Trick of the Light

For the Mike Oldfield song, see Tricks of the Light.
"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
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 & 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

Track listing

  1. "Trick of the Light" - 3:50
  2. "Love the Fever" - 4:41
  3. "Everything You Touch Turns to Time" (12",CD) - 3:16
  4. "Bad News Always Reminds Me of You" (10",12",CD) - 3:25

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.  NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.

External links

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Related content
Save What You Can: The Day of The Triffids (Bleddyn Butcher, Treadwater Press, Nov 2011) · Australian Made