Dancer and the Moon

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Dancer and the Moon
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 11, 2013
Genre folk rock, neo-Medieval
Length53:10 [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)
All Our Yesterdays
(2015)
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
SourceRating
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]

Contents

"Carry On… Jon" is an instrumental tribute to Deep Purple co-founder Jon Lord, who died on 16 July 2012 at age 71.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman cover)Newman3:54
2."Troika"Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night3:30
3."The Last Leaf"Blackmore, Night4:05
4."Lady in Black" (Uriah Heep cover) Ken Hensley 5:48
5."Minstrels in the Hall" (Instrumental)Blackmore2:38
6."The Temple of the King" (Rainbow cover)Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio 4:26
7."Dancer and the Moon"Blackmore, Night4:55
8."Galliard" (Instrumental)Blackmore2:00
9."The Ashgrove"Traditional2:21
10."Somewhere over the Sea (The Moon Is Shining)"Blackmore, Night4:07
11."The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere over the Sea)"Blackmore, Night6:19
12."The Spinner's Tale"Traditional; by Richard Lionheart, Blackmore, Night3:30
13."Carry On… Jon" (Instrumental)Blackmore5:37

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Personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 151
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 85
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 13
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [12] 21
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [13] 41
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [14] 24
Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] 90
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [16] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 40
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 83
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19] 16
US Billboard 200 [5] 189
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [20] 40
US New Age Albums ( Billboard ) [21] 3

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