Quiet Life cover

Quiet Life

Released

Following a collaboration with Giorgio Moroder that resulted in their sleek “Life in Tokyo” single, a clear step away from the enjoyable if self-consciously trashy glam rock of their first two albums, Japan worked with Roxy Music producer John Punter to bear down more clearly on an electronic-driven approach. Quiet Life was the result, and while it’s the work of a band in transition, it’s a fascinating and entertaining one — the title track in particular audibly predicts where acts like Duran Duran were soon to follow, quick, shimmering and elegantly melancholic.

Ned Raggett

Recommended by

Suggestions
Songs to Learn and Sing cover

Songs to Learn and Sing

Echo & the Bunnymen
Porcupine cover

Porcupine

Echo & the Bunnymen
Album cover

Album

Public Image Ltd
B-Side Babies cover

B-Side Babies

Adam and the Ants
Always Now cover

Always Now

Section 25
i/o cover

i/o

Peter Gabriel
Architecture & Morality cover

Architecture & Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the Hip cover

From the Hip

Section 25
Fiction cover

Fiction

The Comsat Angels