Japan - Quiet Life (Red, Half-Speed Mastered) acoustic She reveals the full range

She reveals the full range of her ambitions – not just the dance-floor fire of her singles

" "Judy Is A Punk" and "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" as its first four songs alone

We all have a “Grapevine” entwined around our past with unresolved wounds and pain

Strings are by Sean O' Hagan and brass comes courtesy of Dexy’s' Big Jim Paterson

and Bill Ward (drums and percussion)

Japan - Quiet Life (Red, Half-Speed Mastered) acoustic She reveals the full rangeLP Red vinyl, Reissue, Remastered, Half Speed Mastered BMG (2021) WW That Japans 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 a record with a brand new sound 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