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"Gentlemen Take Polaroids" is a song by English new wave band Japan, released as a single from the album of the same name in October 1980. It was the band's first charting single in the UK, peaking at number 60.[1]

Reception

The single was the band's first release under Virgin Records and "established a clever music bridge between the refined groove of Quiet Life and the band's forthcoming LP".[2] The song was popular with club DJs: Nick Rhodes regularly played it at the Rum Runner, and Rusty Egan played it at the Blitz.[3]

It has been described as a "dynamic masterpiece alternating between the experimental, free-floating middle parts, and the casual pop chorus found throughout the song".[4] However, reviewing the song for Record Mirror, Ronnie Gurr described the single as having an "awful title and mellifluously nondescript Roxy rip-off A-side. Elsewhere Eno's school of modern bland-out muzak that's so dull and nondescript, one can't ignore the fact the damn stuff takes hold".[5]

Track listings

7-inch: Virgin / VS 379 (UK)[6]

  1. "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" – 3:28
  2. "The Experience of Swimming" – 4:04

7-inch: Virgin / 102 513 (Germany)[7]

  1. "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" – 3:28
  2. "The Width of a Room" – 3:14

7-inch: Virgin / VIPX-1550 (Japan)[8]

  1. "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" – 3:28
  2. "Burning Bridges" – 3:59

Double 7-inch EP: Virgin / VS 379 (UK)[6]

  1. "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" – 3:28
  2. "The Experience of Swimming" – 4:04
  3. "The Width of a Room" – 3:12
  4. "Burning Bridges" – 3:59

Mini CD EP: Virgin / CDT 32 (UK, 1988)[6]

  1. "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" – 7:05
  2. "Cantonese Boy" – 3:44
  3. "Methods of Dance" – 6:53

Personnel

Japan

Technical

  • Nigel Walker – engineer
  • Steve Prestage – engineer
  • Nicola Tyson – photography
  • Steve Chivers – assisted photography

Charts

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Chart (1980) Peak
position

References

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