Rain Tree Crow
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| Studio album by Rain Tree Crow (Japan) | ||||
| Released | 8 April 1991 | |||
| Recorded | September 1989 – April 1990 | |||
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| Length | 45:34 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Rain Tree Crow | |||
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| Trouser Press | positive |
Rain Tree Crow is the sole album released by English band Rain Tree Crow, a reunion project by the members of the new wave band Japan. Recorded in 1989 and 1990 and released in April 1991, it was the first time that members David Sylvian, Mick Karn, Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri had collaborated as a four-piece since 1982.
The album peaked at number 24 on the UK Albums Chart.
Trouser Press wrote: "the album doesn't sound drastically different from any of their previous work together, but successfully revives Japan's late-period neo-tribal rhythms and vaguely Asian feel."
The name Rain Tree Crow was chosen to mark a break from Japan's past, with the intention of creating a new long-term project. As the music turned out to be less commercial than originally envisaged, all members of the band aside from Sylvian became amenable to the idea of retaining the Japan moniker, in order to gain maximum exposure.
"Blackwater" was released as the album's only single and reached number 62 in the UK Singles Chart in March 1991. The album reached number 24 in the UK Albums Chart.
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