Obscure Alternatives

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Obscure Alternatives
Studio album by Japan
Released	October ?, 1978
Recorded	?
Genre	Post-Punk, New Wave
Length	41:23
Label	Hansa Records
Producer(s)	Ray Singer
Professional reviews
All Music Guide: [1]
Japan chronology
Adolescent Sex (1977)	Obscure Alternatives (1978)	Quiet Life (1979)

Japan's 1978 follow-up to their debut Adolescent Sex. Lead singer David Sylvian has gone on record saying that this should have been their debut album. The final track, The Tenant, leftover from their first album, was a sign of things to come, as it clearly shows influence of Fripp's and Eno's Ambient music works.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Automatic Gun" – 4:07
2. "...Rhodesia" – 6:48
3. "Love is Infectious" – 4:10
4. "Sometimes I Feel So Low" – 3:46
5. "Obscure Alternatives" – 6:50
6. "Deviation" – 3:23
7. "Suburban Berlin" – 4:59
8. "The Tenant" – 7:14

• All songs written by David Sylvian

• The 2004 remastered version adds live versions of "Deviation," "Obscure Alternatives," "In Vogue," and "Sometimes I Feel So Low." Also includes the video for "Sometimes I Feel So Low."

[edit] Singles

1. "Sometimes I Feel So Low"
2. "Deviation"