Oil on Canvas

Oil on Canvas
Live album by
Released10 June 1983[1]
RecordedNovember 1982
VenueHammersmith Odeon, London
Genre
Length71:54
LabelVirgin
Producer
Japan chronology
Tin Drum
(1981)
Oil on Canvas
(1983)
Rain Tree Crow
(1991)
Singles from Oil on Canvas
  1. "Canton"
    Released: May 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Number One[5]
Record Mirror[6]
Smash Hits2/10[7]

Oil on Canvas is a live album by the English band Japan, released in June 1983 by Virgin Records. It was released six months after the band had broken up, and became their highest charting album in the UK, peaking at number 5.[8] It has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.[1]

  1. ^ a b "BRIT Certified Award – Japan – Oil on Canvas". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. ^ Rowley 2018-08-22T11:58:18Z, Scott (22 August 2018). "New wave: A guide to the best albums". LouderSound.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Oil on Canvas at AllMusic
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
  5. ^ "Albums". Number One. 11 June 1983. p. 36. Retrieved 20 January 2021 – via flickr.com.
  6. ^ "Albums". Record Mirror: 14. 11 June 1983. Retrieved 22 February 2021 – via flickr.com.
  7. ^ "Albums". Smash Hits. 9–22 June 1983. p. 21. Retrieved 22 February 2021 – via sites.google.com.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference UK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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