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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 – D. Sylvian / R. Sakamoto*	5:20
Bonus Tracks
9	The Experience Of Swimming Composed By – R. 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 – D. Sylvian / R. Sakamoto*Remix – Steve Nye	4:57

Companies, etc.

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

Credits

• Composed By – D. Sylvian* (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8 & 11)
• Cover, Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Stuart McLeod
• Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Renate*
• Engineer [Engineered By] – Colin Fairley, John Punter, Nigel Walker, Steve Prestage
• Liner Notes – 赤岩和美*
• 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
© 2006 Virgin Records Ltd
Made in Japan
Manufactured by EMI Music Japan
www.emimusic.jp

Remastered by Tony Cousins, Metropolis Mastering, London

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

This is the Japanese 2008 paper sleeve 'Mini-LP' remastered CD. It is a 'mirror' of the original 1980 LP using the same artwork. It comes with three Bonus Tracks which were not on the original LP, together with an Obi written in Japanese.

Recorded at Air Studios and The Townhouse Studios, London

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988006 864023
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L153
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 28A5
• Matrix / Runout: VJCP-68872 1
• Rights Society: JASRAC

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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