Tracklist

1	The Art Of Parties	4:09
2	Talking Drum	3:34
3	Ghosts	4:33
4	Canton	5:30
5	Still Life In Mobile Homes	5:32
6	Visions Of China	3:37
7	Sons Of Pioneers	7:07
8	Cantonese Boy	3:44

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Japan Ltd
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Made By – Virgin Japan Ltd
• Published By – Chadwick Nomis Ltd.
• Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Credits

• Bass Guitar [Fretless Bass], Flute [African Flute], Suona [Dida] – Mick Karn
• Composed By – David Sylvian, Karn* (tracks: 7), Jansen* (tracks: 4, 6)
• Cover [Cover Concept] – D. Sylvian*
• Design – Steve Joule
• Drums, Percussion, Programmed By, Electronic Drums [Keyboard Percussion] – Steve Jansen
• Engineer [Engineered By] – Steve Nye
• Keyboards, Programmed By [Keyboard Programming], Tape [Tapes] – Richard Barbieri
• Keyboards, Programmed By [Keyboard Programming], Tape [Tapes], Guitar, Vocals – David Sylvian
• Photography By – Fin Costello
• Producer [Produced By] – Japan, Steve Nye
• Violin – Simon House
• Vocals – Yuka Fujii

Notes

Japanese Edition CD Album

℗ 1981 Virgin Records Ltd
© 1984 Virgin Records Ltd
Made in Japan by "Virgin Japan Ltd." ℗ 1988

1988 Japanese CD edition of LP originally released in 1981. It comes with an Obi which has 'Big Artist Collection' written on the front, in English. This release is a first issue which has ¥2,800 on the obi strip while the reissue has ¥2,627.

Published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: T4988 037 00246 3
• Matrix / Runout: VJD-28018-1-A2E
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V2209	Japan	Tin Drum ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V2209	UK	1981
CDV 2209, 0777 7 86697 22	Japan	Tin Drum ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Virgin, Virgin	CDV 2209, 0777 7 86697 22	UK & Europe	Unknown
204169	Japan	Tin Drum ‎(LP, Album, M/Print)	Virgin	204169	France	1981
204 169, 204 169-320	Japan	Tin Drum ‎(LP, Album, M/Print)	Virgin, Virgin	204 169, 204 169-320	Netherlands	1981
2473 830, V2209	Japan	Tin Drum ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	2473 830, V2209	Greece	1982

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