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1	Gentlemen Take Polaroids	7:09
2	Swing	6:26
3	Burning Bridges	5:22
4	My New Career	3:54
5	Methods Of Dance	6:54
6	Ain't That Peculiar Composed By – M. Tarplan*, R. Rodgers*, W. Robinson*, W. Moore*	4:41
7	Nightporter	6:59
8	Taking Islands In Africa Composed By – David Sylvian / Ryuichi Sakamoto*	5:20
Bonus Tracks
9	The Experience Of Swimming Composed By – Richard Barbieri	4:04
10	The Width Of A Room Composed By – R. Dean*	3:14
11	Taking Islands In Africa (Steve Nye Remix) Composed By – David Sylvian / Ryuichi Sakamoto*Remix – Steve Nye	4:57

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Marketed By – EMI
• Distributed By – EMI
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Opium (Arts) Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Published By – Opium (Arts) Ltd.
• Published By – Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
• Published By – EMI Virgin Music Ltd.
• Published By – Richard Barbieri
• Recorded At – Air Studios
• Recorded At – The Town House
• Mastered At – Metropolis Mastering

Credits

• Composed By – David Sylvian (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8 & 11)
• Cover, Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Stuart McLeod
• Design [Design By] – Andrew Day
• Design [Emi] – The Red Room
• Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Renate*
• Engineer [Engineered By] – Colin Fairley, John Punter, Nigel Walker, Steve Prestage
• Liner Notes – 松井巧*
• Mixed By – John Punter
• Other [Hair] – Maneline
• Other [Make-up] – Regis
• Photography By – Stuart McLeod
• Photography By [Back Cover Photography Assisted By] – Steve Shivers
• Photography By [Back Cover Photography] – Nicola Tyson
• Producer [Produced By] – John Punter
• Remastered By – Tony Cousins

Notes

℗ 2003 Virgin Records Ltd.
© 1980 Opium (Arts) Ltd.
© 2003 Virgin Records Ltd.

Printed in EU
Marketed and Distributed by EMI

Remastered by Tony Cousins, Metropolis Mastering, London

Japanese Obi Made in Japan
www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/virgin30

All tracks published by Opium (Arts) Ltd., except:

Track 6: Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
Tracks 8 & 11: Opium (Arts) Ltd. / EMI Virgin Music Ltd.
Track 9: Richard Barbieri

2003 Japanese remastered version of 1980 album with 3 bonus cuts. This release comes with an Obi which has track listings and information about other CDs in the same series, written in Japanese. Unlike the UK digipak release, this Japanese digipak has 'Copy Protected' applied.

Recorded at Air Studios and The Townhouse Studios, London

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Barcode on Obi): 4 988006 816138
• Barcode (Barcode on Digipak): 7 24359 10172 9
• Other (Album): 7243 5 91017 2 9
• Label Code (UK/ EU Label Code): LC 3098
• Other: UK:
• Other: F:

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V 2180, V2180	Japan	Gentlemen Take Polaroids ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	V 2180, V2180	UK	1980
VV 33.067 y, VV-33.067 Y	Japan	Gentlemen Take Polaroids ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	VV 33.067 y, VV-33.067 Y	Portugal	1980
V 2180, V2180	Japan	Gentlemen Take Polaroids ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	V 2180, V2180	UK	1980
202.968, 202 968-320	Japan	Gentlemen Take Polaroids ‎(LP, Album, M/Print, RP)	Virgin, Virgin	202.968, 202 968-320	Netherlands	1983
5373701	Japan	Gentlemen Take Polaroids ‎(SACD, Hybrid, Album, Ltd, Num, RE, RM)	Virgin, Universal Music Hong Kong	5373701	Hong Kong	2016

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