So Red the Rose

Infobox Album
Name = So Red The Rose


Type = Album
Artist = Arcadia
Released = November 1985
Recorded = April-June 1985 at Studio de la Grande Armee in Paris
Genre = Electronic music, Synth pop,
Length = 43:36
Label = Parlophone Capitol/EMI
Producer = Alex Sadkin and Arcadia
Reviews = *"AMG"Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4x65mpe39f3o link]
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This album = "So Red The Rose"
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Type = Album


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Misc = Singles
Name = So Red The Rose
Type = Album
single 1 = Election Day
single 1 date = October 1985
single 2 = Goodbye Is Forever
single 2 date = January 1986 (US)
single 3 = The Promise
single 3 date = January 1986 (UK)
single 4 = The Flame
single 4 date = July 1986
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"So Red The Rose" is the platinum-selling album by the Duran Duran-spinoff group Arcadia, which was released in 1985 — the only album the band ever released. It included the singles "Election Day", "Goodbye is Forever" and "The Flame".

There were many musical guests on the album, including David Gilmour, Herbie Hancock, Grace Jones, and Sting (who provided backing vocals on "The Promise").

Musically, the album was a more lush, ambient affair than the previous output of Duran Duran. The songs explored new sonic spaces and a number of the tracks were quite lengthy.

The album's artwork featured painted ink drawings inspired by the sketches of Jean Cocteau as well as an innovative "light space" photograph of the band by Dean Chamberlain, who also directed the video for the song, "Missing".

Encrypted messages

Some versions of the album and related singles contained a numeric code in their artwork, though versions in some countries simply used randomized numbers which did not decipher to anything intelligible. The code was a simple substitution cipher, numbering the letters of the alphabet. A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.

Track listing

# "Election Day" - 5:29
# "Keep Me in the Dark" - 4:31
# "Goodbye is Forever" - 3:49
# "The Flame" - 4:23
# "Missing" - 3:40
# "Rose Arcana" - 0:51
# "The Promise" - 7:30
# "El Diablo" - 6:05
# "Lady Ice" - 7:32

ingles

# "Election Day" (October 1985)
# "Goodbye is Forever" (January 1986)
# "The Promise" (January 1986)
# "The Flame" (July 1986)

Personnel

*Arcadia are:
** Simon Le Bon, vocals
** Nick Rhodes, keyboards
** Roger Taylor, drums
*Alex Sadkin, producer

External links

* [http://www.durandurantimeline.com/years/1985.html Duran Duran timeline] - entry for 1985 with Arcadia project