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1	Oil On Canvas	1:23
2	Sons Of Pioneers Written-By – Sylvian*, Karn*	5:00
3	Gentlemen Take Polaroids	6:36
4	Swing	5:46
5	Cantonese Boy	3:45
6	Visions Of China Written-By – Sylvian*, Jansen*	5:41
7	Ghosts	5:15
8	Voices Raised In Welcome, Hands Held In Prayer Written-By – Sylvian*, Jansen*	3:33
9	Nightporter	6:45
10	Still Life In Mobile Homes	5:37
11	Methods Of Dance	6:12
12	Quiet Life	4:33
13	The Art Of Parties	5:25
14	Canton Written-By – Sylvian*, Jansen*	5:47
15	Temple Of Dawn Written-By – Barbieri*	1:47

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Pressed By – EMI Swindon
• Published By – Chadwick Nomis Ltd.
• Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
• Glass Mastered At – EMI Swindon

Credits

• Producer [Produced By] – Japan, John Punter
• Written-By – D. Sylvian* (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7, 9 to 13)

Notes

℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd.
© 1984 Virgin Records Ltd.
Manufactured in the UK

This is a post-1994 reissue of the album, which features all 15 tracks (same as the 2LP release). The original CD, which has the same catalogue number, has only 13 tracks and has a white border on the cover.

Whilst the album was promoted as a live album, it has been established that not all tracks were recorded live. Tracks 1, 8, 9 & 15 are studio recordings. All other tracks were recorded live November 1982 at Hammersmith Odeon, London.

There are other editions which use the same catalogue # & barcode, yet are different:
* Manufactured in UK, April 1994, without Mould SID Code: CDVD 2513, 0777 7 86479 2 8
* Manufactured in Holland, post-1994, with Mould SID Code: CDVD 2513, 0777 7 86479 2 8

All songs published by Chadwick-Nomis Ltd/ Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd, except track 12 published by Chadwick-Nomis Ltd.

Title of track 9:
- "Nightporter" in the booklet and on CD backside
- "Night Porter" on CD label side

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 077778 647928 >
• Barcode (Scanned): 0077778647928
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 786479 2.4:1:12. EMI SWINDON
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 786479 2.4 2:4: EMI SWINDON
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): ifpi 1431
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 1453
• Price Code (F:): PM 500
• Price Code (D:): 610 382

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VD 2513, VD2513	Japan	Oil On Canvas ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Virgin, Virgin	VD 2513, VD2513	UK	1983
TCVD 2513	Japan	Oil On Canvas ‎(Cass, Album, Whi)	Virgin	TCVD 2513	UK	1983
AVD 22513, AVID 22513	Japan	Oil On Canvas ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Virgin, Virgin Dischi S.r.L.	AVD 22513, AVID 22513	Italy	1983
VJCP-36015	Japan	Oil On Canvas ‎(2xCD, Album, RE)	Virgin Japan, Virgin	VJCP-36015	Japan	1991
VJCP-36042·43, CDVD-2513-1, CDVD-2513-2	Japan	Oil On Canvas ‎(2xCD, Album, RE, RM)	Virgin, Virgin, Virgin	VJCP-36042·43, CDVD-2513-1, CDVD-2513-2	Japan	1993