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Rain Tree Crow was the name used by Japan (excluding Rob Dean) when they briefly reformed for this one-off project. The majority of the material on their eponymous album was written as a result of group improvisations, there were no pre-rehearsals and the songs are a hybrid of the experimental styles. The album was mostly recorded at Miravel Studios, France, between September 1989 and April 1990.

"...the album is at its best. Rain Tree Crow is not ponderous, as Japan once had pretensions to be, but it fills a darkened room nicely." -- Sue Peter, Option, 92

• Released 16 April 1991.

1. "Big Wheels in Shanty Town" – 7:08

  david sylvian - vocal, electric guitar, hammond organ, 
                  electric piano, shortwave radio, 
                  horn arrangement
  bill nelson - electric guitar
  mick karn - bass, brass, horn arrangement
  richard barbieri - synthesizer
  djene doumbouya - vocal
  djanka djabate - vocal
  steve jansen - drums, percussion, hammond organ

1. "Every Colour You Are" – 4:46

  david sylvian - vocal, electric guitar, electric piano, 
                  shortwave radio, treatments
  phil palmer - slide guitar
  mick karn - bass, saxophone
  richard barbieri - synthesizer
  steve jansen - drums, percussion

1. "Rain Tree Crow" – 2:04

  david sylvian - vocal, percussion
  mick karn - pipes
  richard barbieri - synthesizer
  steve jansen - percussion

1. "Red Earth (as summertime ends)" – 3:38

  david sylvian - slide guitar, keyboards, Indian drum
  phil palmer - acoustic guitar
  michael brook - bass conga
  mick karn - bass, tabla
  richard barbieri - synthesizer
  brian gascoigne - orchestration
  steve jansen - ceramic drums, percussion

1. "Pocket Full of Change" – 6:08

  david sylvian - vocal, electric guitar, organ
  michael brook - guitar treatments
  mick karn - bass, brass
  richard barbieri - synthesizer
  steve jansen - drums, percussion, organ

1. "Boat's for Burning" – 0:45

  david sylvian - vocal, electric guitar
  richard barbieri - synthesizer
  steve jansen - tambourine

1. "New Moon At Deer Wallow" – 5:12

  david sylvian - electric guitar, bass
  mick karn - bass clarinet
  richard barbieri - synthesizer
  steve jansen - Moroccan clay drum, fan drums

1. "Blackwater" – 4:19

  david sylvian - vocal, electric guitar, keyboards
  bill nelson - electric guitar
  mick karn - bass 
  richard barbieri - synthesizer
  steve jansen - drums, percussion

1. "A Reassuringly Dull Sunday" – 1:22

  david sylvian - organ, keyboards, percussion
  michael brook - percussion
  mick karn - bass clarinet, percussion
  richard barbieri - synthesizer, piano
  steve jansen - marimba, percussion

1. "Blackcrow Hits Shoe Shine City" – 5:14

  david sylvian - vocal, electric guitar, organ, electric 
                  piano, keyboards, treatments
  mick karn - bass, saxophone
  richard barbieri - synthesizer
  steve jansen - drums, percussion

1. "Scratchings on the Bible Belt" – 2:46

  david sylvian - electric guitar, banjo, marimba, 
                  harmonium
  michael brook - treatments
  mick karn - bass clarinet
  richard barbieri - synthesizer, water wheel
  steve jansen - piano, marimba, percussion

1. "Cries and Whispers" – 2:31

  david sylvian - vocal, electric guitar, treatments
  mick karn - bass  
  richard barbieri - synthesizer
  steve jansen - percussion

1. "I Drink To Forget" - 1:46

  david sylvian - piano, keyboards, percussion
  mick karn - wine glasses
  richard barbieri - synthesizers
  steve jansen - wine glasses, percussion

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