Tag Archives: David Sylvian

Record Review: Mick Karn – Dreams Of Reason Produce Monsters

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

Mick Karn: Dreams of Reason Produce Monsters UK CD [1987] First Impression Language Of Ritual Buoy Land The Three Fates When Love Walks In Dreams Of Reason Answer When JAPAN fissured into various splinters, I did not immediately pursue Mick … Continue reading →

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REVO Remastering: JAPAN – Bento, A Collection of Rarities [REVO 063]

Posted on March 21, 2014 by

Japan: Bento 3XCD-R [2009] DISC 1 1. Stateline 2. Adolescent Sex [ver. 2] 3. Life In Tokyo 4. Life In Tokyo [part 2] 5. Deviation [live in Japan] 6. Quiet Life [JPN 7 edit] 7. Life In Tokyo [long ver.] 8. … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Japan [part 8]

Posted on March 19, 2014 by

Japan – Oil On Canvas | 1983 – 3 Virgin Records convinced the band to soldier on through 1982 to reap the commercial whirlwind that had finally begun to coalesce around the group with the “Ghosts” single making them stars. … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Japan [part 4]

Posted on March 13, 2014 by

Japan – Gentlemen Take Polaroids | 1980 – 4 Just eleven months after the release of “Quiet Life” in the UK [it was released in 1979 in Germany and Benelux countries] came the second classic album in a row for … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Japan [part 3]

Posted on March 12, 2014 by

Japan – Quiet Life | 1980 – 4 Japan took tremendous creative strides by the time of their third album in 1980. It bore almost no resemblance to the children who had churned out the first two albums, as it … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Japan [part 1]

Posted on March 10, 2014 by

I have just recently realized that while I natter on about Simple Minds on a regular basis [to put it mildly], of all of the core collection groups that I could not live on the proverbial desert island without, I’ve … Continue reading →

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REDUX: Not Bryan Ferry …But An Incredible Simulation!

Posted on November 8, 2013 by

November 10, 2010 In these days of a new Bryan Ferry solo opus, [“Olympia”], thoughts turn to the smaller fish that follow, like pilot fish, in the wake of the great grey whale of art that is Mister Ferry. Like … Continue reading →

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