Japan discography

Japan discography
Japan discography
Studio albums	6
EPs	8
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	17
Singles	23
Video albums	4
Music videos	12
Box sets	3

The discography of British art pop/new wave band Japan, including their reformation as Rain Tree Crow, consists ofsix6 studio albums, seventeen compilation albums, one live album, and four video releases.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions							Certifications
Title	Details	UK ^[1]	AUS ^[2]	CAN ^[3]^[4]^[5]	JPN ^[6]	NL ^[7]	NOR ^[8]	SWE ^[9]	Certifications
Adolescent Sex	Released: March 1978 Label: Hansa Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	—	—	—	20	—	—	—
Obscure Alternatives	Released: 27 October 1978 Label: Hansa Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	—	—	—	21	41	—	—
Quiet Life	Released: 7 December 1979^[10] Label: Hansa Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	13 ^[A]	—	81	24	—	—	—	BPI: Gold^[11]
Gentlemen Take Polaroids	Released: 7 November 1980 Label: Virgin Formats: LP, MC	51	86	39	51	—	—	—	BPI: Gold^[11]
Tin Drum	Released: 13 November 1981 Label: Virgin Formats: LP, MC	12	—	—	38	—	16	33	BPI: Gold^[11]
Rain Tree Crow (Japan reformed as "Rain Tree Crow")	Released: 8 April 1991 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, LP, MC	24	—	72	49	61	—	33
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

^ Quiet Life peaked at number 72 in February 1980. It was reissued in January 1982, peaking at number 53. Upon re-release in March 2021, it peaked at number 13.

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
Title	Details	UK ^[1]	CAN ^[12]	JPN ^[6]	NL ^[7]	NZ ^[13]	SWE ^[9]	Certifications
Oil on Canvas	Released: 10 June 1983 Label: Virgin Formats: 2xLP, MC	5	91	11	29	20	35	BPI: Gold^[11]

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
Title	Details	UK ^[1]	JPN ^[6]	US ^[14]	Certifications
The Singles – The Best	Released: 21 March 1981 Label: Hansa Formats: MC Japan-only release	—	—	—
Assemblage	Released: 11 September 1981 Label: Hansa Formats: LP, MC	26	45	—	BPI: Gold^[11]
Japan	Released: 1 March 1982 Label: Epic Formats: LP, MC US-only release	—	—	204
Exorcising Ghosts	Released: 26 November 1984 Label: Virgin Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC	45	—	—	BPI: Gold^[11]
Souvenir from Japan	Released: 23 October 1989^[15] Label: Hansa Formats: CD, MC	—	—	—
The Other Side of Japan	Released: 1991 Label: Receiver Formats: CD, LP	—	—	—
Best Selection	Released: 6 July 1994 Label: Hansa, BMG Victor Formats: CD Japan-only release	—	—	—
In Vogue	Released: 24 August 1996 Label: Camden, BMG Formats: CD	—	—	—
Japan Is the Masterpiece, but New Too	Released: 4 September 1996 Label: Hansa, BMG Victor Japanese-only promo release	—	—	—
The Singles	Released: 4 September 1996 Label: Hansa, BMG Victor Formats: 2xCD Japanese-only release	—	—	—
The Masters	Released: September 1997 Label: Eagle Formats: CD	—	—	—
The Best of Japan (Eternal Best)	Released: 21 November 1998 Label: Ariola, BMG Formats: CD Japan-only release	—	—	—
The Collection	Released: 6 November 2000 Label: Armoury Formats: CD	—	—	—
The Best of Japan – Original Hits	Released: 2001 Label: Paradiso Formats: CD Belgium-only remastered re-release of Assemblage	—	—	—
The Best of Japan	Released: 2 October 2002 Label: Ariola, BMG Formats: CD Japan-only release	—	—	—
The Very Best of Japan	Released: 27 March 2006 Label: Virgin/EMI Formats: CD	—	—	—
The Collection	Released: 27 July 2009 Label: Camden, Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	JPN ^[6]
Japan Collector's Edition	Released: October 1990 Label: Virgin Formats: 3xCD Limited edition Includes Gentlemen Take Polaroids, Tin Drum and Oil on Canvas	—
Prophétique 1978 ~ 1980	Released: 4 August 1993 Label: Hansa Formats: 4xCD Japan-only release Includes Adolescent Sex, Obscure Alternatives, Quiet Life and an EP bonus disc	86
Original Album Classics	Released: 28 March 2011 Label: Sony Music Formats: 3xCD Includes Adolescent Sex, Obscure Alternatives (with bonus tracks) and Quiet Life (with bonus tracks)	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Repackaged sets

Title	Details
Take Two: Adolescent Sex & Obscure Alternatives	Released: 1 August 1983 Label: Hansa, Arista Formats: MC
Quiet Life / Assemblage	Released: 1995 Label: Arista, BMG Formats: 2xCD
Gentlemen Take Polaroids / Tin Drum	Released: 21 October 2002 Label: Virgin Formats: 2xCD Limited edition
Gentlemen Take Polaroids / Oil on Canvas	Released: 27 June 2011 Label: Virgin/EMI Formats: 2xCD

EPs and mini-albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	JPN
Special Edition Five Song Extended Play	Released: 1980 Label: Hansa Formats: 12" Canada-only release	—
Live in Japan	Released: July 1980 Label: Hansa Formats: 12" Live EP	—
Gentlemen Take Polaroids	Released: October 1980 Label: Virgin Formats: 2x7"	—
The Singles	Released: 21 March 1981 Label: Hansa Formats: 12" mini-album Japan-only release	36
The Art of Parties	Released: 29 April 1981 Label: Virgin Formats: 12" Canada-only release	—
Nightporter	Released: 5 December 1982 Label: Virgin Formats: 12" Japan-only release	35
The Art of Parties	Released: 15 September 2003 Label: Virgin Formats: CD Different from 1981 EP	—
Introducing... Japan	Released: 20 May 2008 Label: Virgin Formats: digital download Only available from the UK iTunes Store	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Single	Year	Peak chart positions					Album
Single	Year	UK ^[1]	BE ^[16]	IRE ^[17]	JPN	NL ^[7]	Album
"Don't Rain on My Parade"	1978	—	—	—	—	—	Adolescent Sex
"The Unconventional"		—	—	—	—	—	Adolescent Sex
"Sometimes I Feel So Low"		—	—	—	—	—	Obscure Alternatives
"Adolescent Sex"		—	28	—	—	21	Adolescent Sex
"Deviation" (Netherlands-only release)	1979	—	—	—	—	—	Obscure Alternatives
"Life in Tokyo"		—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
"Quiet Life" (Japan-only release)		—	—	—	—	—	Quiet Life
"I Second That Emotion"	1980	—	—	—	87	—	Non-album single
"Quiet Life" (Netherlands and Germany-only release)		—	—	—	—	—	Quiet Life
"Gentlemen Take Polaroids"		60	—	—	—	—	Gentlemen Take Polaroids
"The Art of Parties"	1981	48	—	—	—	—	Tin Drum
"Life in Tokyo"		—	—	—	—	—	Assemblage
"Quiet Life"		19	—	—	—	—	Assemblage
"Visions of China"		32	—	—	—	—	Tin Drum
"European Son" (Steve Nye Remix)	1982	31	—	—	—	—	Assemblage
"Ghosts"		5	—	19	—	—	Tin Drum
"Cantonese Boy"		24	—	20	—	—	Tin Drum
"I Second That Emotion" (Steve Nye Remix)		9	—	14	—	—	Assemblage
"Life in Tokyo" (Steve Nye Remix)		28	—	26	—	—	Assemblage
"Nightporter" (Steve Nye Remix)		29	—	13	—	—	Gentlemen Take Polaroids
"All Tomorrow's Parties" (Steve Nye Remix)	1983	38	—	—	—	—	Assemblage
"Canton" (Live)	1983	42	—	—	—	—	Oil on Canvas
"Blackwater" (Japan reformed as "Rain Tree Crow")	1991	62	—	—	—	—	Rain Tree Crow
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videos

Video albums

Title	Details
Oil on Canvas	Released: March 1983 Label: Virgin Video Formats: VHS, VHD, Betamax, LaserDisc Live material filmed at the Hammersmith Odeon in November 1982
Instant Pictures	Released: October 1984 Label: Virgin Video Formats: VHS, VHD, Betamax, LaserDisc Promo videos and alternate versions of live tracks
Video Hits	Released: 24 July 2001 Label: Hansa, BMG Formats: DVD Japan-only release
The Very Best of Japan	Released: 27 March 2006 Label: Virgin Formats: DVD Includes the Oil on Canvas concert and a collection of promo videos

Music videos

Title	Year
"Don't Rain on My Parade"	1978
"Sometimes I Feel So Low"
"Communist China"
"Adolescent Sex"
"Life in Tokyo"	1979
"Quiet Life"	1980
"I Second That Emotion"
"Gentlemen Take Polaroids"
"Swing"
"Visions of China"	1981
"Ghosts"	1982
"Nightporter"	1982

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "JAPAN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 153. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c "dutchcharts.nl – Discographie Japan" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Japan". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "swedishcharts.com – Discography Japan" (in Swedish). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ "Japan-Quiet Life".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry.
^ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ "Bubbling Under the Top LPs" (PDF). Billboard. 3 April 1982. p. 72. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 21 October 1989. p. 60. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[11] Quiet Life peaked at number 72 in February 1980. It was reissued in January 1982, peaking at number 53. Upon re-release in March 2021, it peaked at number 13.

[:0-1] "JAPAN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 153. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[3] Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[4] Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[5] "Image : RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[jp-6] Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

[nl-7] "dutchcharts.nl – Discographie Japan" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

[8] "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Japan". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

[swe-9] "swedishcharts.com – Discography Japan" (in Swedish). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

[10] "Japan-Quiet Life".

[BPICert-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry.

[13] Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[14] "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

[15] "Bubbling Under the Top LPs" (PDF). Billboard. 3 April 1982. p. 72. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

[16] "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 21 October 1989. p. 60. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[17] "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[18] "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

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