Collectible Spoons is a greatest hits collection by the Burlington 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...

. It includes material from their first four albums on Ready Records

Ready Records

Ready Records was a small but influential independent record label based out of Toronto, Canada that signed a number of New Wave and Indie rock bands from the early to mid-1980s. Focusing primarily on local Toronto-area talent, it released 7" and 12" singles, LPs and cassettes...

 (including a couple tracks from their lesser-known debut album Stick Figure Neighbourhood

Stick Figure Neighbourhood

Stick Figure Neighbourhood was the first album by the Burlington band Spoons. Released in 1981, it received some airplay on college stations, particularly the songs Conventional Beliefs and Red Light...

), but ignores the last two (much more guitar-driven) albums, Bridges Over Borders and Vertigo Tango on Anthem Records. This is currently the only widely available Spoons album on CD.

Track listing

1. "Trade Winds" (Gordon Deppe) - 2:15
2. "Nova Heart" (Deppe) - 4:24
3. "Arias & Symphonies" (Deppe) - 4:47
4. "Smiling in Winter" (Deppe, Sandy Horne) - 3:48
5. "Romantic Traffic
   Romantic traffic
   Romantic Traffic is the title of a song written by the Canadian band The Spoons and released in 1984 as a single . It was also featured in the 1994 album Collectible Spoons. The music video was shot entirely in Toronto's subway system....
   
   " (Deppe, Rob Preuss) - 3:33
6. "Tell No Lies" (Deppe) - 2:54
7. "Talk Back" (Deppe, Preuss) - 4:36
8. "Old Emotions" (Deppe, Horne) - 3:41
9. "The Rhythm" (Deppe, Horne) - 4:06
10. "Red Light" (Deppe) - 4:39
11. "Conventional Beliefs" (Deppe) - 3:52
12. "One in Ten Words" (Deppe, Preuss) - 4:09
13. "Blow Away" (Deppe) - 5:57
14. "Nova Heart (extended mix)" - 6:41

Personnel

• Gordon Deppe: Vocals, Guitar
• Sandy Horne: Vocals, Bass
• Rob Preuss: Keyboards
• Derrick Ross: Drums