Raindancing

Raindancing
Studio album by
Alison Moyet
Released6 April 1987[1]
Recorded1986–1987
GenrePop
Length39:22
LabelCBS
Producer
Alison Moyet chronology
Alf
(1984) 		Raindancing
(1987) 		Hoodoo
(1991)
Alternative cover
US cover
Singles from Raindancing
  1. "Is This Love?"
    Released: November 1986
  2. "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
    Released: February 1987
  3. "Ordinary Girl"
    Released: May 1987
  4. "Sleep Like Breathing"
    Released: September 1987

Raindancing is the second solo studio album by English singer Alison Moyet, released on 6 April 1987 by CBS Records.[2] It reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and features the singles "Is This Love?", "Weak in the Presence of Beauty", "Ordinary Girl" and "Sleep Like Breathing". In the United States, Raindancing was released by Columbia Records with a different cover art and a reordered track listing.

Largely produced by Jimmy Iovine, the album includes contributions from various session musicians such as T. M. Stevens, Omar Hakim and Herb Alpert. The album was originally going to be titled Chasing Rain, taken from a line in "Sleep Like Breathing".[3][4]

A deluxe edition of Raindancing was released on 25 November 2016 by BMG.[5]

  1. ^ Smith, Robin (28 March 1987). "Index". Record Mirror. p. 5. ISSN 0144-5804.
  2. ^ "Raindancing". AlisonMoyet.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Raindancing". alisonmoyetmusic.com. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  4. ^ Mayo, Simon (25 October 1986). "Simon Says... - The language of love". Express & Star. p. W3. Retrieved 27 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Raindancing Deluxe". AlisonMoyet.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.