Arias & Symphonies

Arias & Symphonies is the second album by the Burlington band Spoons. It contains the highly successful singles "Nova Heart" and "Arias & Symphonies". It was first released on compact disc in 2000. In 2012, a 30th Anniversary Edition of the album was released on CD with bonus tracks, which are mostly live recordings from Barrymore's, Ottawa, October 26, 1982, originally recorded and broadcast by CHEZ-FM. The iTunes download version includes an extra "live CD" of their performance at the El Mocambo in Toronto, June 26, 1982, which was originally broadcast by CHUM-FM.[2]

Arias & Symphonies
Studio album by
Spoons
Released1982
Recorded1982
Studio
GenreNew wave, synthpop
Length44:11
LabelReady Records
ProducerJohn Punter
Spoons chronology
Stick Figure Neighbourhood
(1981)		 Arias & Symphonies
(1982)		 Talkback
(1983)
Singles from Arias and Symphonies
  1. "Nova Heart"
    Released: 1982
  2. "Arias and Symphonies"
    Released: 1982
  3. "Smiling in Winter"
    Released: 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The photograph on the album cover is from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.[2]

Background

After the release of the band's first album, Stick Figure Neighbourhood, Gordon Deppe stated "the album, it wasn't a good representation of what we were capable of...we've got the same kind of attitude towards life but...the songs are taking us around the world. We're getting out of the neighbourhood."[3]

Deppe continued by noting that the songs for Arias and Symphonies would be more dance oriented, as their European influences, such as OMD and Peter Hammill, have done.[3]

Arias and Symphonies was named one of the 20 Most Influential Albums of the 1980s by The Chart Magazine, and the song "Nova Heart" garnered a spot in Bob Mercereau's book "The Top 100 Canadian Singles".[4]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Trade Winds"Deppe2:15
2."Smiling in Winter"Deppe, Horne4:06
3."One in Ten Words"Deppe, Preuss4:10
4."No Electrons"Deppe5:12
5."No More Growing Up"Deppe, Preuss, Horne3:26
6."Arias & Symphonies"Deppe4:48
7."Nova Heart"Deppe5:46
8."South American Vacation"Deppe, Preuss, Horne4:12
9."A Girl in Two Pieces"Deppe, Horne4:28
10."Walk the Plank"Deppe4:27
11."Blow Away"Deppe5:58
30th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Test Sample [Live]"Deppe, Horne2:52
13."Tunnels for Testing Wings [Live]"Deppe3:11
14."Broken [Live]"Deppe, Horne4:03
15."Walk the Plank [Live]"Deppe4:27
16."Symmetry [Live]"Deppe, Horne5:26
17."Blow Away [Live]"Deppe5:53
18."Nova Heart [Singularity Mix - Edit]"Deppe4:04
30th Anniversary Edition iTunes-only live "CD 2"
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nova Heart"Deppe5:59
2."No Electrons"Deppe4:49
3."One in Ten Words"Deppe, Preuss4:07
4."Red Light"Deppe4:36
5."No More Growing Up"Deppe, Preuss, Horne3:33
6."Arias & Symphonies"Deppe4:39
7."Ice Age"Horne, Deppe4:18
8."Walk the Plank"Deppe4:28
9."Western Romance"Deppe4:33
10."Friends in the Media"Deppe3:49
11."Symmetry"Deppe, Horne5:41
12."Annita"Deppe6:22
13."Spanish Eyes"Deppe3:27
14."Nova Heart"Deppe6:38

Personnel

The Spoons
  • Gordon Deppe - vocals, guitar
  • Sandy Horne - bass guitar, vocals
  • Rob Preuss - Jupiter IV, SH-2000
  • Derrick Ross - drums, percussion

Production
  • John Punter - producer, mixing
  • Mike Jones - engineer
  • Robert DiGioia - assistant engineer
  • Carey Gurden - assistant engineer

References
  1. DeGagne, Mike. The Spoons: Arias & Symphonies > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. "Arias & Symphonies". Spoons Official Site/Darrin Cappe. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. Noble, Peter (10–16 December 1981). "Spoons for Your Ears". Spoons Official Site/Darrin Cappe. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. Sterdan, Darryl (25 March 2019). "Spoons Serve Up New Day New World Album". Tinnitist. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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