Assemblage

by Japan

Assemblage cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 11 September 1981
  • Label: Hansa
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:04:14
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Peter Hill, Sean Read, Henry Olsen, Ted Barnes, Neal X, Beth Orton, Ali Friend, Lascelle Gordon, Will Blanchard, David Ruffy, John Green, Segs

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released shortly after the British band finally achieved mainstream success, this retrospective gathers their earlier, more conventional glam rock and synth-pop singles. It charts their rapid stylistic evolution just prior to their transformation into sophisticated, avant-garde pop innovators.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, Lo Fi, avant-garde, conscious

Tracklist

  1. Adolescent Sex (4:13)
  2. State Line (4:45)
  3. Communist China (2:45)
  4. ...Rhodesia (6:48)
  5. Suburban Berlin (5:00)
  6. Life in Tokyo (3:31)
  7. European Son (3:39)
  8. All Tomorrow's Parties - 7" Version (4:14)
  9. Quiet Life (4:51)
  10. I Second That Emotion (3:45)
  11. European Son - John Punter 12" Mix (5:02)
  12. I Second That Emotion - 12" Version (5:17)
  13. Life In Tokyo (Pt, 1) - 7" Version (4:03)
  14. Life in Tokyo - 12" Extended Version (6:15)

Credits

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