016]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 72:13 minutes | Scans included | 2,12 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,83 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/44,1 kHz | Full Scans included | 815 MB

Oil on Canvas is a live album by the English band Japan, released in June 1983 by Virgin Records. It was released six months after the band had broken up, and became their highest charting album in the UK, peaking at number 5. The live tracks on the double-album were taken from the band's performances at the Hammersmith Odeon in November 1982, during their final live concert tour. In 1988, it has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) [Reissue 2016] PS3 ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) [Reissue 2016]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 59:05 minutes | Scans included | 1,69 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,48 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/44,1 kHz | Full Scans included | 654 MB

Japan were an English new wave band formed in 1974 in Catford, South London. Initially a glam rock-inspired band, Japan developed their sound and androgynous look to incorporate electronic music and foreign influences, eventually becoming an influence on the UK's early-1980s New Romantic scene, though the band themselves were not a part of it. Gentlemen Take Polaroids was the band's first album for the Virgin Records label, after leaving Hansa-Ariola who had released their first three albums. The album was preceded by the release of the title track as a single, which peaked at number 60 in the UK Singles Chart. The album was moderately successful, peaking at number 51.
Japan (David Sylvian) - Oil On Canvas (1983) {2006 Virgin Remaster} [reup]

Japan (David Sylvian) - Oil On Canvas (1983) {2006 Virgin Remaster}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 454 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 172 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 138 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2003, 2006 Virgin Records | 0946 3 63053 2 5
Rock / New Wave / New Romantic / Alternative

The final Japan release was sold and marketed as a live album, though actually it's a bit of a catchall – it is indeed mostly from concerts, but also includes a variety of studio instrumentals and a re-recorded version of "Nightporter" mixed in to sound like it's part of the show. The various re-releases of the albums over the years confused matters further, with re-sequencings, the excision of cuts, and more adding to general confusion about the release (not to mention the fact that some reissues completely omitted where the shows were recorded anyway!).

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)  Music

Posted by Designol at Oct. 8, 2023
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 279 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 129 Mb | Scans included
Label: Virgin | # CDV 2180, 0777 7 86661 2 7 | Time: 00:46:32
Genre: New Romantic, New Wave, Art Rock, Post-Punk

The last album with Rob Dean, Gentlemen Take Polaroids was also unquestionably the album in which Japan truly found its own unique voice and aesthetic approach. The glam influences still hung heavy, particularly from Roxy Music, but now the band found itself starting to affect others in turn. Even the back cover photo says as much – looking cool in glossy, elegant nightwear, the quintet had a clear impact on Duran Duran, to the point where Nick Rhodes obviously was trying to be Sylvian in appearance. Musically, meanwhile, the swooning, hyper elegant Euro-disco sheen of Quiet Life was polished to an even finer edge throughout, the title track and the obvious descendant of "Quiet Life" itself, "Methods of Dance," in particular sheer standouts. Sylvian's sighing, luscious croon is in full effect on both, and the arrangements are astonishing, Karn's fretless purring between Jansen's crisp, inventive, and varied drumming, Barbieri's icy keyboards filling out the corners. What makes Gentlemen Take Polaroids even more of a success is how the group, having reached such a polished peak, kept driving behind it, transforming their exquisite pop into something even more artistic and unique.
Japan (David Sylvian) - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) {2006 Virgin Remaster} [re-up]

Japan (David Sylvian) - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) {2006 Virgin Remaster}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 356 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 141 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 144 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2003, 2006 Virgin Records | 0946 3 63057 2 1
Rock / New Wave / New Romantic / Alternative

The last album with Rob Dean, Gentlemen Take Polaroids was also unquestionably the album in which Japan truly found its own unique voice and aesthetic approach. The glam influences still hung heavy, particularly from Roxy Music, but now the band found itself starting to affect others in turn. Even the back cover photo says as much – looking cool in glossy, elegant nightwear, the quintet had a clear impact on Duran Duran, to the point where Nick Rhodes obviously was trying to be Sylvian in appearance.

Japan - Assemblage (1981) [BMG BVCM-37221, Japan]  Music

Posted by v3122 at Jan. 14, 2020
Japan - Assemblage (1981) [BMG BVCM-37221, Japan]

Japan - Assemblage (1981)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2001 | BMG BVCM-37221 | ~ 312 or 105 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 46 Mb
New Wave / Soft Rock

The 1981 compilation Assemblage gives a skewed, incomplete picture of Japan's early career; this is not necessarily a bad thing, as Japan's early career frankly wasn't very good, and it certainly had little to do with the mature, studied art-pop of their later albums…

Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)  Music

Posted by frangarbla at Aug. 3, 2009
Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)

Japan - Oil On Canvas
rock- punk- new wave | FLAC (tracks) + MP3, 320 kbps CBR. | 485.25 Mb (FLAC) + 178.58 Mb (mp3) | 72:07 minutes | Full Covers.
Virgin records, 1983.

Oil on Canvas is a live album by the British band Japan, released in 1983 by Virgin Records. Although it is a live recording of their established material, the album also contains three new studio tracks...

Japan - Adolescent Sex (1977)  Music

Posted by rency at Sept. 16, 2009
Japan - Adolescent Sex (1977)

Japan - Adolescent Sex (1977)
Genre-Rock | 1CD | MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 106.16 Mb

Most people will land on this album by way of researching David Sylvian, Japan, et al. If you are interested in that vein, this is probably not your wisest first shot. If however, you have a craving for long-neglected, trashy, mascara-drippin' rock (guitars that cross Sly Stone with Sticky Fingers-era Stones, sneering heroin vocals, androgyny and alienation) you won't find a better album. This is L.A. gutter rock at its finest.