Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Methods Of Dance	6:50
2	Gentlemen Take Polaroids	7:03
3	Quiet Life	4:51
4	Night Porter	6:48
5	My New Career	3:51
6	The Other Side Of Life	7:24
7	Visions Of China Written-By – D. Sylvian*, S. Jansen*	3:39
8	Ghosts	4:32
9	Life Without Buildings Written-By – D. Sylvian*, Japan, John Punter	6:34
10	Talking Drum	3:31
11	The Art Of Parties Written-By – D. Sylvian*, Japan, John Punter	6:44

Companies, etc.

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

Credits

• Producer – Japan (tracks: 7 to 11), John Punter (tracks: 1 to 6, 9, 11), Steve Nye (tracks: 7, 8, 10)
• Written-By – D. Sylvian*

Notes

℗ 1984 Virgin Records Ltd.
Made in Japan

Manufactured by Toshiba EMI Ltd, Japan

All Titles published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd / Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd, except Track 3, 'Quiet Life', 'The Other Side Of Life', published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd.

Compilation Album, 11 Track Version. Japanese CD Edition with added title 'The Best Of Japan' and comes with Obi-Strip.

Originally released on LP in 1984. Included with this CD Edition is a folded Sheet which lists lyrics, both in English & Japanese. Furthermore it provides details about the band; this is written also in Japanese.

The duration of each track has been taken directly from the booklet. However, when played on a CD Player some durations differ:

1) Methods of Dance: 6:51
2) Gentlemen Take Polaroids: 7:04
3) Quiet Life: 4:51
4) Nightporter: 6:48
5) My New Career: 3:52
6) The Other Side Of Life: 7:24
7) Visions Of China: 3:39
8) Ghosts: 4:33
9) Life Without Buildings: 6:34
10) Talking Drum: 3:32
11) The Art Of Parties: 6:44

© 1980 Virgin Records Ltd. (Tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5)
© 1980 Ariola Eurodisc GmbH. (Tracks 3 & 6)
© 1981 Virgin Records Ltd. (Tracks 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: T4988 006 61441 3
• Matrix / Runout: 32VD-1112 1A1
• Other (Main Catalogue #): 32VD-1112
• Other (Secondary Catalogue #): VGDCD-3510
• Rights Society (Japan): 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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