Dark Spaces

Dark Spaces
Dark Spaces
Studio album by Richard Clapton
Released	August 1980
Studio	Festival Studios
Label	Infinity/Festival
Producer	Richard Clapton
Richard Clapton chronology
Singles from Dark Spaces
	"Get Back to the Shelter"; Released: June 1980; "High Society"; Released: October 1980;

Dark Spaces is the sixth studio album by Australian rock music singer-songwriter, Richard Clapton. It was recorded in USA, produced by Dallas Smith and released in Australia in August 1980. It peaked at No. 23 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.

The album featured the line-up of Tony Ansell, Mark Moffatt (lead guitar), Stars' Andrew Durant (rhythm guitar), Clive Harrison (bass; ex-Kush, Avalanche) and Dragon's Kerry Jacobsen (drums), plus contributions from Cleis Pearce (viola), Tony Buchanan (sax), Sam McNally (synthesiser; ex-Stylus) and Mark Meyer (drums). Clapton dedicated the album to Durant, who died in June 1980.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard Clapton

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Just Can't Make It"	2:40
2.	"High Society"	4:50
3.	"Shadows"	4:16
4.	"Sophisticated Girl"	4:29
5.	"Dark Spaces"	6:08

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get Back to the Shelter"	5:30
2.	"Le Club Des Fools"	4:06
3.	"The Working Class Life"	4:10
4.	"Metropolis"	5:35

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[2]	23

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia	August 1980	Infinity Records / Festival	LP	L 37331
Australia	1992	Infinity Records	CD	D19587

References

^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ Kent, David (1975). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.

[1] McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

[2] Kent, David (1975). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.

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v t e Richard Clapton
Studio albums	Prussian Blue Girls on the Avenue Main Street Jive Goodbye Tiger Hearts on the Nightline Dark Spaces The Great Escape Solidarity Glory Road
Live albums	The Best Years of Our Lives
Compilation albums	Past Hits and Previews The Very Best of Richard Clapton Richard Clapton – The Definitive Anthology Best Years 1974–2014: The 40th Anniversary Collection
Singles	"Girls on the Avenue" "I Am an Island"
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