Danseparc

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| name = Danseparc

| type = Album

| artist = Martha and the Muffins

| cover = Martha And The Muffins - Danseparc album cover.jpg

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| released = February 1983

| recorded = Spring–summer 1982

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = New wave, dance

| length =

| label = RCA

| producer = Daniel Lanois with Mark Gane & Martha Johnson

| prev_title = This is the Ice Age

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Mystery Walk

| next_year = 1984

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Danseparc

| type = studio

| single1 = Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)

| single1date = February 1983

| single2 = World Without Borders

| single2date = 1983

| single3 = Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing

| single3date = 1983

}}

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{{Album reviews

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r44145|label="Martha and the Muffins: Danseparc" |first=Aaron |last=Badgley |author-link=Aaron Badgley|accessdate=17 September 2011}}

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Danseparc was Martha and the Muffins' fourth album, recorded in 1982 at Grant Avenue Studios in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and released in 1983. The title single reached #31 in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6227.pdf| title=RPM Top 50 Singles - April 9, 1983}}

This long out-of-print album was reissued on CD through the band's own Muffin Music imprint in North America with a release date of June 25, 2008. Three additional bonus tracks include the original extended dance version of “Danseparc”, “These Dangerous Machines” and a live version of “Sins Of Children” from M&M’s performance at Ontario Place in 1983 featuring avant-guitarist Michael Brook. On August 4, 2008, Cherry Records rereleased the album in the UK.

Bass player Jocelyne Lanois is the sister of producer Daniel Lanois.

Track listing

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| title1 = Obedience

| writer1 = Martha Johnson

| length1 = 3:28

| title2 = World Without Borders

| writer2 = Mark Gane, Johnson

| length2 = 3:05

| title3 = Walking into Walls

| writer3 = Gane, Johnson

| length3 = 2:56

| title4 = Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)

| writer4 = Gane, Johnson

| length4 = 3:18

| title5 = Sins of Children

| writer5 = Johnson

| length5 = 5:35

| title6 = Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing

| writer6 = Gane, Johnson

| length6 = 5:50

| title7 = Boys in the Bushes

| writer7 = Gane

| length7 = 4:42

| title8 = What People Do for Fun

| writer8 = Johnson

| length8 = 4:00

| title9 = Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?

| writer9 = Gane, Johnson, Jocelyne Lanois, Nick Kent

| length9 = 2:51

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Category:1983 albums

Category:Martha and the Muffins albums

Category:Albums produced by Daniel Lanois

Category:RCA Records albums

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