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Japan – Exorcising Ghosts (VG/VG+) – 2xLP, AU 1985
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Exorcising Ghosts is an LP by Japan from 1985 released on the Virgin label.
About this album
Exorcising Ghosts is a strong compilation that captures Japan’s final, most refined phase, when art-pop precision and electronic texture became inseparable. Issued in 1984, it gathers material from the band’s later albums and highlights the cool sophistication that defined their shift from glam-rooted beginnings to sleek synth-pop. With David Sylvian’s distinctive voice at the centre, and the atmospheric production associated with Japan’s mature period, the collection shows why the band became such an important influence on the New Romantic and post-punk-adjacent pop landscape. It is both a summary of their evolution and a fitting portrait of their austere elegance.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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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
C4 Sons Of Pioneers
D1 Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer
D2 Life Without Buildings
D3 Talking Drum
D4 The Art Of Parties