Raindancing

Infobox Album |
Name = Raindancing
Type = Album
Artist = 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)
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9fuxqw5ldae]
Last album = 'Alf'
(1984)
This album = Raindancing (1987)
Next album = Hoodoo (1991)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = 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.

Track listing

Side A:
#"Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Clarke, Ward) - 3:45
#"Ordinary Girl" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:27
#"You Got Me Wrong" (Moyet) - 4:04
#"Without You" (Moyet) - 3:28
#"Sleep Like Breathing" (Freeman, Hughes) - 4:10Side B:
#"Is This Love?" (Guiot, Moyet) - 4:00
#"Blow Wind Blow" (Bailey, Moyet) - 5:46
#"Glorious Love" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 4:22
#"When I Say (No Giveaway)" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 2:54
#"Stay" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:26

US Edition
Side A:
#"Is This Love" (Guiot, Moyet) - 4:00
#"Stay" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:26
#"Glorious Love" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 4:22
#"When I Say (No Giveaway)" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 2:54
#"Blow Wind Blow" (Bailey, Moyet) - 5:46Side B:
#"Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Clarke, Ward) - 3:45
#"Ordinary Girl" (Bailey, Driscoll, Moyet) - 3:27
#"You Got Me Wrong" (Moyet) - 4:04
#"Without You" (Moyet) - 3:28
#"Sleep Like Breathing" (Freeman, Hughes) - 4:10

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

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)

References

* [http://www.alisonmoyet.com/ Alison Moyet's official website]
* http://www.alisonmoyetforums.net