Japan discography

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Japan discography
Studio albums6
Live albums1
Compilation albums17
Video albums4
Music videos12
EPs8
Singles23
Box sets3

The discography of British art pop/new wave band Japan, including their reformation as Rain Tree Crow, consists of 6 studio albums, 17 compilations albums, 1 live album, and 4 video releases.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3] [4] [5]
JPN
[6]
NL
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9]
Adolescent Sex 20
Obscure Alternatives
  • Released: 27 October 1978
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
2141
Quiet Life
  • Released: 17 November 1979
  • Label: Hansa
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
13 [upper-alpha 1] 8124
Gentlemen Take Polaroids
  • Released: 7 November 1980
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
51863951
Tin Drum
  • Released: 13 November 1981
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
12381633
Rain Tree Crow
(Japan reformed as "Rain Tree Crow")
  • Released: 8 April 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
2472496133
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. 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

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
CAN
[11]
JPN
[6]
NL
[7]
NZ
[12]
SWE
[9]
Oil on Canvas
  • Released: 10 June 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC
59111292035

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
JPN
[6]
US
[13]
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
2645
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
Souvenir from Japan
  • Released: 26 October 1989
  • 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
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
JPN
[6]
Japan Collector's Ediiton
  • 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

TitleDetails
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

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
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

SingleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1]
BE
[14]
IRE
[15]
JPN NL
[7]
"Don't Rain on My Parade"1978Adolescent Sex
"The Unconventional"
"Sometimes I Feel So Low"Obscure Alternatives
"Adolescent Sex"2821Adolescent Sex
"Deviation" (Netherlands-only release)1979Obscure Alternatives
"Life in Tokyo"Non-album single
"Quiet Life" (Japan-only release)Quiet Life
"I Second That Emotion"198087Non-album single
"Quiet Life" (Netherlands and Germany-only release)Quiet Life
"Gentlemen Take Polaroids"60Gentlemen Take Polaroids
"The Art of Parties"198148Tin Drum
"Life in Tokyo"Assemblage
"Quiet Life"19
"Visions of China"32Tin Drum
"European Son" (Steve Nye Remix)198231Assemblage
"Ghosts"519Tin Drum
"Cantonese Boy"2420
"I Second That Emotion" (Steve Nye Remix)914Assemblage
"Life in Tokyo" (Steve Nye Remix)2826
"Nightporter" (Steve Nye Remix)2913Gentlemen Take Polaroids
"All Tomorrow's Parties" (Steve Nye Remix)198338Assemblage
"Canton" (Live)42Oil on Canvas
"Blackwater"
(Japan reformed as "Rain Tree Crow")
199162Rain Tree Crow
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videos

Video albums

TitleDetails
Oil on Canvas
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

TitleYear
"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"

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