Dark Spaces
1980 studio album by Richard Clapton
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Studio album by Richard Clapton | ||||
Released | August 1980 (1980-08) | |||
Studio | Festival Studios | |||
Label | Infinity/Festival | |||
Producer | Richard Clapton | |||
Richard Clapton chronology | ||||
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Singles from Dark Spaces | ||||
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Dark Spaces is the sixth studio album by Australian rock music singer-songwriter, Richard Clapton. It was recorded in USA, produced by Dallas Smith and released in Australia in August 1980. It peaked at No. 23 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.
The album featured the line-up of Tony Ansell, Mark Moffatt (lead guitar), Stars' Andrew Durant (rhythm guitar), Clive Harrison (bass; ex-Kush, Avalanche) and Dragon's Kerry Jacobsen (drums), plus contributions from Cleis Pearce (viola), Tony Buchanan (sax), Sam McNally (synthesiser; ex-Stylus) and Mark Meyer (drums). Clapton dedicated the album to Durant, who died in June 1980.[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Richard Clapton
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "I Just Can't Make It" | 2:40 |
2. | "High Society" | 4:50 |
3. | "Shadows" | 4:16 |
4. | "Sophisticated Girl" | 4:29 |
5. | "Dark Spaces" | 6:08 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Get Back to the Shelter" | 5:30 |
2. | "Le Club Des Fools" | 4:06 |
3. | "The Working Class Life" | 4:10 |
4. | "Metropolis" | 5:35 |
Charts
Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] | 23 |
Release history
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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Australia | August 1980 | Infinity Records / Festival | LP | L 37331 |
Australia | 1992 | Infinity Records | CD | D19587 |
References
- ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Kent, David (1975). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
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Richard Clapton
- Prussian Blue
- Girls on the Avenue
- Main Street Jive
- Goodbye Tiger
- Hearts on the Nightline
- Dark Spaces
- The Great Escape
- Solidarity
- Glory Road
- The Best Years of Our Lives
- "Girls on the Avenue"
- "I Am an Island"
- Discography
- Highway One