Raindancing

Raindancing
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)
Producer Jimmy Iovine (tracks 1-6 & 8-10), Jess Bailey & Alison Moyet (track 7), Joseph Hughes & David Freeman (track 5), Jean Guiot (track 6)
Alison Moyet chronology
Alf
(1984)		 Raindancing
(1987)		 Hoodoo
(1991)
Alternative cover
US edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

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

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Rob Clarke, Michael Ward) - 3:45
  2. "Ordinary Girl" (Jess Bailey, Rick Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:27
  3. "You Got Me Wrong" (Moyet) - 4:04
  4. "Without You" (Moyet) - 3:28
  5. "Sleep Like Breathing" (Joseph Freeman, David Hughes; Copyright Warner Bros Music Ltd./Anxious Music/Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.) - 4:10

Side B:

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

Chart Performance

Original 1987 release

Chart (1987) Peak
position		 Total
weeks
Austrian Albums Chart[2] 23 2
Canadian Albums Chart[3] 36 10
German Albums Chart[4] 3
New Zealand Albums Chart[5] 1 25
Norwegian Albums Chart[6] 1 17
Swedish Albums Chart[7] 4 6
Swiss Albums Chart[8] 4 13
UK Albums Chart[9] 2 52
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 94 17

1995 release

Chart (1995) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[11] 98

Non-album tracks, the Raindancing era

Production

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ http://www.austriancharts.at
  3. ^ www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
  4. ^ http://www.charts.de/album.asp?artist=Alison+Moyet&title=Raindancing&cat=a&country=de
  5. ^ http://www.charts.org.nz/
  6. ^ http://www.norwegiancharts.com/
  7. ^ http://www.swedishcharts.com/
  8. ^ http://www.swisscharts.com/
  9. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/
  10. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/
  11. ^ http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_M.HTM
Alison Moyet
With Yazoo/Yaz
Studio albums
Alf (1984) · Raindancing (1987) · Hoodoo (1991) · Essex (1994) · Hometime (2002) · Voice (2004) · The Turn (2007)
Compilation albums
Singles
"Love Resurrection" • "All Cried Out" • "Invisible" • "That Ole Devil Called Love" • "For You Only" • "Is This Love?" • "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" • "Ordinary Girl" • "Sleep Like Breathing" • "Love Letters" • "It Won't Be Long" • "Wishing You Were Here" • "This House" • "Hoodoo" • "Falling" • "Whispering Your Name" • "Getting into Something" • "Ode to Boy II" • "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" • "Solid Wood" • "Should I Feel That It's Over" • "Do You Ever Wonder" • "More" • "Almost Blue" / "Alfie" • "Slipping Away" • "One More Time" • "A Guy Like You" •
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