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Obscure Alternatives

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Obscure Alternatives
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Length
8 tracks, 41:37
Release Date
August 1978
Obscure Alternatives is the second studio album by English new wave band Japan, released in October 1978 by record label Hansa. Japan's first album, Adolescent Sex, had been unsuccessful on the British charts, and their record company required another album, this time aimed at the lucrative US and European markets where rock was dominating the airwaves. Still working with Ray Singer as producer, singer and songwriter David Sylvian in particular found it difficult to take a back seat and began to demand more control over the eventual presentation of the material. Trouser Press w… read more
Obscure Alternatives is the second studio album by English new wave band Japan, released in October 1978 by record label Hansa. Japan's first al… read more
Obscure Alternatives is the second studio album by English new wave band Japan, released in October 1978 by record label Hansa. Japan's first album, Adolescent Sex, had been unsucce… read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Sometimes I Feel So Low
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 3:59 8,541 listeners
2 Play track Automatic Gun
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 4:06 9,340 listeners
3 Play track ... Rhodesia
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 6:49 140 listeners
4 Play track Love Is Infectious
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 4:12 9,341 listeners
5 Play track Obscure Alternatives
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 6:50 8,345 listeners
6 Play track Deviation
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 3:25 6,102 listeners
7 Play track Suburban Berlin
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 5:00 12,218 listeners
8 Play track The Tenant
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 7:16 7,206 listeners

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British art rock band Japan was formed in 1974 in Lewisham, South London, England with original members David Sylvian (vocals, guitar), Mick Karn (bass guitar, saxophone), Richard Barbieri (keyboards), Rob Dean (guitar), and Steve Jansen (percussion). Dean left the band in 1981, before the recording of Japan's final album, Tin Drum. Japan began playing , influenced by David Bowie, The New York Dolls and . Japan debuted on record with 1978's Adolescent Sex and subsequently Obscure Alternatives, which both sold well in the nation of Japan, though nowhere els… read more
British art rock band Japan was formed in 1974 in Lewisham, South London, England with original members David Sylvian (vocals, guitar), Mick Karn (bass guitar, saxophone), Richard Barbieri … read more
British art rock band Japan was formed in 1974 in Lewisham, South London, England with original members David Sylvian (vocals, guitar), Mick Karn (bass guitar, saxophone), Richard Barbieri (keyboards), Rob Dean (guitar), and Steve Jans… read more

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