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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.[1]
The photograph on the album cover is from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria.[1]
Background
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."[2]
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.[2]
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".[3]
Track listing
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Personnel
Credits are adapted from the Arias & Symphonies liner notes.[4]
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
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