White Band Speak with Forked Tongue

White Band Speak With Forked Tongue
Studio album by Suns of Arqa
Released 1989
Genre
Length 60:07
Label Bop Cassettes BIP 403
Producer Michael Wadada
Suns of Arqa chronology

Seven
(1987)		 White Band Speak With Forked Tongue
(1989)		 Jaggernaut
(1989)

White Band Speak With Forked Tongue is the sixth studio album by the band Suns of Arqa, recorded with Sprout Head Uprising and released in 1989 by BOP Cassettes.[1] The album was produced by Suns of Arqa founder Michael Wadada. It is a compilation of previous singles, album tracks, new material, cover versions and collaborations. It was released only on cassette in 1989, and has never been released since in any format including either vinyl or CD.

The album opens with three tracks sung by Helen Watson.[2] The first of these, "Open The Door To Your Heart", was later remixed by Ludo Camberlin for the compilation album Land of a Thousand Churches in the early 1990s.[3] The second, "A Lot of Love" was used on the band's album Seven, as the second part of "Kalilotalove". The third was previously released on Ark of the Arqans.

Side A finished with two backing tracks which the band offered to the public to add their own material to, and then submit for later release.[4]

Side B opened with their 1984/1985 singles "Pressure Drop" and "Champs-Élysées"; contained another version of "Heavenly Bodies" from Ark of the Arqans; and finished up with the Sprout Head Uprising single "Electric Animal" from 1981.[5]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Open The Door To Your Heart" – 2:53
  2. "A Lot Of Love" – 4:17
  3. "Heavenly Bodies" – 3:38
  4. "Meet De Boys On The Battlefront" – 4:24
  5. "No Sad Song" – 2:12
  6. "Competition Drum Mix" – 4:14
  7. "Competition Bass And Drum Mix" – 5:48

Side B

  1. "Pressure Drop" – 10:13
  2. "Champs-Élysées" – 5:23
  3. "Conscious Man/Turn Me Loose" – 5:13
  4. "Heavenly Bodies (Adrian Sherwood Mix)" – 5:00
  5. "Rough Rider" – 3:04
  6. "Electric Animal" – 3:48

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Suns Of Arqa Meet Sprout Head Uprising - White Band Speak With Forked Tongue (Cassette) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  2. ↑ "White Band Speak With Forked Tongue by Suns Of ArqaSprout Head Uprising release information: tracklist, label, label catalogue number. Music Releases Database". Music-releases.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  3. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Land of a Thousand Churches by Suns of Arqa". Itunes.apple.com. 1994-03-16. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  4. ↑ "On-U Sound In The Area - Adrian Sherwood / On-U Sound remix discography - Part 4". Skysaw.org. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  5. ↑ "On-U Sound In The Area - Adrian Sherwood / On-U Sound remix discography - Part 4". Skysaw.org. Retrieved 2012-10-08.