Japan
Quiet Life – Deluxe Edition BMG
Post-glam synth-rock classic, now remastered and expanded into three-disc set.
Released at the very end of 1979, Japan’s forward-thinking third album initially had a lukewarm reception critically and commercially, earning now sounds like a prescient stepping stone between glam, postpunk and the emergent New Romantic movement. It also introduced David Sylvian’s remarkable new baritone croon, which would come to define all his later releases.
