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Unexpected Guest at a Cancelled Party
Compilation album by
Spoons
ReleasedJune 2007 (2007-06)
Recorded1982–1985
GenreNew wave, synthpop
Length43:59
LabelSpoons Music
ProducerThe Spoons
Spoons chronology
Collectible Spoons
(1994) 		Unexpected Guest at a Cancelled Party
(2007) 		Static in Transmission
(2011)
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Review scores
SourceRating
On The Scene[1]

Unexpected Guest at a Cancelled Party is a compilation album of unreleased material by Canadian 80s new wave band Spoons. Named after the B-side to their "Talk Back" single, it was released independently by Spoons member Gordon Deppe in June 2007 (2007-06).

Background and writing

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According to Gordon Deppe the album "covers the time roughly between 1983 and 1985",[2] and was the band's first release of studio material since their 1988 Vertigo Tango album.

Deppe related the origin of the material: "Most of these songs were recorded after "Romantic Traffic" and "Tell No Lies", in a tiny, hidden away studio in Oakville, Ontario. We were about to embark on a whole new chapter in our musical lives that would leave these old ideas forgotten, to slowly weather over time and eventually fade into the earth."[3]

A few of these songs were played live including "In the Hands of Money" (circa 1984) which can be seen on the Spoons' DVD Spoons Live in Concert.

Track listing

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  1. "Love Drum" – 4:16
  2. "Show & Tell" – 3:33
  3. "Unpremeditated Love" – 3:47
  4. "2,000 Years" – 4:21
  5. "World in Motion" – 4:16
  6. "Bending" – 3:32
  7. "Young English Gentleman" – 3:35
  8. "In the Hands of Money" – 3:43
  9. "No Promises" – 4:39
  10. "Spaces" – 3:12
  11. "Love Can Be a Stranger" – 3:31
  12. "Ciao" – 1:34

Personnel

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  • Gordon Deppe - vocals, guitar
  • Sandy Horne - vocals, bass
  • Rob Preuss - keyboards
  • Derrick Ross - drums

References

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  1. ^ On The Scene review
  2. ^ MacNeil, Jason (2007-01-11). "The Spoons Possibly Releasing New Album Of Unreleased Favourites". CHARTattack. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2012-08-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Spoons - Unexpected Guest at a Cancelled Party CD". Retrieved 2009-03-24.
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