| Calenture | ||||
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| Studio album by The Triffids | ||||
| Released | February 1987 | |||
| Recorded | April 1986 - August 1986 | |||
| Genre | Rock / Folk rock | |||
| Length | 46:24 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Gil Norton, The Triffids | |||
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| Rolling Stone US | link |
| Penny Black Music | link |
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Calenture is the fourth studio album by The Triffids, released in February 1987 which reached No. 32 on the Australian Album Charts.[2] Calenture also reached No. 24 on the Swedish Album Charts in 1987[3].
The term calenture is described in the sleeve notes as:
'Tropical fever or delirium suffered by sailors after long periods away from land, who imagine the seas to be green fields and desire to leap into them.'
The recording sessions for Calenture began with American producer Craig Leon (appointed by Island Records). However, it became clear, at least to the band, that Leon (and Island Records) were primarily interested in David McComb and not the rest of the band members.
'In the tried and true way of all major labels at the time, they really wanted to sign Dave but got a troublesome band instead. It was probably Island's insistence that Alsy and Marty weren't up to it that caused the Craig Leon sessions to be the unmitigated disaster that they were. Now I could be wrong here, maybe Craig wanted them out, maybe both. We were pretty much forced to let a couple of session guys stand in -- no names because it wasn't their fault -- and we could tell straight away that this was applying a straightener to the normally unruly quiff that was the band. It was also sucking the essence of the band out. Anyway, it's a sorry little interlude that I should draw the curtain on. The sessions were scrapped and we were allowed to be the Triffids again.'[4]
Island Records then brought in Lenny Kaye however Kaye felt that the Triffids and their material were impressive enough and that they didn't need his help. Eventually Gil Norton (who worked on Born Sandy Devotional was brought back to re-record the album.
David McComb, in an interview with Paul Mathur (Rock Australia Magazine (RAM)) in February 1988, described Calenture as an "over-the-top record" and even called it the Triffids' "Heaven's Gate" [5].
In 2007 Domino Records released a remastered edition including 12 bonus tracks, mostly rehearsal demos of the original album's tracks.
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All songs written by David McComb, unless otherwise noted.[7]
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
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