Exorcising Ghosts (Double Gatefold LP)

 
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Exorcising Ghosts (Double Gatefold LP)

[ USM / 2 LP ]

Release Date: Friday 7 October 2022

Exorcising Ghosts (1984) is a 16-track 2LP set compiled and produced in consultation with lead singer David Sylvian, two years after Japan dissolved.

This career spanning 'Best of' features three recordings from the band's early career on the Hansa Records label (including 1979's "Quiet Life") but mainly focuses on material from their two seminal studio albums on Virgin Records; Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980) and Tin Drum (1981).

Half Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London.

Tracks:

A1. Methods of Dance
A2. Swing
A3. Gentlemen Take Polaroids
A4. Quiet Life
B1. A Foreign Place
B2. Nightporter
B3. My New Career
B4. The Other Side of Life
C1. Visions of China
C2. Taking Islands in Africa
C3. Ghosts
D1. Sons of Pioneers
D2. Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer
D3. Life Without Buildings
D4. Talking Drum
D5. The Art of Parties