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Japanese Tears
Japanese Tears cover
Studio album by Denny Laine
Released December 6, 1980
Recorded December 1973-Early 1980 (Rock City, Nashville, Startling Studios, Lympne Castle)
Genre Rock
Length 47:09
Label Polydor
Producer Denny Laine
Professional reviews
Denny Laine chronology
Holly Days
(1977)		 Japanese Tears
(1980)		 Anyone Can Fly
(1982)

Japanese Tears is the third album by guitarist Denny Laine, released shortly before the demise of Paul McCartney's band Wings, of which Laine was a member. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, October 29, 1944, in Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, October 29, 1944, in Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, October 29, 1944, in Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter Holly Days is the second album by guitarist Denny Laine, released in 1977 Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, October 29, 1944, in Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Wings were a rock supergroup formed in August 1971 after the breakup of the Beatles, by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. The album was released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). Events January January 1 - The year starts off with a strong Disco backlash which causes the majority of musicians to abandon the use of real instruments

Contents

Background

In January of 1980, Wings planned a tour of Japan. However, upon the band's arrival at the airport in Japan, Paul McCartney was arrested for marijuana possession. The tour was eventually cancelled, and McCartney then decided to release a solo album (McCartney II) instead of touring, putting Wings on hiatus. McCartney II is the third solo album by Paul McCartney, and the first since the formation of Wings in 1971

Laine decided to work on his own solo project (his third since joining Wings), and he released a single, "Japanese Tears," with lyrics that explicitly commented on McCartney's arrest. It become the title track of his album.

The album included three previously unreleased Laine compositions -- "Send Me The Heart", "I Would Only Smile", and "Weep For Love" -- that had been recorded by different versions of Wings with Laine singing lead. In addition, it featured remakes of the Moody Blues' 1965 hit "Go Now", which Laine and Wings performed on tour, and a 1967 Laine composition, "Say You Don't Mind", that had become a top-20 UK hit in 1972 for Colin Blunstone. The Moody Blues are an English psychedelic rock band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. " Go Now " is a song composed by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett Colin Edward Michael Blunstone (born 24 June 1945 in Hatfield Hertfordshire) is an English pop Singer/songwriter, best Two other songs featured the short-lived Denny Laine Band, which included fellow Wings member Steve Holly on drums and Laine's wife Jo Jo on backing vocals. [1]

This album has been reissued several times, under a variety of titles, on an assortment of labels.

Track listing

All songs by Denny Laine, except where noted. Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, October 29, 1944, in Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter

  1. "Japanese Tears" - 4:41
  2. "Danger Zone" - 3:06
  3. "Clock on the Wall" - 4:41
  4. "Send Me the Heart" (Denny Laine/Paul McCartney) - 3:35
  5. "Go Now" (Larry Banks/Milton Bennett) - 3:15
  6. "Same Mistakes" - 3:41
  7. "Silver" - 3:56
  8. "Say You Don't Mind" - 3:08
  9. "Somebody Ought to Know the Way" - 3:15
  10. "Lovers Might" - 3:01
  11. "Guess I´m Only Foolin'" - 2:30
  12. "Nothing to Go By" - 3:07
  13. "I Would Only Smile" - 3:18
  14. "Weep for Love" - 4:32

Personnel

The Denny Laine Band

Wings

Reissues

References

  1. ^ "Denny Laine Biography", retrieved Feb. 28, 2007.
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