Name: Oil on Canvas
Brand: Phantom (Import)
SKU: 432937
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Oil on Canvas

Rating

Album: Oil on Canvas
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Oil On Canvas	More Info...	0:01
2)	Sons of Pioneers	More Info...	0:05
3)	Gentlemen Take Polaroids	More Info...	0:06
4)	Swing	More Info...	0:05
5)	Cantonese Boy	More Info...	0:03
6)	Visions of China	More Info...	0:03
7)	Ghosts	More Info...	0:06
8)	Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer	More Info...	0:03
9)	Nightporter	More Info...	0:06
10)	Still Life in Mobile Homes	More Info...	0:05
11)	Methods of Dance	More Info...	0:06
12)	Quiet Life	More Info...	0:04
13)	The Art of Parties	More Info...	0:05
14)	Canton	More Info...	0:05
15)	Temple of Dawn	More Info...	0:01

Album: Oil on Canvas
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Oil On Canvas	More Info...	0:01
2)	Sons of Pioneers	More Info...	0:05
3)	Gentlemen Take Polaroids	More Info...	0:06
4)	Swing	More Info...	0:05
5)	Cantonese Boy	More Info...	0:03
6)	Visions of China	More Info...	0:03
7)	Ghosts	More Info...	0:06
8)	Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer	More Info...	0:03
9)	Nightporter	More Info...	0:06
10)	Still Life in Mobile Homes	More Info...	0:05
11)	Methods of Dance	More Info...	0:06
12)	Quiet Life	More Info...	0:04
13)	The Art of Parties	More Info...	0:05
14)	Canton	More Info...	0:05
15)	Temple of Dawn	More Info...	0:01

Performer Notes

Japan: Mick Karn (vocals, clarinet, saxophone, bass); David Sylvian (vocals, keyboards); Masami Tsuchiya (guitar, keyboards); Richard Barbieri (keyboards); Steve Jansen (drums, marimba).
Recorded at The Hammersmith Odeon, London in November, 1982.
This was Japan's last album, a live set that serves as an overview of their work as a group. It also includes performances of songs that were not featured on the group's studio albums.
In retrospect, it's an ironic twist of fate that Japan was just blossoming into its most artistically fruitful period while on the verge of breaking up. When this 1982 concert was recorded at London's Hammersmith Odeon, Japan was just around the corner from disintegration. OIL ON CANVAS makes a hell of a swan song.
The band had come a long way from it's glam-rock beginnings, evolving into a subtle, complex unit that combined post-punk funk, electronics, Asian imagery and an unbridled experimental streak for some of the early-'80s most memorable recordings. Incredibly, this live album reveals that the complicated textures and fragile dynamics of Japan's studio work transferred easily to the stage. David Sylvian's velvety baritone, Mick Karn's jazzy fretless bass, and Richard Barbieri's exotic, atmospheric synthesizers make these tunes from the band's final phase as rewarding as they are inscrutable.