Obscure Alternatives

by Japan

Obscure Alternatives cover art

Released the very same year as their debut, 'Obscure Alternatives' finds Japan rapidly pivoting away from glam-punk toward a more sophisticated, reggae and funk-inflected new wave sound. The dense closing track, "The Tenant", strongly signals the synthesizer-heavy, atmospheric direction the band would ultimately master.

Genres

  • New Wave
  • Art Rock
  • Post-Punk

Tracklist

  1. Automatic Gun
  2. ...Rhodesia
  3. Love Is Infectious
  4. Sometimes I Feel So Low
  5. Obscure Alternatives
  6. Deviation - Live
  7. Suburban Berlin
  8. The Tenant
  9. Deviation - Live in Tokyo
  10. Obscure Alternatives - Live in Tokyo
  11. In Vogue - Live in Tokyo
  12. Sometimes I Feel So Low - Live in Tokyo