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Quiet Life by Japan (Rock) (CD, 1979)

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Record Label
Bmg (Distributor)
UPC
4050538625349
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25050161249

Product Key Features

Release Year
1979
Format
CD
Genre
Rock
Run Time
44 Mins 49 Seconds
Style
Art Rock
Artist
Japan (Rock)
Release Title
Quiet Life

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Distribution
ADA
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Number of Discs
1
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.

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item 1 QUIET LIFE by Japan
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by nocturnalquadru...22 Oct, 2022
Quiet Life
We would all like one. A quiet life that is. Japan were more than just Roxy copyists, the budding New Romantic scene could and probably did use this album as a template. 9 out of 10.
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item 1 QUIET LIFE by Japan

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item 3 Quiet Life

item 4 Japan Quiet Life (CD) Remastered Album

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