Japan for Sale [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2001)
• Format: Import
• Label: Sbme Import
• ASIN: B00005AA8A
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #344,533 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fogbound

2. Reign of the Tec 2000

3. XCT

4. Orange Juice

5. White Surf Style 5

6. Heart

7. Call My Name [English Version]

8. Clipper's Discoteque Break

9. The International Chappie's Cheer-Leading Team (The Readymade One Man ...)

10. Wax On

11. Tragicomic

12. Nothing's Gonna Change

13. As You Like It

14. Asia No Junshin

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give it time, it does grow on you, January 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Japan for Sale (Audio CD)

Well, I'm a sucker for J-pop, and I had to admit that when I had seen the cd for Japan For Sale, I wasn't too sure how it was going to turn out. When I first gave it a listen, I hated it, actually abhored it because it just sounded wrong! But after giving my chance at a couple of the songs, the cd grew on me until, right now, I can't take it out of my cd player! There are still some songs that do get hard to listen to, but those aren't the ones you buy the album for. Now for the noteworthy ones:

Fogbound by the Boom Boom Satellites
A very cool, darkish techno/rock song that only gets a bit long near the end, but overrall very cool

The International Chappie Cheerleading Team
Wow, I had no idea that chappies sing! or cheer more like it this is an awesome dj track that comes from the brilliant Japanese graphic design GROOVISIONS with their unmistakably cute Chappie characters

White Surf Style 5
A very cool, weird sounding rock piece that fades in and fades out, with weird sounding chords and stuff.

Polysics
The craziest, wackiest heavy rock song you have ever heard. No words can describe it.

There are a bunch of other great songs, but these are particularly great ones. check this cd out

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Japanese music, January 3, 2002

By 

seb (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Japan for Sale (Audio CD)

This album gives you a wide variey of tracks from a variety of Japanese artists. There's techno, hip-hop, pop, and a lot of J-Rock.

Tracks like "Orange Juice" and "White Surf" are nice rock tunes. "Heart" is an example of fine Japanese electro-pop and "Wax On" has a cool techno beat and sounds acid-like. The poignant chorus of "Tragicomic" and the dancehall bizzareness of "Never Gonna Change" add to the eclectic experience of this album. The darkest this album reaches is on "Fogbound" where the Boom Boom Sattelites try their hand at a Nine Inch Nails-esque dark atmospheric rock deal.

The only songs that I actually didn't like would be "Call My Name" and "Asia No Junshin" (PUFFY'S DONE BETTER!)

A nice album. Pick it up if you want to hear what you haven't.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What wonderful Tunes, February 23, 2001

By 

Robert - See all my reviews

This review is from: Japan for Sale (Audio CD)

I recently heard a song from this album on Milwaukee, WI'scollege radio station,.... I asked the dj there to play some morefrom it, then fell in love with the CD. It is the best music I haveheard in a long time!!! I highly recomend everyone to add this totheir CD collection!