Obscure Alternatives is the second studio album by English new wave band Japan, released in October 1978 by record label Hansa. Japan's first album, Adolescent Sex, had been unsuccessful on the British charts, and their record company required another album, this time aimed at the lucrative US and European markets where rock was dominating the airwaves. Still working with Ray Singer as producer, singer and songwriter David Sylvian in particular found it difficult to take a back seat and began to demand more control over the eventual presentation of the material. Trouser Press wrote that the album "adds more keyboards Read more on Last.fm.
