Oil on Canvas

by Japan

Oil on Canvas cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:11:59
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: 鍧傛湰榫嶄竴, 鍧傛湰榫嶄竴

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Posthumously released after the group's dissolution, this live double album highlights their transition into a sophisticated and avant-garde art-pop unit. The recording documents the band's final tour, showcasing Mick Karn's distinctive fretless bass and David Sylvian's sombre, nocturnal vocal style against atmospheric and synth-heavy soundscapes.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, complex, rhythmic, live, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. Oil On Canvas (1:25)
  2. Sons Of Pioneers - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (4:59)
  3. Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (6:41)
  4. Swing - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (5:36)
  5. Cantonese Boy - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (3:45)
  6. Visions Of China - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (3:34)
  7. Ghosts - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (6:23)
  8. Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer (3:30)
  9. Nightporter - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (6:47)
  10. Still Life In Mobile Homes - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (5:37)
  11. Methods Of Dance - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (6:07)
  12. Quiet Life - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (4:34)
  13. The Art Of Parties - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (5:28)
  14. Canton - Live From The Hammersmith Odeon,United Kingdom/1982 (5:43)
  15. Temple Of Dawn (1:45)

Credits

  • Yvette Anna - artwork [handtinting by]
  • David Sylvian - cover [cover concept], performer [performed by], vocals, keyboards, written-by, keyboard, lead vocals vocal
  • Frank Auerbach - painting [cover painting 'head of j.y.m.' ii 1980 by]
  • Mick Karn - performer [performed by], bass, clarinet, saxophone, vocals [vocal], written-by, bass guitar clarinet saxophone, background vocals vocal
  • Steve Jansen - performer [performed by], drums, marimba, written-by, marimba membranophone
  • Masami Tsuchiya - performer [performed by], guitar, keyboards
  • Richard Barbieri - performer [performed by], keyboards, written-by, keyboard synthesizer
  • 鍧傛湰榫嶄竴 - guest guitar keyboard

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