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First time on CD for The Vapors debut LP which hit the UK Top 40 in 1980 and includes the international hit ''Turning Japanese'' which reached No.3 in the UK, No.1 in Australia and No.36 in the USA. Also features the British hit single ''News At Ten'' plus the singles ''Prisoners'' and ''Waiting For The Weekend'' as well as 8 rare bonus tracks and a brilliant booklet with lyrics and liner notes. A must.
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.
Personnel: David Fenton (vocals, guitar); Steve Smith (vocals); Edward Bazalgette (guitar); Howard Smith (drums).
Vapors New Clear Days Songs | 1. | Spring Collection  (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 2. | Turning Japanese (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 3. | Cold War (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 4. | America (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Trains (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 6. | Bunkers (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 7. | News at Ten (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Somehow (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Sixty Second Interval (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 10. | Waiting for the Weekend (MP3) | |
| 11. | Letter from Hiro (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 12. | Prisoners (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 13. | Sunstroke | |
| 14. | Here Comes the Judge (MP3) | |
| 15. | News at Ten (MP3) | $0.99 | |
| 16. | Wasted 17 | |
| 17. | Talk, Talk | |
| 18. | Waiting for the Weekend (MP3) | |
| 19. | Billy (MP3) | $0.99 | |
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