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Japan - Quiet Life [VINYL]
AU $57.35
ApproximatelyEUR 34.96
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New
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Located in: Banbury OX16 2RT, United Kingdom
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eBay item number:275318904086
Item specifics
- Condition
- New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item. See the seller's listing for full details. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- UPC
- 4050538625325
- Artist
- Japan (Rock)
- Type
- LP
- Format
- Vinyl
- Release Year
- 1979
- Record Label
- Bmg (Distributor)
- Release Title
- Quiet Life
- Style
- Art Rock
- Genre
- Rock
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Product Identifiers
Record Label
Bmg (Distributor)
UPC
4050538625325
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27050175637
Product Key Features
Format
Vinyl
Release Year
1979
Genre
Rock
Style
Art Rock
Type
LP
Artist
Japan (Rock)
Release Title
Quiet Life
Additional Product Features
Distribution
ADA
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Reviews
Q (1/02, p.115) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...by the time of 1980's Quiet Life Japan had already spent two albums steadily dropping their initial glam-rock sound....longing for otherness...had charm..." Pitchfork (Website) - "[T]he UK group's 1979 album captures David Sylvian and his bandmates as they evolved from their glam-influenced early years into the experimental electronic pop of their final two LPs."
Additional information
Japan: David Sylvian (vocals, guitar); Rob Dean (guitar); Richard Barbieri (keyboards, synthesizer); Mick Karn (bass, saxophone, background vocals); Steve Jansen (drums, percussion). Recorded at Air Studios, London, England. Over their relatively brief recorded career--five studio albums--Japan made a huge about-face. From a glam-rock band with arty pretenses they became the epitome of the "New Romantics," wearing their classical and world-beat influences on their ruffled sleeves. QUIET LIFE, the third of their five albums, is the first fully removed from traditional rock. The title track opens the album with hectic drums and percolating synthesizers offsetting the tremendously controlled guitar and rubbery bass. This song, and indeed album, also introduce the style of vocals that David Sylvian would use for the rest of the band's career--a cross between David Bowie and Bryan Ferry that is much more pleasant to listen to than descriptions would indicate. "Despair," with its piano, saxophone, and swelling synthesizer, is clearly modeled after the second half of Bowie's LOW, as well as being the second of Sylvian's compositions paying overt homage to composer Erik Satie. A cover of the Velvet Underground classic "All Tomorrow's Parties" is completely dominated by Mick Karn's bass playing, though the rest of the band does their best to keep up. QUIET LIFE is an essential road sign in the career of a fascinating band.
Number of discs
1
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Belushi Ltd
Richard White
4 Fairscene Cres
2251 Avoca Beach, NSW
Australia
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