Talk:Japan (band)

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[edit] Removals

Various things tidied up, and comments:

1. Italics for album titles, double quotes for "song titles".
2. Standout tracks on the third album - says who? There is still too much puffery in the article, I've removed much of it and tagged the rest with {{fact}}
3. both highly innovative but extremely (deliberately ?) non-commercial, generating a minimalist yet intensely atmospheric feel which had very little in common with the Japan of old. It is now highly regarded amongst modern recordings of this kind, with tracks such as Every Colour You Are and the stunning Blackwater being the melodic highlights. - innovative is not the opposite of non-commercial, the article earlier on says Japan were minimalist and intensely atmospheric so how did RTC have little in common with Japan, and again uncited claims of critical praise and certain tracks being highlights.
4. — these provide a much more satisfactory way to access the band's music as opposed to the plethora of compilations - says who?
5. I've just removed all the stuff about copy protection and which versions of the albums had black and white pictures of the band inside, as it's really not germane.

I'm not a fan of the band (looked up this article after watching Alan Partridge dancing to Gary Numan's "Music for Chameleons" which reminded me of Karn's bass playing), so I can't expand the article more. I assume fans will have access to old reviews and so on to substantiate the "critical success" claims. --ajn (talk) 07:10, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)