Arlene Bishop

Arlene Bishop is a Canadian lyricist, screenwriter, artist and singer-songwriter.

Arlene Bishop
BornChurchill, Manitoba, Canada
LabelsThe Twelve Steves

Biography

Arlene Bishop was born in Churchill, Manitoba and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. She currently resides in Toronto. As a recording artists Bishop has placed several songs in film and television. Most notably her song "98 Points" has appeared in New Waterford Girl, The Michael Jackson Story and The Man in the Mirror for VH1. As a first time music producer Bishop (along with Scott Dibble), released "Begin Again" with two parts: Part One as a voice production with acoustic guitar and Part Two with an array of special guests that included Amin Bhatia, Blair Packham, Simon Law (Soul II Soul) and Will Ackerman. The resulting album is titled "Twenty Four is Twelve Twice or Twenty Four for Short". In 2017 Bishop assembled a vocal orchestra she called The Spirit of Adventure and recorded a live concert album called "Together Tonight" and in 2019 she discovered and released a bootleg recording from 1992 at The Cabana Room in Toronto.

As a screenwriter Bishop (along with Blair Packham, David Mackenzie and Brigitte Gall) penned the Fringe Festival one-woman play Joan of Montreal, which became Brigitte Gall's Joan of Montreal for The Comedy Network. She has also written several unproduced screenplays. As an experimental artist she created the "I, Butterfly" digital collage for Begin Again and as a videomaker created an animated video series for the same CD.

As a theme lyricist Arlene Bishop has written for Pandalian, Pecola, Beyblade, Beyblade: Metal Fusion and Jane and the Dragon. As a guest singer she has appeared on recordings by Marc Nadjiwan, Scott Dibble and Barenaked Ladies. Her songs and co-writes have appeared on recordings by Blair Packham, John Alcorn, Suzie Vinnick, Jackie Richardson and Marie Rottrova.

Discography

Pinky (1996)[1]

  1. Spin Another One
  2. Cherry Moon
  3. Small Girlish Hand
  4. I Can't Stand It
  5. Black Cat
  6. Rabbit

Snarky Girlpop (2001)[1]

  1. NV
  2. 98 Points
  3. Hurricane
  4. Bow Before Your Love
  5. Six Little Angels
  6. Eleven Seconds
  7. Eddie Standing Ready
  8. My Way of Saying Goodbye
  9. Sympathy
  10. Irresponsible Thing
  11. Human Being

Cut a Man's Heart Out (2004) [2]

  1. Metaphor For Your Life
  2. Cut A Man's Heart Out (Angel Mix)
  3. Invisible Woman
  4. Ruin Me
  5. One Shoe
  6. Arctic Wolf
  7. (You Can't) Bend the River
  8. Insomniac
  9. Half Plus Half More
  10. Au Revoir
  11. Superstar
  12. In Context
  13. Cut A Man's Heart Out (Devil Mix)

Twenty Four is Twelve Twice or Twenty Four for Short (2012)[3]

  1. Save Me
  2. My Time Will Come
  3. Beehive
  4. Let Them Swing
  5. Now
  6. Once it Changes
  7. Get Back Home
  8. Window
  9. Your Name Carved
  10. If There's a God (You'll be with Me)
  11. Ring of Truth
  12. Begin Again

Together Tonight: Live in Concert with the Spirit of Adventure (2017)[4]

  1. Nothing
  2. Confession
  3. Long Slow Kiss
  4. Terminate
  5. Someone I Used to Love
  6. Psychic
  7. Sparrow
  8. Reincarnation
  9. I Would Do It Again
  10. Hummery
  11. The Moon Something
  12. Lovers and Satan's Basement
  13. I'm One
  14. Thank You


The Cabana Room Bootleg (Thank You Jimmy Scopes) (2019)

  1. Black Cat
  2. When it was just me and Jimmy
  3. Half Plus Half More
  4. Bad News Boys
  5. Arctic Wolf
  6. Well, any birthdays today?
  7. Human Being
  8. Of course it's not a pleasure
  9. (You Can't) Bend the River
  10. Big Ending

References
  1. MacNeil, Jason "Arlene Bishop: Biography", AllMusic. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/cut-a-mans-heart-out-mw0000488832
  3. https://www.allmusic.com/album/twenty-four-is-twelve-twice-or-twenty-four-for-short-mw0002748495/user-reviews
  4. https://www.allmusic.com/album/together-tonight-live-in-concert-mw0003145890s
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