Stick Figure Neighbourhood was the first album by the Burlington

Burlington, Ontario

Burlington , is a city located in Halton Region at the western end of Lake Ontario. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, and is also included in the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. Physically, Burlington lies between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment...

 band Spoons

Spoons (band)

Spoons are a Canadian New Wave new romantic synth pop music group, formed in 1979 in Burlington, Ontario. They recorded several Canadian chart hits between 1982 and 1989, and in 1983, they won Group of the Year at the U-Know awards...

. Released in 1981, it received some airplay on college stations, particularly the songs Conventional Beliefs and Red Light. It was their next album, Arias & Symphonies

Arias & Symphonies

Arias & Symphonies was the second album by the Burlington band Spoons. It contained the highly successful single "Nova Heart" and "Arias & Symphonies"...

, and its best known single, "Nova Heart", that were to launch them to fame.

This album was recorded by Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois

Daniel Lanois born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie...

 at the Grant Avenue Studios in Hamilton, Ontario. Its liner notes collectively thank fellow contemporary Toronto bands The Diodes

The Diodes

The Diodes are a Canadian punk/new wave band formed in 1976. They released five albums: Diodes , Released , Action-Reaction , Survivors , and Time/Damage Live 1978...

, Martha and the Muffins

Martha and the Muffins

Martha and the Muffins are a Canadian new wave band, active from 1977 to the present. Although they only had one major international hit single under their original band name, they had a number of hits in their native Canada, and the core members of the band also charted in Canada and...

, and concert promoter Gary Cormier of "The Garys".

As Gordon Deppe mentions in his liner notes for Collectible Spoons

Collectible Spoons

Collectible Spoons is a greatest hits collection by the Burlington band Spoons. It includes material from their first four albums on Ready Records , but ignores the last two albums, Bridges Over Borders and Vertigo Tango on Anthem Records...

, this collection of songs "is a bit rough around the edges, but there are things on it that [are] still very interesting and perplexing."

Track listing

Personnel

• Gordon Deppe: vocals, guitar
• Sandy Horne: bass, pedals, vocals
• Rob Preuss: synthesizer, piano
• Derrick Ross: drums, percussion
• Hugh Syme
  Hugh Syme
  Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared in some Rush songs as a keyboard player. Syme is notably responsible for all of Rush's album cover art since 1975's Caress...
  
  : mellotron on "For Tran" and "Only for Athletes"

• Graeme Pole: Producer
• Recorded by Daniel Lanois
  Daniel Lanois
  Daniel Lanois born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie...
  
   at Grant Avenue Studios