Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids

NEW VINYL LP ON UNIVERSAL 2018

2 X 180 GRAM VINYL.

2LP sets, also on 180gram vinyl, which play at 45 RPM for enhanced fidelity. An Obi strip and Abbey Road certificate are also included.

The last album with Rob Dean, Gentlemen Take Polaroids was also unquestionably the album in which Japan truly found its own unique voice and aesthetic approach. The glam influences still hung heavy, particularly from Roxy Music, but now the band found itself starting to affect others in turn. Even the back cover photo says as much -- looking cool in glossy, elegant nightwear, the quintet had a clear impact on Duran Duran, to the point where Nick Rhodes obviously was trying to be Sylvian in appearance.

Tracklist

Gentlemen Take Polaroids     7:06
Swing     6:25
Burning Bridges     5:20
My New Career     3:54
Methods Of Dance     6:53
Ain't That Peculiar     4:40
Nightporter     6:57
Taking Islands In Africa     5:15