Oil on Canvas

Album by Japan

Oil on Canvas is a live album by English band Japan, released in 1983. The recording captures the band's art-pop and new wave sound, featuring atmospheric synthesiser textures, intricate guitar lines and melancholic vocals in expansive live arrangements, and it was issued after the band's 1982 split as the principal live document closing the first phase of their career.
Art PopNew WavePost-PunkSynth-PopElectronic

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  1. 1.
    Oil on Canvas
    1:25
  2. 2.
    Sons of Pioneers
    4:59
  3. 3.
    Gentlemen Take Polaroids
    6:41
  4. 4.
    Swing
    5:36
  5. 5.
    Cantonese Boy
    3:45
  6. 6.
    Visions of China
    3:34
  7. 7.
    Ghosts
    6:23
  8. 8.
    Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer
    3:30
  9. 9.
    Nightporter
    6:47
  10. 10.
    Still Life in Mobile Homes
    5:37
  11. 11.
    Methods of Dance
    6:07
  12. 12.
    Quiet Life
    4:34
  13. 13.
    The Art of Parties
    5:28
  14. 14.
    Canton
    5:43
  15. 15.
    Temple of Dawn
    1:45

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