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''Obscure Alternatives'' is the second album by English new wave band Japan, released in October 1978 by record label Hansa. == Release == ''Obscure Alternatives'' was released only seven months after the band's début album ''Adolescent Sex''. The first album had been unsuccessful on the British charts, and their record company required another album, this time aimed at the lucrative US and European markets where rock was dominating the airwaves. Still working with Ray Singer as producer, singer and songwriter David Sylvian in particular found it difficult to take a back seat and began to demand more control over the eventual presentation of the material. The crucial track concerned was "The Tenant", a very important piece for Japan as it changed their direction and pointed the way ahead as far as Sylvian's solo career. "The Tenant" also marks bassist Mick Karn's recording debut on saxophone. The tracks "Deviation" and "Sometimes I feel So Low" were released as singles in certain countries, the latter as a double A-side with a re-recorded version of "Adolescent Sex" (the title track of their first album, re-recorded during the sessions for this album). It became Japan's first European hit single, and the re-recorded version of "Adolescent Sex" is featured on the 1981 compilation album ''Assemblage''. Both tracks were mixed together to form "I Can't Wait", which was club hit for L'il Devious in 2003.〔Paul Rymer, liner notes, ''Obscure Alternatives'', SONY BMG, 2006〕 Sylvian has gone on record saying that ''Obscure Alternatives'' should have been their debut album. The final track, "The Tenant", a piano based instrumental, was the first notable shift towards the direction their later material would take. As with the first album, ''Obscure Alternatives'' was commercially unsuccessful in the UK, but garnered moderate success in, ironically, Japan, where it peaked just outside the Top 20. The album was remastered and re-released in 2004, and included a video for "Sometimes I Feel So Low". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Obscure Alternatives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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