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Arcadia: So Red The Rose

On November 18, 1985, “Parlaphone” label released “So Red the Rose”, the only Arcadia studio album. It was recorded April – June 1985, at “Studio de la Grande Armée” in Paris, and was produced by Alex Sadkin, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Simon Le Bon – vocals
  • Nick Rhodes – keyboards
  • Roger Taylor – drums
  • Masami Tsuchiya – guitar
  • Carlos Alomar, David Gilmour – additional guitar
  • Mark Egan – bass
  • Herbie Hancock – additional keyboards
  • Andy Mackay – saxophone
  • Steve Jordan – additional drums
  • David Van Tieghem, Manu Katché, Rafael De Jesus – additional percussion
  • Wendel Jr. – drum programming
  • Jean-Claude Dubois – harp
  • Masami Tsuchiya, Pierre Defay – violin
  • Sting – additional vocals
  • Grace Jones – additional vocals
  • Larry Alexander – recording
  • Phillippe Lafont – recording assistant
  • Larry Alexander – engineer
  • Larry Alexander, Phil Burnett, Nick Delre, Billy Miranda, Ron Saint-Germain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Tony Viramontes – illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Election Day
  2. Keep Me in the Dark
  3. Goodbye Is Forever
  4. The Flame
  5. Missing – Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes
  6. Rose Arcana – Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes
  7. The Promise
  8. El Diablo
  9. Lady Ice – Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes

Marianne Faithful: A Child’s Adventure

In March 1983, “Island” label released “A Child’s Adventure”, the ninth Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded in 1982, and was produced by Wally Badarou, Harvey Goldberg and Barry Reynolds.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – lead vocal
  • Barry Reynolds – vocals, guitar
  • Ben Brierley – vocals, guitar
  • Mikey Chung – guitar
  • Wally Badarou – vocals, keyboards
  • Fernando Saunders – bass
  • Terry Stannard – drums
  • Rafael de Jesus – percussion
  • Scott Mabuchi – engineer
  • Carl Beatty – engineer
  • Don Wershba – engineer
  • Harvey Goldberg – engineer
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Tony Wilgun – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Time Square – Barry Reynolds
  2. The Blue Millionaire – Wally Badarou, Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds
  3. Falling from Grace – Ben Brierley, Marianne Faithfull
  4. Morning Come – Ben Brierley, Marianne Faithfull
  5. Ashes in My Hand – Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds
  6. Running for Our Lives – Wally Badarou, Mariane Faithfull, Barry Reynolds
  7. Ireland – Mariane Faithfull, Barry Reynolds
  8. She’s Got a Problem – Caroline Blackwood, Ben Brierley