Raindancing
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| Studio album by Alison Moyet | ||||
| Released | 6 April 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1986–1987 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 39:22 | |||
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CBS/Columbia (re-released on CD in 1990 by Sony Music Entertainment and in 2000 by Sony-BMG) |
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| Producer |
Jimmy Iovine (tracks 1–6, 8–10) Jess Bailey & Alison Moyet (track 7) Joseph Hughes & David Freeman (track 5) Jean Guiot (track 6) |
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| Alison Moyet chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
US edition
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Spin | favourable |
| Musician | favourable |
| Bombay: The City Magazine | favourable |
| Reflections of Darkness |   |
| Louder Than War |  |
Raindancing is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet. It was released in 1987, reached No. 2 in the UK and features the singles "Is This Love?", "Weak in the Presence of Beauty", "Ordinary Girl" and "Sleep Like Breathing". The US version of Raindancing was released with a different cover and the tracks in re-arranged order.
Largely produced by Jimmy Iovine, the album includes contributions from various session musicians such as T. M. Stevens, Omar Hakim and Herb Alpert.
A deluxe edition of Raindancing was released by BMG on 25 November 2016.
Following the release of her successful debut album Alf, Moyet decided to move to Los Angeles where she remained for almost a year. The move to America had been prompted by Moyet's manager, who himself had found work there for a year and suggested she relocate there too. Once settled in Los Angeles, Moyet's manager hired Jimmy Iovine to produce the majority of the Raindancing album.
The majority of songs that would appear on the album had already been written back in England. For some of these songs, Moyet teamed up with guitarist Rick Driscoll and keyboardist Jess Bailey. "Is This Love?" was co-written with David A. Stewart of Eurythmics while Moyet was living in Los Angeles. As a friend of Iovine's, Stewart had called into the studio to see Iovine, who suggested he and Moyet write a song together. To avoid problems with his publishers, Stewart's contribution was disguised under the pseudonym Jean Guiot. "Sleep Like Breathing" was written by David Freeman and Joseph Hughes of The Lover Speaks. The duo contributed three songs to the Raindancing sessions, though only "Sleep Like Breathing" would be included on the album. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" was written by Michael Ward and Rob Clarke, and originally recorded by their band Floy Joy in 1986. Moyet chose to record her own version of the song for the album, however would later reveal that she only recorded it because she knew it would be a hit.
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