JapanQuiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ

Label:

Hansa – AHA-6007

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Poster, Gatefold

Country:

Japan

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

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]Simon Napier-Bell
RemixJohn Punter
Written-By, Composed ByLou 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 ThroughHansa Productions Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
  • Made ByVictor Musical Industries, Inc.
  • Published ByChadwick Nomis Ltd.
  • Published BySunbury Music Ltd.
  • Recorded AtAir Studios
  • Recorded AtDJM Studios
  • Lacquer Cut AtVictor Musical Industries, Inc.

Credits

  • Arranged ByJapan
  • Arranged By [Saxophones Arranged By]Mick Karn
  • Backing VocalsMick Karn
  • Bass, Saxophone [Saxophones]Mick Karn
  • Design Concept [Cover Concept]Fin Costello
  • Drums, PercussionSteve Jansen
  • Engineer [Engineered By]Keith Bessey (tracks: B2)
  • Engineer [Engineered, Assisted By]Jon Jacobs Jnr.
  • Guitar [Guitars]Rob Dean
  • Liner NotesMasa-Ito*
  • Liner Notes [Lyrics Translated By]A.T. (23)
  • Orchestrated By, Arranged ByAnn O'Dell*
  • Photography ByFin Costello
  • Producer [Produced By]Simon Napier-Bell (tracks: B2)
  • Synthesizer [Synthesisers], KeyboardsRichard Barbieri
  • Vocals, Guitar [Occasional Guitar]David Sylvian
  • Written-By, Composed ByLou Reed (tracks: B2)

Notes

1979 first pressing gatefold cover + obi and with rainbow labels. The obi has a colour photo of the band, noting a free-coloured poster. Included is a 4-page insert with lyrics & liner notes in both English & Japanese. Liner notes are dated 1st November 1979.

The album was reissued without a poster which can be defined by a pink/sepia photo of the band on the obi; Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ.

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

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
  • Price Code (List price incl. local tax on obi and back of sleeve): ¥2,500
  • Rights Society: JASRAC
  • Other (Tax code on back sleeve):
  • Other (Track quantity identifier on labels):
  • Other (Japanese Industrial Standard symbol on side A runout):
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped, variant 1): 〄Ⓑ AHAL-8010A 111 ✢ 7
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, variant 1): AHAL-8010B 111 ✢
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped, variant 2): 〄Ⓑ AHAL-8010A 111 ✢ ∴
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, variant 2): AHAL-8010B 112 ✢
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped, variant 3): 〄Ⓑ AHAL-8010A 112 ✢
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, variant 3): AHAL-8010B 112 ✢

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Quiet Life (LP, Album) Ariola Hansa AHAL 8010 Canada 1979
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Quiet Life = クワイエット・ライフ (LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Gatefold ) Hansa VIP-6700, AHA-6007 Japan 1979
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Quiet Life (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Sleeve) Hansa 201.261 Benelux 1979
Quiet Life (LP, Album, Gatefold) Ariola Hansa AHAL 8010 Canada 1979
Quiet Life (LP, Album, Gatefold) Ariola Hansa AHAL 8010 Canada 1979

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Reviews

  • the.knight's avatar
    the.knight
    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 ionate 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's avatar
      LeonardoA
      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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