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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| Allmusic |    [4] |
Arias & Symphonies is the second studio album by Canadian new wave band Spoons, 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.[5]
The photograph on the album cover is from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria.[5]
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."[6]
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.[6]
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".[7]
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.[8]
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]
- ^ DeGagne, Mike (25 September 2023). "Arias & Symphonies Review by Mike DeGagne". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ DeGagne, Mike (25 September 2023). "Arias & Symphonies Review by Mike DeGagne". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ 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)
