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A1	Methods Of Dance	6:48
A2	Swing	6:20
A3	Gentlemen Take Polaroids	7:00
A4	Quiet Life	7:20
B1	A Foreign Place Written-By – Sylvian*, Barbieri*	3:10
B2	Nightporter	6:48
B3	My New Career Violin – Simon House	3:48
B4	The Other Side Of Life Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Ann O'Dell*	7:21
C1	Visions Of China Written-By – Sylvian*, Jansen*	3:37
C2	Taking Islands In Africa Keyboards – Ryuichi SakamotoRemix – Japan, Steve NyeWritten-By – Sylvian / Sakamoto*	4:57
C3	Ghosts	4:33
C4	Sons Of Pioneers Written-By – Sylvian*, Karn*	7:07
D1	Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer Written-By – Sylvian*, Jansen*	3:23
D2	Life Without Buildings	6:34
D3	Talking Drum Violin – Simon House	3:34
D4	The Art Of Parties	6:41

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Licensed Through – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Published By – Chadwick Nomis Ltd.
• Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Credits

• Bass Guitar [Fretless Bass], Clarinet, Suona [Dida], Saxophone – Mick Karn
• Cover, Artwork [Art & Design] – Russell Mills
• Drums, Percussion, Electronic Drums, Percussion [Keyboard Percussion] – Steve Jansen
• Edited By [Compilation], Engineer [Compilation Engineered By] – Nigel Walker
• Engineer – Colin Fairley, John Punter, Nigel Walker, Steve Nye, Steve Prestage
• Guitar – Rob Dean (tracks: A1 to A4, B4)
• Keyboards, Programmed By [Keyboard Programming], Tape [Tapes] – Richard Barbieri
• Keyboards, Programmed By [Keyboard Programming], Tape [Tapes], Guitar, Vocals – David Sylvian
• Photography By – David Buckland
• Producer – Japan (tracks: C1 to D4), John Punter (tracks: A1 to B4, C2, D1, D2, D4), Steve Nye (tracks: C1, C3, C4, D3)
• Written-By – Sylvian*

Notes

Japanese Edition Double Vinyl Compilation Album.

℗ 1984 This Compilation Virgin Records Ltd.
© 1984 Virgin Records Ltd.

Manufactured by Toshiba-EMI Ltd, in Japan.

Published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd. / Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. except Track A4 'Quiet Life', Track B4 'The Other Side Of Life', published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd.

Japanese vinyl released by 'Toshiba EMI Ltd' with Obi branded 'The Best Of Japan', includes two lyric sheets; one printed in English and the other in Japanese. The sleeve is manufactured in very good quality thick cardboard. The secondary catalogue # printed on Side 3 & 4 is a misprint. Instead of VGD-3510 it is printed as VGO-3510.

In 1984 in Japan this album was also released in other formats:
* Music Cassette: 40VC-1015

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): VGD-3510-1 1S2
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): VGD-3510-2 1S 5
• Matrix / Runout (Side C): VGD-3510-3 1S 8
• Matrix / Runout (Side D): VGD-3510-4 2S 2
• Other (Side A Catalogue #): 20VB-1015
• Other (Side B Catalogue #): 20VB-1015
• Other (Side C Catalogue #): 20VB-1016
• Other (Side D Catalogue #): 20VB-1016
• Other (Side A Secondary Catalogue #): VGD-3510-1
• Other (Side B Secondary Catalogue #): VGD-3510-2
• Other (Side C Secondary Catalogue #): VGO-3510-3
• Other (Side D Secondary Catalogue #): VGO-3510-4
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VGD 3510	Japan	Exorcising Ghosts ‎(2xLP, Album, Comp)	Virgin	VGD 3510	UK	1984
VGDCD 3510, 0777 7 86728 2 1	Japan	Exorcising Ghosts ‎(CD, Comp, RE, RP)	Virgin, Virgin	VGDCD 3510, 0777 7 86728 2 1	UK & Europe	Unknown
VGD 3510	Japan	Exorcising Ghosts ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Virgin	VGD 3510	Australia	1985
VGDCD 3510	Japan	Exorcising Ghosts ‎(CD, Comp, RP)	Virgin	VGDCD 3510	UK	Unknown
VJCP-36017	Japan	Exorcising Ghosts ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Virgin Japan	VJCP-36017	Japan	1991

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