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Length
  
43:36

Release date
  
18 November 1985

Artist
  
Arcadia

Label
  
Capitol Records

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Released
  
18 November 198512 April 2010 (boxset)

Recorded
  
April–June 1985 at Studio de la Grande Armée in Paris

Producer
  
Alex Sadkin and Arcadia

Genres
  
New wave, New Romanticism, Electropop, Art rock, Electronic music

Similar
  
Roger Taylor albums, New wave albums

Arcadia election day


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".

Contents

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".

Arcadia election day 1985 cd version


Box sets

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.

Encrypted messages

Some versions of the album and related singles contained a numeric code in their artwork, this code allocated random numbers to letters. The numbers on the cover say "So Red the Rose" and then the surnames of the band members being "Rhodes, Le Bon and Taylor (as in Roger Taylor)".

1985 Original Release

  • All Songs Written By LeBon-Rhodes-Taylor, except where noted.
    1. "Election Day" - 5:29
    2. "Keep Me in the Dark" - 4:31
    3. "Goodbye Is Forever" - 3:49
    4. "The Flame" - 4:23
    5. "Missing" - 3:40 (LeBon, Rhodes)
    6. "Rose Arcana" - 0:51 (LeBon, Rhodes)
    7. "The Promise" - 7:30
    8. "El Diablo" - 6:05
    9. "Lady Ice" - 7:32 (LeBon, Rhodes)

    CD1

    1. "Election Day" - 5:29
    2. "Keep Me in the Dark" - 4:31
    3. "Goodbye Is Forever" - 3:49
    4. "The Flame" - 4:23
    5. "Missing" - 3:40 (LeBon, Rhodes)
    6. "Rose Arcana" - 0:51 (LeBon, Rhodes)
    7. "The Promise" - 7:30
    8. "El Diablo" - 6:05
    9. "Lady Ice" - 7:32 (LeBon, Rhodes)
    10. "Say The Word (7" edit)" - 4:30 (LeBon, Rhodes)
    11. "Election Day (Single Version)" - 4:31
    12. "Goodbye Is Forever (Single Mix)" - 4:17
    13. "The Promise (7" Mix)" - 4:46
    14. "The Flame (7" Remix)" - 4:06
    15. "Say The Word" - 5:08
    16. "She's Moody And Grey She's Mean And Restless" - 4:29

    CD2

    1. "Election Day (Consensus mix)" - 8:39
    2. "Goodbye Is Forever (12" Extended Mix)" - 6:45
    3. "The Promise (Instrumental)" - 5:44
    4. "Rose Arcana" - 5:33
    5. "The Flame (Extended Remix)" - 7:17
    6. "Say The Word (Extended Vocal Remix)" - 6:33
    7. "Election Day (Cryptic Cut)" - 9:09
    8. "The Promise (12" Mix)" - 7:06
    9. "Goodbye Is Forever (Dub Mix)" - 5:15
    10. "Say The Word (Extended Instrumental Remix)" - 5:48
    11. "Election Day (Early Rough Mix)" - 9:04
    12. "Flame Game (Yo Homeboy Mix)" - 2:51
    13. "Election Day (Cryptic Cut No Voice Mix)" - 8:28

    DVD

    1. "Introduction"
    2. "Filming Election Day"
    3. "Election Day"
    4. "Filming The Promise"
    5. "The Promise"
    6. "Filming Goodbye Is Forever"
    7. "Goodbye Is Forever"
    8. "Filming The Flame"
    9. "The Flame"
    10. "Filming Missing"
    11. "Missing"
    12. "Credits"

    Singles

    1. "Election Day" (October 1985)
    2. "Goodbye Is Forever" (January 1986)
    3. "The Promise" (January 1986)
    4. "The Flame" (July 1986)

    Arcadia

  • Simon Le Bon: vocals
  • Nick Rhodes: keyboards
  • Roger Taylor: drums

    • Additional musicians

  • Bass: Mark Egan
  • Guitar: Masami Tsuchiya
  • Additional Guitar: Carlos Alomar & David Gilmour
  • Additional vocals: Sting on "The Promise", Grace Jones on "Election Day"
  • Additional keyboards on "The Promise": Herbie Hancock
  • Saxophone: Andy Mackay
  • Additional Drums: Steve Jordan on "Lady Ice"
  • Additional Percussion: David Van Tieghem, Manu Katché, Rafael De Jesus
  • Drum Programming: Wendel Jr. (Percussion Replacement System)
  • Harp: Jean-Claude Dubois
  • Violin: Masami Tsuchiya, Pierre Defay

    • Production

  • Produced By Alex Sadkin & Arcadia
  • Recorded By Larry Alexander; assisted by Phillippe Lafont
  • Engineered By Larry Alexander
  • Mixed By Larry Alexander, Phil Burnett, Nick Delre, Billy Miranda & Ron Saint-Germain
  • Mastered By Bob Ludwig
  • Album cover illustration by Tony Viramontes

    • Songs

    1Election Day5:29
    2Keep Me in the Dark4:31
    3Goodbye Is Forever3:49

    References

    So Red the Rose Wikipedia
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