The Other Side of Japan
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The Other Side of Japan is a compilation album by the British band Japan
, released in 1991 by Receiver Records. Another compilation of Hansa-Ariola era tracks, with the earliest appearance on CD in the UK of "A Foreign Place".
Catalogue number RRCD-150 (CD), RRLP-150(LP).
Japan (band)
Japan were a British New Wave group, formed in 1974 in Catford, South London. The band achieved success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when they were often associated with the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement .- History :The band began as a group of friends...
, released in 1991 by Receiver Records. Another compilation of Hansa-Ariola era tracks, with the earliest appearance on CD in the UK of "A Foreign Place".
Catalogue number RRCD-150 (CD), RRLP-150(LP).
Track listing
- "Wish You Were Black" (David SylvianDavid SylvianDavid Sylvian is an English singer-songwriter and musician who came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead vocalist and main songwriter in the group Japan...
) - "Television" (Sylvian)
- "The Unconventional" (Sylvian)
- "Transmission" (Sylvian)
- "Automatic Gun" (Sylvian)
- "Love Is Infectious" (Sylvian)
- "Sometimes I Feel So Low" (Sylvian)
- "The Tenant" (Sylvian)
- "In Vogue" (Sylvian)
- "Halloween" (Sylvian)
- "A Foreign Place" (Richard BarbieriRichard BarbieriRichard Barbieri, is an English synthesiser player, keyboardist and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London...
) - "Don't Rain On My Parade" (Bob MerrillBob MerrillBob Merrill was an American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter.Merrill was born Henry Merrill Levan in Atlantic City, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following a stint with the Army during World War II, he moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a...
, Jule StyneJule StyneJule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:...
)