Japan – Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ
Tracklist
| A1 | Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ | 4:51 | |
| A2 | Fall In Love With Me = フォール・イン・ラヴ・ウィズ・ミー | 4:34 | |
| A3 | Despair = 絶望 | 6:00 | |
| A4 | In-Vogue = イン・ヴォーグ | 6:35 | |
| B1 | Halloween = ハローウィーン | 4:25 | |
| B2 | All Tomorrows Parties = オール・トゥモロウズ・パーティズ | 5:42 | |
| B3 | Alien = 異国人 | 5:01 | |
| B4 | The Other Side Of Life = ジ・アザー・サイド・オブ・ライフ | 7:27 |
Companies, etc.
- Licensed Through – Hansa Productions Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
- Made By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
- Published By – Chadwick Nomis Ltd.
- Published By – Sunbury Music Ltd.
- Recorded At – Air Studios
- Recorded At – DJM Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Credits
- Arranged By – Japan
- Arranged By [Saxophones Arranged By] – Mick Karn
- Backing Vocals – David Sylvian, Mick Karn
- Bass, Saxophone [Saxophones] – Mick Karn
- Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Fin Costello
- Drums, Percussion – Steve Jansen
- Engineer [Engineered By] – Colin Fairley (tracks: A1 to B1, B3, B4), Keith Bessey (tracks: B2)
- Engineer [Engineered, Assisted By] – Jon Jacobs Jnr.
- Guitar [Guitars] – Rob Dean
- Liner Notes – Masa-Ito*
- Orchestrated By, Arranged By – Ann O'Dell*
- Photography By – Fin Costello
- Producer [Produced By] – Japan (tracks: B2), John Punter (tracks: A1 to B1, B3, B4), Simon Napier-Bell (tracks: B2)
- Synthesizer [Synthesisers], Keyboards – Richard Barbieri
- Vocals, Guitar [Occasional Guitar] – David Sylvian
- Written-By, Composed By – David Sylvian (tracks: A1 to B1, B3, B4), Lou Reed (tracks: B2)
Notes
1979 first pressing gatefold cover + obi and with rainbow labels. The obi has a colour photo of the band, noting a free-coloured poster. Included is a 4-page insert with lyrics & liner notes in both English & Japanese.
The album was reissued without a poster which can be defined by a pink/sepia photo of the band on the obi; Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ.
The promo 見本盤 Japanese release also uses the same catalogue #s VIP-6700/AHA-6007, Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ.
[LABELS]:
STEREO
VIP-6700
(AHA-6007)
JASRAC
➃
MADE IN JAPAN BY VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES INC. LICENSED BY HANSA PRODUCTIONS LTD., ENGLAND
[SPINE]:
VIP-6700
[BACK OF SLEEVE]:
Ⓚ VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. ℗ 79
LICENSED BY HANSA PRODUCTIONS LTD., ENGLAND
¥2,500
[INNER LYRIC SHEET]:
HANSA [logo]
VIP-6700
[OBI - Front]:
VIP-6700 ¥2,500
クワイエット・ライフ
[Obi - Back]:
Promotes:
* 果てしなき反抗 VIP-6564 (AHA-6001)
* 苦悩の旋律 VIP-6593 (AHA-6003)
The album was reissued without a poster which can be defined by a pink/sepia photo of the band on the obi; Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ.
The promo 見本盤 Japanese release also uses the same catalogue #s VIP-6700/AHA-6007, Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ.
[LABELS]:
STEREO
VIP-6700
(AHA-6007)
JASRAC
➃
MADE IN JAPAN BY VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES INC. LICENSED BY HANSA PRODUCTIONS LTD., ENGLAND
[SPINE]:
VIP-6700
[BACK OF SLEEVE]:
Ⓚ VICTOR MUSICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. ℗ 79
LICENSED BY HANSA PRODUCTIONS LTD., ENGLAND
¥2,500
[INNER LYRIC SHEET]:
HANSA [logo]
VIP-6700
[OBI - Front]:
VIP-6700 ¥2,500
クワイエット・ライフ
[Obi - Back]:
Promotes:
* 果てしなき反抗 VIP-6564 (AHA-6001)
* 苦悩の旋律 VIP-6593 (AHA-6003)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): AHAL-8010-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): AHAL-8010-B
- Price Code (Price incl. local tax): ¥2,500
- Rights Society: JASRAC
- Other (Side A label): ⓸
- Other (Side B label): ⓸
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped, variation 1): 〄Ⓑ AHAL-8010A 111 ✢ 7
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, variation 1): AHAL-8010B 111 ✢
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped, variation 2): 〄Ⓑ AHAL-8010A 111 ✢ ∴
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, variation 2): AHAL-8010B 112 ✢
Other Versions (5 of 94)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiet Life (LP, Album) | Hansa, Ariola Records, Ariola Hansa | AHAL 8010 | Canada | 1979 | |||
Recently Edited | Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ (LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Gatefold - 見 本 盤) | Hansa, Hansa | VIP-6700, AHA-6007 | Japan | 1979 | ||
Recently Edited | Quiet Life (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Sleeve) | Hansa International, Hansa | 201.261 | Benelux | 1979 | ||
| Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ (LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold) | Hansa, Hansa | VIP-6700, AHA-6007 | Japan | 1979 | |||
| Quiet Life (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Ariola Records America, Ariola Records, Ariola Hansa | AHAL 8010 | Canada | 1979 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Japan left their street glam direction behind and jumped right into their sleek euro alien synth mystique immediately. each musician in the group worked together in perfect harmony while defining their own extremely unique personal style, seemingly out of nowhere. this is where each musician's signature playing began to shine in high definition. the look and feel of the band became harder to pin down, but the power of their ideas were impossible to ignore. these are extremely dedicated passionate musicians working to the best of their ability on what would become the first in a series of truly epic japan albums. there's really nothing like it today- The third album, Quiet Life (1979), contained a cover of All tomorrow's Parties by The Velvet Underground. Japan left the glam rock and the accent was more on synthesizers and Giorgio Moroder-like sequencerloops, while the vocals by Sylvian increasingly that of Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry began to seem. In 1980 came a cover of "I Second that Emotion" released on single. It was originally released by Smokey Robinson the Miracles &. The song, recorded in the Quiet Life-period, a modest hit.
