Dancer and the Moon

Dancer and the Moon
Studio album by Blackmore's Night
Released	June 11, 2013
Genre	folk rock, neo-Medieval
Length	53:10 [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
"The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere over the Sea)" Released: May 6, 2013 [2] "Dancer and the Moon" Released: June 24, 2013 [3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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]

"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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman cover)	Newman	3:54
2.	"Troika"	Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night	3:30
3.	"The Last Leaf"	Blackmore, Night	4:05
4.	"Lady in Black" (Uriah Heep cover)	Ken Hensley	5:48
5.	"Minstrels in the Hall" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	2:38
6.	"The Temple of the King" (Rainbow cover)	Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio	4:26
7.	"Dancer and the Moon"	Blackmore, Night	4:55
8.	"Galliard" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	2:00
9.	"The Ashgrove"	Traditional	2:21
10.	"Somewhere over the Sea (The Moon Is Shining)"	Blackmore, Night	4:07
11.	"The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere over the Sea)"	Blackmore, Night	6:19
12.	"The Spinner's Tale"	Traditional; by Richard Lionheart, Blackmore, Night	3:30
13.	"Carry On… Jon" (Instrumental)	Blackmore	5:37

^[1]

Personnel

• Ritchie Blackmore – acoustic and electric guitars, nyckelharpa, mandola, hurdy gurdy, tambourine
• Candice Night – lead vocals, harmony vocals, all renaissance and medieval woodwinds
• Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski) – keyboards, backing vocals
• Lady Kelly DeWinter (Kelly Morris) – harmony vocals, French horn
• Earl Grey of Chimay (Mike Clemente) – bass and rhythm guitar
• The Scarlet Fiddler (Claire Smith Bermingham) – violin
• Troubador of Aberdeen (David Keith) – percussion
• Pat Regan - producer, sound engineer, orchestral arrangements

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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