Raindancing

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Raindancing
Raindancing cover
Studio album by Alison Moyet
Released 1987
Recorded 1986-1987
Genre Pop
Length 39:22
Label CBS/Columbia
(re-released on CD in 1990 by Sony Music Entertainment and in 2000 by Sony-BMG)
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 3/5 stars [1]
Alison Moyet chronology
'Alf'
(1984)		 Raindancing
(1987)		 Hoodoo
(1991)
Alternate cover
US edition
US edition

Raindancing is the title of the second solo music recording/album of singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. The album includes four single releases; "Is This Love" (co-written by the Eurythmics' David A. Stewart under his 'Jean/Manu Guiot' pseudonym), "Weak in the Presence of Beauty", "Ordinary Girl" and "Sleep Like Breathing", a duet with David Freeman of the band The Lover Speaks. The US version of Raindancing was released with a different cover and the tracks in re-arranged order.
The non-album single "Love Letters" followed in late 1987.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Clarke, Ward) - 3:45
  2. "Ordinary Girl" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:27
  3. "You Got Me Wrong" (Moyet) - 4:04
  4. "Without You" (Moyet) - 3:28
  5. "Sleep Like Breathing" (Freeman, Hughes) - 4:10

Side B:

  1. "Is This Love?" (Guiot, Moyet) - 4:00
  2. "Blow Wind Blow" (Bailey, Moyet) - 5:46
  3. "Glorious Love" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 4:22
  4. "When I Say (No Giveaway)" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 2:54
  5. "Stay" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:26

US Edition
Side A:

  1. "Is This Love" (Guiot, Moyet) - 4:00
  2. "Stay" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:26
  3. "Glorious Love" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 4:22
  4. "When I Say (No Giveaway)" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 2:54
  5. "Blow Wind Blow" (Bailey, Moyet) - 5:46

Side B:

  1. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Clarke, Ward) - 3:45
  2. "Ordinary Girl" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:27
  3. "You Got Me Wrong" (Moyet) - 4:04
  4. "Without You" (Moyet) - 3:28
  5. "Sleep Like Breathing" (Freeman, Hughes) - 4:10

[edit] Production

  • Jimmy Iovine - producer
  • Mike Shipley - associate producer, sound mixing
  • "Sleep Like Breathing" produced by Jimmy Iovine, David Freeman and Joseph Hughes
  • "Is This Love?" produced by Jimmy Iovine/Manu Guiot
  • "Blow Wind Blow" produced and mixed by Alison Moyet and J. Bailey, engineered by John Fryer
  • Joe Chiccarelli - sound engineer
  • Robert de la Garza - sound engineer
  • Mark Desisto - sound engineer
  • Scott Litt - sound mixing
  • Humberto Gatica - sound mixing
  • Richard Houghton - sleeve photography
  • Rob O'Connor (Stylorouge) - design, art direction

[edit] Non-album tracks, the Raindancing era

  • "Is This Love?" (Extended version a.k.a. L.A. Mix) - 5:23
  • "Blow Wind Blow" (Long version) - 6:19
  • "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Extended remix) - 6:00
  • "To Work On You" - 4:13
  • "Take My Imagination To Bed" - 3:42
  • "Ordinary Girl" (Extended version) - 5:34
  • "Ordinary Girl" (Remix) - 5:55
  • "Palm of Your Hand (Cloak and Dagger)" - 3:54
  • "Love Resurrection" (Live at Wembley Arena 13th May 1987) - 6:31
  • "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (Live at Wembley Arena 13th May 1987) - 4:46
  • "Love Letters" - 2:51
  • "Love Letters" (Extended) - 3:29
  • "This House" (Original version) - 5:55
  • "Coventry Carol" - 3:24 (from Special Olympics benefit album A Very Special Christmas, 1987)

[edit] References



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Alison Moyet
With Yazoo/Yaz
Studio albums
Alf (1984) · Raindancing (1987) · Hoodoo (1991) · Essex (1994) · Hometime (2002) · Voice (2004) · The Turn (2007)
Compilations
 · Singles (1995) · Singles/Live (1996) · Best of The Best - Gold (2000) · The Essential Alison Moyet (2001)