Arcadia (band)
| Arcadia | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Synth pop |
| founding | 1985 |
| resolution | 1986 |
| Founding members | |
| Simon Le Bon | |
| Nick Rhodes | |
| Roger Taylor | |
Arcadia was a British band formed in 1985 as a side project by Duran Duran .
history
After the release of " A View to a Kill " , the title song for the James Bond film of the same name (German title: " Im Angesicht des Todes "), Simon Le Bon , Roger Taylor and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran founded the side project in mid-1985 Arcadia , to experiment musically and break new ground. The band name Arcadia was inspired by the painting Et in Arcadia ego by the French painter Nicolas Poussin .
The first single, Election Day , was released in the late summer of 1985 and made it into the top 10 in the US and UK .
With the only album So Red the Rose , Arcadia achieved a platinum success in the fall of 1985 , which was supported by guest appearances by Grace Jones , Sting , Herbie Hancock and David Gilmour .
As further singles, the titles The Promise and The Flame were released in the spring of 1986 . Also in 1986 the single Say The Word , which was not on the album, was released, the theme song for the film Playing for Keeps .
The music of Arcadia is characterized by a partly melancholic and extremely synthesizer- heavy sound.
The project ended in the summer of 1986 with the reunion of Duran Duran and the recording of the album Notorious , with Roger Taylor announcing his temporary exit from the music business.
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1985 | So Red The Rose |
DE55 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK30 (10 weeks) UK |
US23 (17 weeks) US |
First published: November 18, 1985
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 1985 | Election Day So Red The Rose |
DE21 (12 weeks) DE |
- |
CH18 (6 weeks) CH |
UK7 (8 weeks) UK |
US6 (16 weeks) US |
First published: October 1985
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| Goodbye Is Forever So Red The Rose |
- | - | - | - |
US33 (10 weeks) US |
First published: December 1985
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| 1986 | The Promise So Red The Rose |
DE72 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK37 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 1986
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| The Flame So Red The Rose |
- | - | - |
UK58 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 1986
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More singles
- 1986: Say The Word (Playing for Keeps [OST])
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arcadia ( Memento of August 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), coolinthe80s.com
- ↑ Kelvin Hayes: So Red the Rose , allmusic.com
- ↑ Discogs : Arcadia (3) - Say The Word (Theme From "Playing For Keeps")