So Red the Rose
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| Studio album by Arcadia | |
| Released | 18 November 1985 12 April 2010 (boxset) |
| Recorded | April–June 1985 at Studio de la Grande Armée in Paris |
| Genre | New wave, synthpop, art rock |
| Length | 43:36 |
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Parlophone (UK) Capitol/EMI (U.S.) |
| Producer | Alex Sadkin and Arcadia |
| Singles from So Red the Rose | |
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| BBC | (2010 special edition, average) link |
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").
The album's artwork featured painted ink drawings by fashion illustrator Tony Viramontes of fashion model Violeta Sanchez as well as an innovative "light space" photograph of the band by Dean Chamberlain, who also directed the video for the song, "Missing". Nick Rhodes said of the model Sanchez on the album cover, "She had an elegance to her, an old style classic beauty".
As part of EMI's massive Duran Duran reissue plans, a jewel case 3 disc (2CD, 1 DVD) boxset of So Red the Rose was released 12 April 2010. It included the entire album, single mixes, the b-sides "She's Moody and Grey, She's Mean and She's Restless" and "Flame Game (Yo Homeboy Mix)", four versions of non-album track "Say The Word" (a track specially commissioned for the soundtrack of Playing for Keeps), and an unreleased instrumental mix of "The Promise". The DVD contains the original 1987 video release Arcadia.
But in 2008 a previously existing, more complete LIMITED EDITION for Japan fan club (23-track digitally) was remastered into 6 CD single set, comprising all the singles ever released for the Arcadia project ('So Red the Rose' album LP), also including 'Say The Word'. The packaging is a 'so red the velvet', faithfully replicating the original single sleeve artwork, plus 8-page fold-out picture booklet of lyrics and biography.
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