1. Quiet Life
2. Fall In Love With Me
3. Despair
4. In Vogue
5. Halloween
6. All Tomorrow's Parties
7. Alien
8. The Other Side Of Life

The breakthrough album as far as the UK audience was concerned; it charted briefly but the tracks here formed the basis for Hansa's 1981 - 1983 singles output, all of which were successful. A contender for the "best album" if there ever was one. Still available worldwide, though on a lot of different countries booklets the credits are wrong. The album was produced by John Punter, but some early sessions were completed with manager Simon Napier-Bell ("All Tomorrows Parties" and the single "European Son" - both remixed by Punter before release). "I Second That Emotion" also comes from this period. This album has a very European feel and is probably the one which sounds the freshest today. Rumoured tracks still in the vaults: the original versions of "All Tomorrows Parties" and "European Son", though the former MAY have been the mix that appears on "Assemblage".

• Original UK LP (gatefold sleeve): Hansa AHAL8011
• First UK re-issue 1981 (ordinary sleeve): Hansa AHAL8011
• Second UK re-issue 1983 (darker/more colourful sleeve): Fame/EMI FA 3037
• French LP (gatefold, laminated sleeve): Carerre 67.445
• Italian LP with gatefold sleeve and tan coloured RCA label: RCA PL31512
• Australian LP with gatefold sleeve RCA VPL1 4224
• Canadian LP (gatefold sleeve) Hansa/Canada Quality AHAL8010
• German LP (gatefold sleeve) 201.261
• Ariola Benelux (Belgium/Netherlands) 301.304 on sleeve but the record inside is German, with the German catalogue number. 
• Greek LP 201 261
• Japanese LP (gatefold sleeve, insert, some with poster): Victor VIP6700
• Japanese cassette VCW-1684
  
• UK/European CD (German manufactured): BMG 251261217
• Russian CD Release Records RR-97-111-2
  
• First Japanese CD: Victor VDP1155
• Remastered Japanese CD: BMG BVCP-7374
• USA CD (remastered, red border booklet/lyrics): Caroline CAROL1203-2
• Japanese CD with card sleeve BVCM-37220.

UK chart position: 53.
UK "Our Price" chart position: 20.
Japanese chart position: 24 (Oricon).

Original UK labels - two versions with different type.

Greek pressing on Polydor and French on Carrere.

Japanese white label promo and stock copy

Dutch and German labels - both made in Germany

Canadian LP labels - the grey being a later pressing.

Fame/EMI label UK re-issue cassette

Mini LP box from Japan, available very briefly in 2005.

Back of the Japanese limited edition box.

Japanese first LP pressing with colour photo OBI noting the free poster. The second pressing (see below) has a pink/sepia group photo on the OBI and is more common. Both versions include a gatefold lyric sheet which you do not get with any other LP pressing. 

Japanese 2nd pressing

Australian label - "The Quiet Life"!

Italian white label promo

Italian stock label

Russian CD disc

Russian back cover

German CD back

With bonus track "Life In Tokyo" before "Halloween" on side 2. The image shows the record itself, notice the orange label, and part of the sleeve. The sleeve is noticeably more colourful than the standard version, with a slight red tint overall. Appears to be a wierd UK edition but I have been told these were sold in Hong Kong only. 

• Hong Kong vinyl LP with gatefold sleeve and sticker: SAHAL-8011
• 2nd version has gold labels

Remastered, with the original gatefold sleeve images included in the booklet. 

UK pressing BMG Camden 74321 89582 2

Australian pressing: 74321 895822

Includes the bonus tracks:

• Quiet Life single mix (this is track 1 in place of the album version, which is included as a "bonus" 12 inch mix)
• All Tomorrows Parties (12" version)
• A Foreign Place
• Life In Tokyo (Extended Remix)

The regular LP cover was used for this version of the CD

With a different selection of bonus tracks, plus the video to the title track, and a booklet with the Japanese artwork. Also released in Japan, in a jewel case, with an additional insert featuring lyrics and the sleevenotes translated into Japanese. In 2006 this edition was re-issued in the UK and Europe in a jewel case. 

UK digipack: BMG 82876 566952 

UK jewel case: 82876 844482

Japanese: BMG BVCM-31132

UK CDR promo