Calenture is an album by The Triffids, released in February, 1987 and reached No. 32 on the Australian Album Charts. Calenture also reached No. 24 on the Swedish Album Charts in 1987.
The term calenture is described in the sleeve notes as:
'Tropical fever or delirium suffered by sailors after long periods away from land, who imagine the seas to be green fields and desire to leap into them.'
The recording sessions for Calenture began with American...
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Calenture is an album by The Triffids, released in February, 1987 and reached No. 32 on the Australian Album Charts. Calenture also reached No. 24 on the Swedish Album Charts in 1987.
The term calenture is described in the sleeve notes as:
'Tropical fever or delirium suffered by sailors after long periods away from land, who imagine the seas to be green fields and desire to leap into them.'
The recording sessions for Calenture began with American producer Craig Leon (appointed by Island Records) however it became clear, at least to the band that Leon (and Island Records) were primarily interested in David McComb and not the rest of the band members.
'In the tried and true way of all major labels at the time, they really wanted to sign Dave but got a troublesome band instead. It was probably Island's insistence that Alsy and Marty weren't up to it that caused the Craig Leon sessions to be the unmitigated disaster that they were. Now I could be wrong here, maybe Craig wanted them out,...
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