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}} ''Quiet Life'' is the third studio album by English band Japan, released firstly in Japan, Germany, Canada and other countries in December 1979, then in the UK in January 1980 (due to a delay in manufacturing the album) by record label Hansa. The album saw a transition from the more glam rock-influenced style of previous albums into a synthpop style. The album was well-received commercially as well as by contemporary critics. == Recording and content == In 1979 Japan collaborated with famed disco producer Giorgio Moroder for the one-off single, "Life in Tokyo", which featured a dramatic stylistic shift away from the mostly guitar-driven glam rock of their first two albums into a more electronic and synth-driven dance style, prefiguring their work on ''Quiet Life''. Recorded in 1979 and released at the end of that year, ''Quiet Life'' was the last of three albums the band made for the Hansa-Ariola label (they switched to Virgin Records in 1980), though Hansa would later issue a compilation album (''Assemblage'') that consisted of non-album singles and album highlights from the band's tenure on the label. Musically, the album finds the group playing in a synthpop style. ''Quiet Life'' is often listed as one of the first albums of the New Romantic movement. Though Japan briefly dallied with this new image in 1979-1980, they always flatly denied they were New Romantics and steered clear of the movement's 'scene', preferring a lower public profile. The album is notable for being the first album where singer David Sylvian used his newfound baritone vocal style, which became one of the band's most distinctive hallmarks. 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「Quiet Life」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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