Japan - Exorcising Ghosts
Genre
ElectronicPopStyles
Synth-popYear
1984Labels
VirginRelease Notes
℗ 1984 This Compilation Virgin Records Ltd.
© 1984 Virgin Records Ltd.
Manufactured in the UK
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3. ℗ 1980 Virgin Records Ltd.
A4, B4. ℗ 1980 Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
B1. ℗ 1981 Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
C1, C2, C3, C4, D2, D3, D4. ℗ 1981 Virgin Records Ltd.
D1. ℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd.
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3, C1 to D4. Published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd./Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
A4, B1, B4. Published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd.
Issued in gatefold jacket with hype sticker on front cover:
Contains limited edition lyrics sheet of "Quiet Life", "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" & Tin Drum" albums.
Contains 11.25" x 22.5" four-page gatefold insert with lyrics.
Durations not printed on release.
Artist Profile
New wave, art rock, synth pop band, formed in London, England in early 1974.
Japan comprised David Sylvian (vocals), his brother Steve Jansen (drums), Richard Barbieri (keyboards) and Mick Karn (saxophone/bass). Rob (Robert) Dean joined the line-up as guitarist and the band subsequently won a recording contract with the German record company Ariola-Hansa. Eminently unfashionable in the UK punk era, they first found success in Japan.
After three albums with Ariola-Hansa, they switched to Vir
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