Japan – Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ

Label:	Hansa – VIP-6700, Hansa – AHA-6007
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold
Country:	Japan
Released:	Dec 20, 1979
Genre:	Electronic, Rock
Style:	Art Rock, Synth-pop

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 Engineer [Engineered By] – Keith Bessey Producer [Produced By] – Japan, Simon Napier-Bell Remix – John Punter Written-By, Composed By – Lou Reed	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 edition vinyl album + OBI with 'rainbow' labels. Supplied in a gatefold sleeve with colour photo OBI, noting a free coloured poster. It also includes a fold-out insert with lyrics in both English & Japanese. 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
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 ✢
Rights Society: JASRAC
Other (Side A label): ⓸
Other (Side B label): ⓸
Other (Price): ¥2,500

Other Versions (5 of 91)View All

Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Quiet Life (LP, Album)	Hansa, Ariola Records, Ariola Hansa	AHAL 8010	Canada	1979
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
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

Reviews

the.knight Oct 26, 2019

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

LeonardoA Dec 15, 2016

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.

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