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"The Age of Reason is out to lunch." Dave brings in an album from a new wave band that deserves to be remembered for more than one hit, THE VAPORS, NEW CLEAR DAYS (1980) the album with TURNING JAPANESE and a number of other pretty cool songs.

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New Clear Days is the 1980 debut album by the British rock group The Vapors. It spent six weeks in the UK album charts, reaching a highest position of No. 44 in June 1980. It contains their best-known song, "Turning Japanese", which reached No. 3 in the UK chart in February 1980 and was also a worldwide success. A remix of "News at Ten" (named after the well-known ITV news programme), went to No. 44 in July of that year. A third single, a re-recording of "Waiting for the Weekend" that included a horn section, failed to chart.

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