Adolescent Sex

Adolescent Sex
Studio album by Japan
Released March 1978
Recorded Late 1977-early 1978
Genre New Wave, post-punk, glam rock
Length 47:24
Label Hansa
Producer Ray Singer
Japan chronology
Adolescent Sex
(1978)		 Obscure Alternatives
(1978)
Singles from Adolescent Sex
  1. "Don't Rain on My Parade"
  2. "Adolescent Sex"
  3. "The Unconventional"

Adolescent Sex was the first album from the British glam rock/new romantic group Japan, released in March 1978. To avoid controversy over the title, the album was renamed Japan in some countries. Though not a commercial success in their native UK, the album was better received in Japan where it peaked at #20, and in the Netherlands where the single "Adolescent Sex" reached number 27 in the Dutch Top 40 in 1979.[1]

The Japanese release contained several mistranslations of song titles. "Transmission" became "Invitation to Fascination", "Suburban Love" became "Carousel of Love", and "Television" became "Temptation Screen".

The album was remastered and re-released as a digipak CD on 18 April 2004, with four videos as bonus material.[2]

Contents

Critical reception

Allmusic rates the album with 4.5 out of 5 stars: "A more exciting album than just about anything else they'd ever record, Japan were young, hungry, and more than a little rough around the edges."[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by David Sylvian, except for "Don't Rain on My Parade" written by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Transmission"   4:46
2. "The Unconventional"   3:02
3. "Wish You Were Black"   4:49
4. "Performance"   4:36
5. "Lovers on Main Street"   4:09
6. "Don't Rain on My Parade"   2:54
Side two
No. Title Length
7. "Suburban Love"   7:27
8. "Adolescent Sex"   3:46
9. "Communist China"   2:44
10. "Television"   9:15
Bonus material on 2004 remastered re-release
No. Title Length
11. "Don't Rain on My Parade" (video)  
12. "Communist China" (video)  
13. "Adolescent Sex" (video)  
14. "Adolescent Sex" (rare alt. video)  

Personnel

[4]

References

  1. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 10, 1979 (Dutch)". http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=10&jaar=1979. Retrieved 21 July 2010 (2010-07-21). 
  2. ^ "Japan - Adolescent Sex (CD, Album)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/407129. Retrieved 21 July 2010 (2010-07-21). 
  3. ^ Hanson, Amy. "Adolescent Sex > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r10233/review. Retrieved 21 July 2010 (2010-07-21). 
  4. ^ "Japan - Adolescent Sex (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/release/606958. Retrieved 21 July 2010 (2010-07-21). 

External links

Japan
Studio albums
Live album
Compilations
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