Japan – Exorcising Ghosts (VG/VG+) – 2xLP, AU 1985

Exorcising Ghosts is an LP by Japan from 1985 released on the Virgin label.

About this album

Exorcising Ghosts is a strong compilation that captures Japan’s final, most refined phase, when art-pop precision and electronic texture became inseparable. Issued in 1984, it gathers material from the band’s later albums and highlights the cool sophistication that defined their shift from glam-rooted beginnings to sleek synth-pop. With David Sylvian’s distinctive voice at the centre, and the atmospheric production associated with Japan’s mature period, the collection shows why the band became such an important influence on the New Romantic and post-punk-adjacent pop landscape. It is both a summary of their evolution and a fitting portrait of their austere elegance.

Genre: Pop & Rock