So Red the Rose

For the 1935 film, see So Red the Rose (film).

So Red the Rose
Studio album by
Arcadia
Released18 November 1985
12 April 2010 (box set)
RecordedApril–June 1985
StudioStudio de la Grande Armée (Paris)
Genre
Length43:36
Label
Producer
Singles from So Red the Rose
  1. "Election Day"
    Released: October 1985
  2. "Goodbye Is Forever"
    Released: January 1986 (US)
  3. "The Promise"
    Released: January 1986 (UK)
  4. "The Flame"
    Released: July 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC(2010 special edition, average) link

So Red the Rose is the only studio album by the Duran Duran-spinoff group Arcadia, released on 18 November 1985 by Parlophone. It included the singles "Election Day", "The Promise", "Goodbye Is Forever" and "The Flame". The album peaked at #23 on the Billboard 200 in January 1986 and at #30 on the UK Albums charts in December 1985.

There were many musical guests on the album, including David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Herbie Hancock, Grace Jones, and Sting (who provided backing vocals on "The Promise").

The album's artwork featured painted ink drawings by fashion illustrator Tony Viramontes[2] of fashion model Violeta Sanchez as well as an innovative "light space" photograph of the band by Dean Chamberlain, who also directed the video for the song "Missing".[3] Nick Rhodes said of the model Sanchez on the album cover, "She had an elegance to her, an old style classic beauty."[2]

  1. ^ So Red the Rose at AllMusic
  2. ^ a b Rhys-Morgan, Dean. Bold, Beautiful and Damned: The World of 1980's Fashion Illustrator Tony Viramontes, London: Lawrence King Publishing Ltd., 2013 ISBN 978-1-78067-3073, p.34
  3. ^ "Daily Dose Pick: Dean Chamberlain". Flavorwire. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2021.