Dancer and the Moon

Dancer and the Moon
Studio album by Blackmore's Night
Released June 11, 2013
Genre Celtic, folk rock, neo-medieval, New-age
Length 53:10,[1]
Label Frontiers Records (Europe) , Universal Music (Canada), Frontiers Records (Universal) (U.S.)
Producer Pat Regan
Blackmore's Night chronology

A Knight In York
(2012)		 Dancer and the Moon
(2013)
Singles from Dancer and the Moon
  1. "The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere over the Sea)"
    Released: May 6, 2013[2]
  2. "Dancer and the Moon"
    Released: June 24, 2013[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
PopMatters (5/10)[4]

Dancer and the Moon is the ninth studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released on June 11, 2013. It entered at # 189 on USA's Billboard Album Charts.[5] It was also nominated for NAR award in Best Vocal Album of the Year.[6]

Track listing[1]

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman cover)Newman 3:54
2. "Troika"  Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night 3:30
3. "The Last Leaf"  Blackmore, Night 4:05
4. "Lady in Black" (Uriah Heep cover)Ken Hensley 5:48
5. "Minstrels in the Hall" (Instrumental)Blackmore 2:38
6. "The Temple of the King" (Rainbow cover)Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio 4:26
7. "Dancer and the Moon"  Blackmore, Night 4:55
8. "Galliard" (Instrumental)Blackmore 2:00
9. "The Ashgrove"  trad. 2:21
10. "Somewhere Over the Sea (The Moon is Shining)"  Blackmore, Night 4:07
11. "The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere Over the Sea)"  Blackmore, Night 6:19
12. "The Spinner's Tale"  trad. by Richard Lionheart, Blackmore, Night 3:30
13. "Carry On… Jon" (Instrumental)Blackmore 5:37

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2013) Peak
position[5]
US Billboard 200[5] 189
UK Albums Chart[5] 89
US Top New Age Albums [7] 3
US Top Independent Albums[7] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 151
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 85
Netherlands[5] 102
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 24
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 22
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 40
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 39
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[16] 29
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17] 21

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dancer and the Moon". allmusic.
  2. ↑ "The Moon Is Shining - Single". itunes.apple.com. 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  3. ↑ "Dancer and the Moon - Single". itunes.apple.com. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  4. ↑ Catchpole, Kevin (25 September 2013). "Blackmore's Night: Dancer and the Moon | PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Guitar Ritchie Blackmore Featured In Interview". July 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Nominated for Best Vocal Album". blackmore's night official website. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Dancer and the Moon - Blackmore's Night | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ "Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ "Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Blackmore's Night: Dancer and the Moon" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  13. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  14. ↑ "Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien.
  15. ↑ "Blackmore's Night – Dancer and the Moon" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select {{{date}}} on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data.
  17. ↑ "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista – {{{year}}}. {{{week}}}. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. LightMedia.