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Japan
Gentlemen Take Polaroids
The Experience of Swimming

TRACK

The Experience of Swimming

Release date: 1st October 1980

From Gentlemen Take Polaroids

About This Track

"The Experience of Swimming" is a track by Japan, from the album Gentlemen Take Polaroids, released 1st October 1980.

Track details

From Gentlemen Take Polaroids

1980

Album

Gentlemen Take Polaroids

Release year

1980

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—The Width of a Room

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Japan — Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Live)

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Japan — All Tomorrows Parties

Japan — Nightporter

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Japan — Cantonese Boy

Japan — European Son

Japan — Ghosts

Japan — Sons of Pioneers

Japan — Canton

Japan — Talking Drum

Japan — Still Life in Mobile Homes

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Japan — A Foreign Place

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Japan — Ain't That Peculiar (from Gentlemen Take Polaroids)

Japan — Burning Bridges (from Gentlemen Take Polaroids)

Japan — Taking Islands in Africa (from Gentlemen Take Polaroids)

Japan — Gentlemen Take Polaroids

Japan — The Width of a Room (from Gentlemen Take Polaroids)

Japan — Second That Emotion

Japan — All Tomorrow's Parties

Japan — Fall in Love with Me

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Japan — In Vogue

Japan — The Other Side of Life

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Japan — Quiet Life

Japan — Halloween

Japan — Life in Tokyo

Japan — Obscure Alternatives

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Japan — Sometimes I Feel So Low

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European Son
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Ghosts
I Second That Emotion
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Nightporter
Quiet Life
Second That Emotion
The Art of Parties

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Credits

Writer: Richard Barbieri
Producer: Steve Nye
Engineer: Colin Fairley, John Punter, Nigel Walker, Renate, Steve Prestage
Mixing Engineer: John Punter
Synthesizer: Richard Barbieri