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Exorcising Ghosts, the 1984 Japan compilation, is to be reissued as a double vinyl special edition. This new release has been mastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road…
David Sylvian albums – the complete guide
In a career spanning more than five decades, the albums of David Sylvian have encompassed pop, jazz, ambient and free improvisation… BRILLIANT TREES, 1984 “I was fishing in the dark,”…
Two Japan books to be released
Two books are about to be released about one of the 1970s and 80s’ most beguiling bands, Japan. Anthony Reynolds’ Japan: A Foreign Place 1974-1984 was originally published in 2016…
Japan: Quiet Life – A Retrospective
Japan biographer and musician Anthony Reynolds looks at the origins of Japan: Quiet Life and the latest 2021 deluxe reissue with reflections from band members and associates… In early 1979,…
Making Japan: Tin Drum
Japan: Tin Drum was an album that announced big changes from the group with a more mature, haunting new groove beating at its heart. Classic Pop discovers how David Sylvian…
Richard Barbieri: Spellbound
Locked down in his home studio, former Japan member Richard Barbieri’s fourth solo album wasn’t at all the record he intended to make… By Gary Tipp Richard Barbieri has always…
Japan reissue classic Quiet Life album
SPONSORED POST Japan’s classic third album Quiet Life is been specially re-issued featuring a brand new half-speed remaster of the original album, alternate mixes, b-sides, singles, rarities and live material…
The complete guide to Japan and David Sylvian
Inspired by glam and myopically lumped in with the New Romantics because of a proclivity for cosmetics, Japan were always more art than pop. They quit after five albums, reunited…
Issue 52 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Get your copy of Issue 52 in-store for just £5.99 – use our storefinder. The single issue is available online for £6.99 here. Alternatively, you can buy a digital issue…
Classic Album: Japan – Gentlemen Take Polaroids
The fourth album by Japan, Gentlemen Take Polaroids, was their most assured statement to date. However, there were murmurings of discontent within the group behind the scenes during its recording…