Raindancing
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Raindancing is the title of the second solo music
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 recording
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/album
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 of singer/songwriter Alison Moyet
Alison Moyet
Alison Moyet , is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy voice.Her UK album sales have reached a certified 2.3 million, with 800,000 singles sold, all in the UK, where all seven of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the Top 40 UK Album Chart,...

. The album includes four single releases; "Is This Love?
Is This Love? (Alison Moyet song)
"Is This Love?" is a song performed by the English singer Alison Moyet and co-written by Moyet and Jean Guiot. The name Jean Guiot is a false one given by Dave Stewart who actually co-wrote and produced the song...

" (co-written by the Eurythmics
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' David A. Stewart
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 under his 'Jean/Manu Guiot' pseudonym), "Weak in the Presence of Beauty", "Ordinary Girl
Ordinary Girl (Alison Moyet song)
"Ordinary Girl" is vocalist Alison Moyet's second single of 1987 from the album Raindancing.The single failed to enter the UK top 40, peaking at #43 for a total of four weeks, the first single of Moyet's to fail the top 40 at the time...

" and "Sleep Like Breathing
Sleep Like Breathing
"Sleep Like Breathing" is vocalist Alison Moyet's third single of 1987 and the final single from the album Raindancing. The single features Moyet with David Freeman, notably the only duet that Moyet has recorded for her solo career studio recordings to date....

", a duet with David Freeman of the band The Lover Speaks
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The Lover Speaks was the new wave duo of David Freeman , and Joseph Hughes . They sang the original version of the song "No More "I Love You's"", covered by Annie Lennox in 1995 on her Medusa album, taking it to #2 on the UK Singles Chart.Freeman and Hughes formed The Lover Speaks 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

  • All Songs Copyright
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     Virgin Music Publishers Ltd, except where noted.

Side A:
  1. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" (Rob Clarke, Michael Ward) - 3:45
  2. "Ordinary Girl
    Ordinary Girl (Alison Moyet song)
    "Ordinary Girl" is vocalist Alison Moyet's second single of 1987 from the album Raindancing.The single failed to enter the UK top 40, peaking at #43 for a total of four weeks, the first single of Moyet's to fail the top 40 at the time...

    " (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
    Sleep Like Breathing
    "Sleep Like Breathing" is vocalist Alison Moyet's third single of 1987 and the final single from the album Raindancing. The single features Moyet with David Freeman, notably the only duet that Moyet has recorded for her solo career studio recordings to date....

    " (Joseph Freeman, David Hughes; Copyright Warner Bros Music Ltd./Anxious Music/Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.) - 4:10

Side B:
  1. "Is This Love?
    Is This Love? (Alison Moyet song)
    "Is This Love?" is a song performed by the English singer Alison Moyet and co-written by Moyet and Jean Guiot. The name Jean Guiot is a false one given by Dave Stewart who actually co-wrote and produced the song...

    " (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

Original 1987 release

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

1995 release

Chart (1995) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 98

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 13 May 1987) - 6:31
  • "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (Live at Wembley Arena 13 May 1987) - 4:46
  • "Love Letters" - 2:51
  • "Love Letters" (Extended) - 3:29
  • "This House" (Original version) - 5:55
  • "Coventry Carol
    Coventry Carol
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    " - 3:24 (from Special Olympics
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     benefit album A Very Special Christmas
    A Very Special Christmas (album)
    A Very Special Christmas is the first in a series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit Special Olympics. The album was released in 1987, and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records...

    , 1987)

Production

  • See InfoBox for full producer listing
  • Associate Producer: Mike Shipley
  • Recorded & Engineered By Joe Chiccarelli, John Fryer, Robert de la Garza & Mark Desisto
  • Mixed By Jess Bailey, Alison Moyet, Scott Litt, Mike Shipley & Humberto Gatica
  • Mastered By Vladimir "Vlado" Meller
  • Richard Houghton - sleeve photography
  • Rob O'Connor (Stylorouge
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    ) - design, art direction
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