So Red the Rose

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So Red The Rose
Studio album by Arcadia
Released	November, 1985
Recorded	April-June 1985 at Studio de la Grande Armee in Paris
Genre	Electronic music - Synth pop
Length	43 min 36 sec
Label	Capitol/EMI
Producer(s)	Alex Sadkin and Arcadia
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So Red The Rose is the platinum-selling album by the Duran Duran-spinoff group Arcadia, which was released in 1985 -- the only album the band ever released. It included the singles "Election Day", and "The Flame".

There were many musical guests on the album, including David Gilmour, Herbie Hancock, Grace Jones, and Sting (who provided backing vocals on "The Promise").

Contents 1 Encrypted messages 2 Track listing 3 Singles 4 Personnel

[edit] Encrypted messages

Some versions of the album and related singles contained a numeric code in their artwork, though versions in some countries simply used randomized numbers which did not decipher to anything intelligible. The code was a simple substitution cipher, numbering the letters of the alphabet. A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Election Day"
2. "Keep Me in the Dark"
3. "Goodbye is Forever"
4. "The Flame"
5. "Missing"
6. "Rose Arcana"
7. "The Promise"
8. "El Diablo"
9. "Lady Ice"

[edit] Singles

1. "Election Day" (Oct 85)
2. "Goodbye is Forever" (Jan 86)
3. "The Promise" (1986)
4. "The Flame" (July 1986)

[edit] Personnel

• Arcadia are:
  • Simon Le Bon, vocals
  • Nick Rhodes, keyboards
  • Roger Taylor, drums
• Alex Sadkin, producer