Arias & Symphonies
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| Released | October 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
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| Length | 44:11 | |||
| Label | Ready (CA) / A&M (US, UK, and EU) | |||
| Producer | John Punter | |||
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| Singles from Arias and Symphonies | ||||
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Arias & Symphonies is the second studio album by Canadian new wave band Spoons. It was released in October 1982 by Ready Records. It contains the highly successful singles "Nova Heart" and "Arias & Symphonies". It was first released on CD in 2000. In 2012, a 30th Anniversary Edition of the album was released on CD with bonus tracks, which are mostly live recordings from Barrymore's, Ottawa, October 26, 1982, originally recorded and broadcast by CHEZ-FM. The iTunes download version includes an extra "live CD" of their performance at the El Mocambo in Toronto, June 26, 1982, which was originally broadcast by CHUM-FM.[3]
The photograph on the album cover is from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria.[3]
Background
[edit]After the release of the band's debut studio album, Stick Figure Neighbourhood (1981), Gordon Deppe stated "the album, it wasn't a good representation of what we were capable of...we've got the same kind of attitude towards life but...the songs are taking us around the world. We're getting out of the neighbourhood."[4]
Deppe continued by noting that the songs for Arias & Symphonies would be more dance oriented, as their European influences, such as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) and Peter Hammill, have done.[4]
Arias & Symphonies was named one of the 20 Most Influential Albums of the 1980s by The Chart Magazine, and the song "Nova Heart" garnered a spot in Bob Mercereau's book "The Top 100 Canadian Singles".[5]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Trade Winds" | Gordon Deppe | 2:15 |
| 2. | "Smiling in Winter" |
| 4:06 |
| 3. | "One in Ten Words" |
| 4:10 |
| 4. | "No Electrons" | Deppe | 5:12 |
| 5. | "No More Growing Up" |
| 3:26 |
| 6. | "Arias & Symphonies" | Deppe | 4:48 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Nova Heart" | Deppe | 5:46 |
| 8. | "South American Vacation" |
| 4:12 |
| 9. | "A Girl in Two Pieces" |
| 4:28 |
| 10. | "Walk the Plank" | Deppe | 4:27 |
| 11. | "Blow Away" | Deppe | 5:58 |
| Total length: | 40:26 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Test Sample (Live)" |
| 2:52 |
| 13. | "Tunnels for Testing Wings (Live)" | Deppe | 3:11 |
| 14. | "Broken (Live)" |
| 4:03 |
| 15. | "Walk the Plank (Live)" | Deppe | 4:27 |
| 16. | "Symmetry (Live)" |
| 5:26 |
| 17. | "Blow Away (Live)" | Deppe | 5:53 |
| 18. | "Nova Heart (Singularity Mix - Edit)" | Deppe | 4:04 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nova Heart" | Deppe | 5:59 |
| 2. | "No Electrons" | Deppe | 4:49 |
| 3. | "One in Ten Words" |
| 4:07 |
| 4. | "Red Light" | Deppe | 4:36 |
| 5. | "No More Growing Up" |
| 3:33 |
| 6. | "Arias & Symphonies" | Deppe | 4:39 |
| 7. | "Ice Age" |
| 4:18 |
| 8. | "Walk the Plank" | Deppe | 4:28 |
| 9. | "Western Romance" | Deppe | 4:33 |
| 10. | "Friends in the Media" | Deppe | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Symmetry" |
| 5:41 |
| 12. | "Annita" | Deppe | 6:22 |
| 13. | "Spanish Eyes" | Deppe | 3:27 |
| 14. | "Nova Heart" | Deppe | 6:38 |
Personnel
[edit]Credits are adapted from the Arias & Symphonies liner notes.[6]
Spoons
- Gordon Deppe — vocals; guitar
- Sandy Horne — bass guitar; vocals
- Rob Preuss — Jupiter IV; SH-2000
- Derrick Ross — drums; percussion
Production
- John Punter — producer; mixer
- Mike Jones — engineer
- Robert DiGioia — assistant engineer
- Carey Gurden — assistant engineer
References
[edit]- ^ a b c DeGagne, Mike (25 September 2023). "Arias & Symphonies Review by Mike DeGagne". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ DeGagne, Mike. The Spoons: Arias & Symphonies > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Arias & Symphonies". Spoons Official Site/Darrin Cappe. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ a b Noble, Peter (10–16 December 1981). "Spoons for Your Ears". Spoons Official Site/Darrin Cappe. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Sterdan, Darryl (25 March 2019). "Spoons Serve Up New Day New World Album". Tinnitist. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Arias & Symphonies (CD booklet). Spoons. Ready Records. 1982.
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External links
[edit]- Arias & Symphonies at Discogs (list of releases)
