Tracklist
| 1 | Gentlemen Take Polaroids = 孤独な影Engineer [Engineered By] – Nigel Walker, Steve PrestageProducer [Produced By] – John Punter | 3:28 |
| 2 | Burning Bridges = バーニング・ブリッジズProducer [Produced By] – David Sylvian | 3:59 |
Versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VS 379 | Japan | Gentlemen Take Polaroids (2x7", Single, Dou) | Virgin | VS 379 | UK | 1980 |
| VS 379 | Japan | Gentlemen Take Polaroids (7", Single) | Virgin | VS 379 | Australia | 1981 |
| VS 379 | Japan | Gentlemen Take Polaroids (7", Single, Promo) | Virgin | VS 379 | Australia | 1981 |
| VIPX-1550, VIRG-1550, VS-379 | Japan | Gentlemen Take Polaroids = 孤独な影 (7", Single, Promo) | Virgin, Virgin, Virgin | VIPX-1550, VIRG-1550, VS-379 | Japan | 1980 |
| VS 379 | Japan | Gentlemen Take Polaroids (7", Single, Sin) | Virgin | VS 379 | UK | 1980 |
Credits
- Written-By – D. Sylvian
Notes
Made in Japan by Victor Musical Industries, Inc. Licensed by Virgin Records Ltd, England.
Issued in a company paper sleeve and includes a picture insert with lyrics. There is also a Japanese promotional version.
¥ 700 price on front of insert
The artwork in the bottom left hand corner features several 'Japan' playing cards with the faces of group members and a crushed coke can with the word 'Japan' instead of 'coke'.
Barcodes
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): VS-379-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): VS-379-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): VS 379A 1 1 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): VS 379D 1 1 1
- Rights Society: JASRAC
- Other (Price on front of insert): ¥700
Companies
- Licensed Through – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Made By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
- Lacquer Cut At – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Video
Album
Gentlemen Take Polaroids Remastered 2003. UMG от лица компании Virgin Records Ltd CMRRA, LatinAutor, UMPI, Wise Music Group, LatinAutor - PeerMusic, ASCAP и другие авторские общества 5. Swing Remastered 2003. UMG от лица компании Virgin Records Ltd Wise Music Group, LatinAutor, LatinAutor - PeerMusic, UMPI, Sony ATV Publishing, ASCAP, CMRRA и другие авторские общества 5. Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. Gentlemen Take Polaroids. Исполнитель: Japan. 1980 pop. Gentlemen Take Polaroids is the fourth and penultimate studio album by the English band Japan, released on 24 October 1980 by Virgin Records. The album was preceded by the release of the title track as a single, which peaked at number 60 in the UK Singles Chart. The album was moderately successful, peaking at number 51. Gentlemen Take Polaroids was the band's first album for the Virgin Records label, after leaving Hansa-Ariola who had released their first three albums. It continued in the vein of. Songs in album Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids 1980. Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids. Japan - Swing. Gentlemen Take Polaroids 孤独な影 CD, Album, RE. Virgin Japan, Virgin, Virgin Japan. VJCP-23055, VJD-28017-1. This appears to be the same as Variant 2 of Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids. Rispondi Avvertimi Helpful. Reissued, Import, Remastered. Japan Format: Audio CD. Regarded by many as the best album Japan ever did, Gentlemen Take Polaroids was no doubt revolutionary, excitng, and quite different from anything Japan had done before. David Sylvian had developed as a songwriter, finally finishing the shedding of the overt glamDavid Bowie influence that so heavily dominated the early Japan work, and moving into a dancesynth popproto ambient direction. Released October 24, 1980. Gentlemen Take Polaroids Tracklist. Gentlemen Take Polaroids Lyrics. Swing Lyrics. Like Quiet Life, Gentlemen Take Polaroids is a mainly electronic album characterised by the distinctive playing of its members, particularly Sylvian and Karn, but it is much moodier than its predecessor, with much of the pop and dance factor removed. The arrangements are much more intricate and dense, and the production is a lot slicker and cleaner for all these reasons the album has been compared to Low 1977 by David Bowie, whom Japan have cited as an influence on a number of occasions. At the time of Gentlemen Take Polaroids release in November 1980, Japan were widely considered to be a joke. Japans current sound is one long, diffuse outtake from Roxy Musics Flesh And Blood, reckoned the NME. The group had always worn their influences on their sleeves and were the epitome of a group whod grown up in public. Their first two albums sounded like the aural equivalent of adolescent photo-booth strips: naïve, gawky and fuelled by misplaced hormones. Listen free to Japan Gentlemen Take Polaroids Gentlemen Take Polaroids, Swing and more. 8 tracks 45:40. The glam influences still hung heavy, particularly from Roxy Music, but now the band found itself starting to affect others in turn. Even the back cover photo says as much - looking cool in glossy, elegant nightwear, the quintet had a clear impact on Duran Duran, to the point where Nick Rhodes obviously was trying to be Sylvian in appearance
