Description
That Japan’s breakthrough record Quiet Life was released in both 1979 and 1980 is uniquely fitting for a band who were about to step out of the glam rock, post punk shadows of the late 70s and deliver an as yet genre-less record that would come to define the 80s. Quiet Life was the third, final and most successful release on the Hansa Records label. A forerunner for the alternative/new wave sound of the new decade, the album would become one of the great classic British albums. The record is now the subject of a major new reissue featuring a brand new half-speed remaster of the original album, alt mixes, b-sides, singles, rarities and live material – including the sought after ‘lost’ Live at Budokan show from March 1980 previously only available as the 4 track EP ‘Live in Japan’. The release features newly restored original album artwork, exclusive new liner notes with foreword by original producer, John Punter, rare and unseen photography and memorabilia.
Tracklist
[LP: Original Album Remastered]
1. Quiet Life
2. Fall In Love With Me
3. Despair
4. In Vogue
5. Halloween
6. All Tomorrow's Parties
7. Alien
8. The Other Side Of Life
[CD: Original Album Remastered]
1. Quiet Life
2. Fall In Love With Me
3. Despair
4. In Vogue
5. Halloween
6. All Tomorrow's Parties
7. Alien
8. The Other Side Of Life
[CD2: Alt Mixes, B-Sides, Singles, Rarities And Live Material]
1. European Son (Steve Nye 7" Remix)
2. Life In Tokyo (Steve Nye 7" Special Remix)
3. Quiet Life (European 7" Single)
4. I Second That Emotion (7" Remix Single)
5. All Tomorrow's Parties (Steve Nye 7" Remix Version)
6. European Son (John Punter 12" Mix)
7. Life In Tokyo (12" Extended Version)
8. I Second That Emotion (Steve Nye 12" Remix Version)
9. All Tomorrow's Parties (12" Version)
10. European Son (Extended Remix)
11. Quiet Life (Japanese 7'' Version)
12. A Foreign Place
13. All Tomorrow's Parties
14. Life In Tokyo (Theme) (Giorgio Moroder Version)
15. Deviation (Live In Tokyo)
16. Obscure Alternatives (Live In Tokyo)
17. In Vogue (Live In Tokyo)
18. Sometimes I Feel So Low (Live In Tokyo)
[CD3: Live At The Budokan 27/03/1980]
1. Intro
2. Alien
3. ...Rhodesia
4. Quiet Life
5. Fall In Love With Me
6. Deviation
7. All Tomorrow's Parties
8. Obscure Alternatives
9. In Vogue
10. Life In Tokyo
11. Halloween
12. Sometimes I Feel So Low
13. Communist China
14. Adolescent Sex
15. I Second That Emotion
16. Automatic Gun
