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
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| studio =
| 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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Personnel
- Martha Johnson - guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Mark Gane - guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Jocelyne Lanois - bass
- Nick Kent - drums, percussion
with:
- Daniel Lanois - treatments
- Nick Gane - synthesizer, piano
- Glenn Schellenberg - synthesizer
- Dick Smith - percussion
- Ron Allen - saxophone
- John Oswald - saxophone
- Debbie Griffiths - background vocals
References
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