Exorcising Ghosts (October 1984)

1. Methods Of Dance
2. Swing 
3. Gentlemen Take Polaroids
4. Quiet Life
5. A Foreign Place 
6. Night porter (with early fade)
7. My New Career
8. The Other Side Of Life
9. Visions Of China
10. Taking Islands In Africa (Steve Nye remix)
11. Ghosts
12. Sons Of Pioneers
13. Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer (no audience noise)
14. Life Without Buildings
15. Talking Drum (with truncated intro)
16. The Art Of Parties (12" version)

Compilation album which was supervised by Sylvian. Again, the Japanese CD version is the one to look out for as it is a double with some extra tracks. It must be mentioned that the selection of tracks was definitely geared towards the Japanese market, with a large proportion of tracks previously unavailable on album in that country. Unfortunately, what was true in Japan was not true in the UK and, therefore, the album's promotion, mentioning "unreleased tracks" was incorrect for the domestic market, attracting criticism at the time. UK chart position: 45.

• UK double LP (some copies have a silver diamond shaped sticker and a  Russell Mills designed insert with the lyrics for the Quiet Life, Gentlemen Take Polaroids and Tin Drum album lyrics): VGD3510
• UK cassette VGDC3150
• Same catalogue number on the New Zealand pressing
• Japanese LP 20VB-1015.16
• Japanese cassette 40VC-1015
• Japanese re-issue LP JL-1003~4  (Virgin Best Selections edition)
• Japanese double CD: VJCP-36017. 
• Japanese double CD re-issue: VJCP-36044-45
• Canadian LP with single slipcase style sleeve and inner sleeves using the UK lyric sheets (thanks Obsidian!) CDVR 2513
• German/Dutch/Belgian LP 302 500-370 - has inner sleeves with lyrics. Lists "Quiet Life" as having a running time of 7.47 but sadly this is a typo. 
• Greek LP VGD 3510
• Spanish LP XD 302500

Japanese LP

Japanese  re-issue LP

Japanese promo label

Japanese re-isue label "The Best Of Japan"

New Zealand LP label

Greek LP label

French label

Spanish label

Canadian LP label

Japanese double CD VJCP-36044-45

UK LP test pressing, called "Japan Hits".

Master tape

Detail of master tape box

Japanese cassette

1. Methods Of Dance
2. Gentlemen Take Polaroids
3. Quiet Life
4. Night porter
5. My New Career
6. The Other Side Of Life
7. Visions Of China
8. Ghosts
9. Life Without Buildings
10. Talking Drum (edited intro)
11. The Art Of Parties (12" version)

• Original UK CD VGDCD-3510 - silver disc
• Original German CD VGDCD-3510 - blue disc
• Dutch/EU CD VGDCD-3510 - silver disc with different type (this version currently available).
• Japanese CD (1986) 32VD-1112 - with added title "The Best Of Japan" - made by Toshiba-EMI
• Japanese CD (1987) Virgin Japan VJD-128
  
• Japanese CD (1988) VJD-28094

Original Japanese CD design 32VD-1122

Dutch CD

Insert from Japanese 11 track  CD 32VD-1112 showing "The Best Of Japan".

German and UK original CDs

Japanese CD VJD-28094

Japanese re-issue CD VJD-128

Japanese promo CD, VJD-128

Back of the West German original CD with no barcode. 

Back cover of the  second UK CD with barcode

Back cover of another UK CD with the barcode in a different place. The numbering on the barcode is the same, as are the discs inside.