The Vapors - New Clear Days

Artist:

Vapors (The)

UPC:

5032556201124

See Also:

Police (The) Easybeats (The) Jackson, Joe Knack (1~US) (The) XTC Undertones (The)

Description:

Personnel: David Fenton (vocals, guitar); Steve Smith (vocals); Edward Bazalgette (guitar); Howard Smith (drums).
The Vapors were one of the more interesting one-hit-wonders that flourished and then vaporized during the dawn of MTV. The band rose solely on the success of their single "Turning Japanese," a disturbing pop ditty that strangely connects madness and masturbation. However, the band`s debut, which includes "Turning Japanese," NEW CLEAR DAYS, boasts many other worthwhile moments. Underneath the band`s English pop sound lurk strange references to and connections between Japan, war, adolescence, and insanity, all of which course through the album like phantom mental patients. The loneliness and isolation are palpable undercurrents--a sharp edge to the deceptively peppy pop framework.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Spring Collection
2. Turning Japanese
3. Cold War
4. America
5. Trains
6. Bunkers
7. News at Ten
8. Somehow
9. Sixty Second Interval
10. Waiting for the Weekend
11. Letter from Hiro
12. Prisoners
13. Sunstroke
14. Here Comes the Judge
15. News at Ten
16. Wasted 17
17. Talk, Talk
18. Waiting for the Weekend
19. Billy

Album Information

Release Date:

11/20/2000

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

New Wave

Label:

Captain Mod (USA)

Catalog Number:

MODSKACD 011

Original Release Year:

1980

# of Discs:

1

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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