Vertigo Tango

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{{Infobox album

| name = Vertigo Tango

| type = studio

| artist = Spoons

| cover = VertigoTango.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1988

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = *New wave

• synth-pop

| length = 42:28

| label = Anthem{{cite web |title=The Spoons |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-spoons-emc |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |accessdate=17 August 2020}}

| producer = John Punter

| chronology = Spoons album

| prev_title = Bridges Over Borders

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Unexpected Guest at a Cancelled Party

| next_year = 2007

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Vertigo Tango

| type = studio

| single1 = When Time Turns Around

| single1date = 1988

| single2 = Waterline

| single2date = 1989

| single3 = Sooner or Later

| single3date = 1989

}}

}}

{{album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=Vertigo Tango |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/vertigo-tango-mw0000652695 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=17 August 2020}}

}}

Vertigo Tango is the fifth studio album by Canadian new wave band Spoons, released in 1988 by Anthem Records.{{cite web |title=The Spoons |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-spoons-mn0000579946 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=17 August 2020}}

A moderate commercial success, Vertigo Tango spun off two singles that hit the mid-reaches of the Canadian charts: "When Time Turns Around" and "Waterline". The group disbanded after the tour to support this album, though they would sporadically reunite in the following years.{{cite web |last1=Rayner |first1=Ben |title=Spoons getting their lustre back |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2011/05/31/spoons_getting_their_lustre_back.html |website=The Star |accessdate=17 August 2020}}{{cite web |title=Spoons Static in Transmission |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/spoons-static_in_transmission |website=Exclaim! |accessdate=17 August 2020}}