Danseparc

Danseparc
Studio album by Martha and the Muffins
Released	1983
Recorded	Spring-summer 1982
Genre	New Wave/Dance
Label	RCA
Producer	Daniel Lanois with Mark Gane & Martha Johnson
Martha and the Muffins chronology
This is the Ice Age (1981) Danseparc (1983) Mystery Walk (1984)

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Allmusic	[1]

Danseparc was Martha and the Muffins' fourth album, recorded in 1982 at Grant Avenue Studios in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and released in 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 25th, 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 MatM’s performance at Ontario Place in 1983 featuring avant-guitarist Michael Brook. On August 4th, 2008 Cherry Records rereleased the album in the UK. Bass player Jocelyne Lanois is the sister of producer Daniel Lanois.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Obedience"	Martha Johnson	3:28
2.	"World Without Borders"	Mark Gane, Johnson	3:05
3.	"Walking into Walls"	Gane, Johnson	2:56
4.	"Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)"	Gane, Johnson	3:18
5.	"Sins of Children"	Johnson	5:35
6.	"Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing"	Gane, Johnson	5:50
7.	"Boys in the Bushes"	Gane	4:42
8.	"What People Do for Fun"	Johnson	4:00
9.	"Whatever Happened to Radio Valve Road?"	Gane, Johnson, Jocelyne Lanois, Nick Kent	2:51

Personnel

• Martha Johnson - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Mark Gane - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Jocelyne Lanois - bass
• Daniel Lanois - treatments
• Nick Gane - stnthesizer, piano
• Glenn Schellenberg - synthesizer
• Nick Kent - drums, percussion
• Dick Smith - percussion
• Ron Allen - saxophone
• John Oswald - saxophone
• Debbie Griffiths - background vocals

References

1. ^ Badgley, Aaron. "Martha and the Muffins: Danseparc" at Allmusic. Retrieved 17 September 2011.