Trick of the Light

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“Trick of the Light”
Single by The Triffids from the album Calenture
A-side	"Trick of the Light"
B-side	"Love the Fever"
Released	January, 1988
Format	7" Vinyl Single, 10" Vinyl Single, 12" Vinyl Single, CD Single
Genre	Folk rock
Length	8:31
Label	Island Records
Writer(s)	David McComb
Producer	Gil Norton / Adam Peters
The Triffids singles chronology
Bury Me Deep in Love (1987) Trick of the Light (1988) Holy Water (1988)

Trick of the Light is a single released by The Triffids from their album Calenture. It was produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Echo and the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters) and written by David McComb. The B-Side "Love the Fever" was co-written by David McComb and Adam Peters and was produced by Adam Peters (Family of God, The Flowerpot Men, Neulander, Sunsonic) and was recorded in August, 1986. The single was released as a 7", 10", 12" & CD single versions.

"Trick of the Light" was the band's second UK hit reaching #73 on the UK singles chart in February 1988 and reached #77 on the Australian Singles Chart.^[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Trick of the Light" - 3:50
2. "Love the Fever" - 4:41
3. "Everything You Touch Turns to Time" (12",CD)
4. "Bad News Always Reminds Me of You" (10",12",CD)

[edit] Personnel

• David McComb
• Alsy MacDonald
• Robert McComb
• Martyn P. Casey
• Jill Birt
• Graham Lee
• Adam Peters

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Discogs release

v • d • e The Triffids David McComb · Robert McComb · Jill Birt · Allan MacDonald · Martyn P. Casey · 'Evil' Graham Lee Studio Albums Treeless Plain · Love In Bright Landscapes · Born Sandy Devotional · In The Pines · Calenture · The Black Swan · Australian Melodrama EPs Reverie · Bad Timing and Other Stories · Raining Pleasure · Lawson Square Infirmary · Field Of Glass · Peel Sessions Cassettes Tapes 1-6 · Dungeon Tape · Son of Dungeon Tape · Jack Brabham Live Albums Stockholm Singles Stand Up · Spanish Blue · Beautiful Waste · You Don't Miss Your Water · Wide Open Road · Bury Me Deep in Love · Trick of the Light · Holy Water · Goodbye Little Boy · Falling Over You Record Labels Hot Records · Rough Trade · Mushroom · Island · Domino Related content Save What You Can: The Day of The Triffids and The Long Night of David McComb (Bleddyn Butcher)