Japan : Exorcising Ghosts (Half Speed Master)

Exorcising Ghosts’ (1984) is a 16-track 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).

Track Listing:
1. Methods of Dance – Japan
2. Swing – Japan
3. Gentlemen Take Polaroids – Japan
4. Quiet Life – Japan
5. A Foreign Place – Japan
6. Nightporter – Japan
7. My New Career – Japan
8. The Other Side of Life – Japan
1. Visions of China – Japan
2. Taking Islands in Africa – Japan
3. Ghosts – Japan
4. Songs of Pioneers – Japan
5. Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer – Japan
6. Life Without Buildings – Japan
7. Talking Drum