Trick of the Light is a single released by The Triffids

The Triffids

The Triffids were a seminal Australian alternative rock and pop band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1978 with charismatic, David McComb as singer-songwriter, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboardist. They achieved negligible success in Australia, but greater success in the U.K...

 from their album Calenture

Calenture (album)

Calenture is the fourth studio album by The Triffids, released in February 1987 which reached No. 32 on the Australian Album Charts. Calenture also reached No...

. It was produced by Gil Norton

Gil Norton

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 (Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen

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, Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

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) and written by David McComb

David McComb

David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...

. The B-Side "Love the Fever" was co-written by David McComb and Adam Peters and was produced by Adam Peters (Family of God, The Flowerpot Men, Neulander, Sunsonic) and was recorded in August 1986. The single was released as a 7", 10", 12" & CD single versions.

"Trick of the Light" was the band's second UK hit reaching #73 on the UK singles chart in February 1988 and reached #77 on the Australian Singles Chart.

Track listing

1. "Trick of the Light" - 3:50
2. "Love the Fever" - 4:41
3. "Everything You Touch Turns to Time" (12",CD) - 3:16
4. "Bad News Always Reminds Me of You" (10",12",CD) - 3:25

Personnel

• David McComb
  David McComb
  David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...
  
  
• Alsy MacDonald
  Alsy MacDonald
  Alan MacDonald is an Australian rock musician and lawyer, best known as the drummer of the 1980s band The Triffids, where he performed under his nickname 'Alsy'....
  
  
• Robert McComb
• Martyn P. Casey
  Martyn P. Casey
  Martyn Paul Casey is an English-born Australian rock bass guitarist. He had been a member of The Triffids, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. Casey plays either his Fender Precision Bass or Fender Jazz Bass.-Biography:...
  
  
• Jill Birt
  Jill Birt
  Jill Birt is an Australian rock musician and architect, best known as the keyboardist of the 1980s band The Triffids.-Early years:Jillian Birt was born in Tambellup, where she attended Tambellup Primary School. She attended Methodist Ladies College in Perth, as a boarder...
  
  
• Graham Lee
  Graham Lee (Australian musician)
  Graham Lee is an Australian rock musician and record producer, best known as the steel guitar player of the 1980s band The Triffids, where he was nicknamed 'Evil Graham Lee'....
  
  
• Adam Peters