Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Gentlemen Take Polaroids	7:04
2	Swing	6:23
3	Burning Bridges	5:20
4	The Experience Of Swimming Written-By – R. Barbieri*	4:05
5	My New Career	3:53
6	Methods Of Dance	6:51
7	Ain't That Peculiar Written-By – M. Tarplan*, R. Rodgers*, W. Robinson*, W. Moore*	4:36
8	Nightporter	6:56
9	The Width Of A Room Written-By – R. Dean*	3:12
10	Taking Islands In Africa Written-By – Sakamoto / Sylvian*	5:12

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Published By – Chadwick Nomis Ltd.
• Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
• Published By – 10 Music Ltd.
• Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
• Published By – Copyright Control
• Recorded At – Air Studios
• Recorded At – The Town House

Credits

• Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Renate*
• Engineer [Engineered By] – Colin Fairley, John Punter, Nigel Walker, Steve Prestage
• Mixed By – John Punter
• Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Nicola Tyson
• Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Stuart McLeod
• Producer [Produced By] – John Punter
• Written-By – D. Sylvian* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8)

Notes

℗ 1980 Virgin Records Ltd. © 1984 Virgin Records Ltd.
Made in Japan
Manufactured by Toshiba EMI Ltd., in Japan.

1993 Japanese CD edition of LP originally released in 1980. It comes with two extra tracks which was not on the original LP; track 4, 'The Experience of Swimming' and track 9, 'The Width of a Room'. This promo release comes with an Obi design that includes some of the album artwork, overlaid with Japanese text. The CD is marked 'SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE'. In terms of sound quality, this CD was remastered and sounds much clearer than the original.

All Songs Published by Chadwick Nomis Ltd. / Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd., except:

Tracks 4 & 9 by 10 Music Ltd.
Track 7 by Jobete Music Co Ltd.
Track 10 by Chadwick Nomis Ltd. / Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. / Copyright Control.

Recorded at Air Studios & The Townhouse Studios, London.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988006 686441
• Matrix / Runout: VJCP-23206 1A1 TO
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Secondary Catalogue # On CD Disc): CDV-2180

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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