Arias & Symphonies

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Arias & Symphonies
Arias & Symphonies cover
Studio album by Spoons
Released 1982
Recorded Sounds Interchange, Toronto 1982
Genre New Wave, synthpop
Length 44:11
Label Ready / LR027
Producer John Punter
Professional reviews
Spoons chronology
Stick Figure Neighbourhood
(1981)		 Arias & Symphonies
(1982)		 Talkback
(1983)

Arias & Symphonies was the second album by the Burlington band Spoons. It contained the highly successful single "Nova Heart" and "Arias & Symphonies". The album is the band's only studio album available on CD, aside from Vertigo Tango (1988).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Trade Winds" (Deppe) – 2:15
  2. "Smiling in Winter" (Deppe/Horne) – 4:06
  3. "One in Ten Words" (Deppe/Preuss) – 4:10
  4. "No Electrons" (Deppe) – 5:12
  5. "No More Growing Up" (Deppe/Preuss/Horne) – 3:26
  6. "Arias & Symphonies" (Deppe) – 4:48
  7. "Nova Heart" (Deppe) – 5:47
  8. "South American Vacation" (Deppe/Preuss/Horne) – 4:12
  9. "A Girl in Two Pieces" (Deppe/Horne) – 4:28
  10. "Walk the Plank" (Deppe) – 4:27
  11. "Blow Away" (Deppe) – 5:58

[edit] Singles

  • "Nova Heart" (SRB020/SR201)
  • "Arias & Symphonies" (SR271/SR271E)
  • "Smiling In Winter" (SR272)

[edit] Personnel

  • Gordon Deppe: vocals, guitar
  • Sandy Horne: bass, vocals
  • Rob Preuss: Jupiter IV, SH-2000
  • Derrick Ross: drums, percussion
  • Mike Jones: Engineer

[edit] Misc

  • Studios: Sounds Interchange Toronto & Air Studios London
  • Cover: photograph - divische Reitschule, Wien (courtesy of the Austrian National Tourist Office)
  • Concept: by M.P. Krawczynski, P.L. Noble and Gordon Deppe