Dancing with an Angel | ||||
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Released | July 21, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
Studio | Studio Ultimo and Studio 56 (Los Angeles, California)
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Length | 58:07 | |||
Label | Attic | |||
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Dancing with an Angel is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Rita Coolidge. Released on July 21, 1991, by Attic Records in Canada and Japan, it consists mainly of English-language covers of popular J-pop songs. [1] [2] Coolidge's cover of "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni", titled "Suddenly", was covered by Debbie Gibson on her 2010 cover album Ms. Vocalist . [3]
All English lyrics are written by Priscilla Coolidge, except track 4.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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1. | "I Just Want to Be with You" (Saisho no Namida, Saigo no Kisu (最初の涙、最後の口吻, "First Tears, Last Kiss")) | Yoshiyuki Ohsawa | Yoshiyuki Ohsawa | 4:27 |
2. | "Rain" (Ame (雨)) |
| Chisato Moritaka | 4:59 |
3. | "End of the Summer" (Garēji (ガレージ, "Garage")) | Masanori Ikeda | 4:33 | |
4. | "Endless Nights" | Off Course | 4:16 | |
5. | "Another Saturday ~Let It Be Me~" (Mōhitotsu no Doyōbi (もうひとつの土曜日)) | Shōgo Hamada | Shōgo Hamada | 5:51 |
6. | "Samarkand Blue" (Samarukando Burū (サマルカンド・ブルー)) |
| Takuro Yoshida | 4:57 |
7. | "River of Love" |
| 3:53 | |
8. | "Sol y Sombra" |
| Miki Imai | 5:44 |
9. | "Rainy Blue" |
| Hideaki Tokunaga | 4:27 |
10. | "Please Don't You Cry" |
| Megumi Shiina | 4:51 |
11. | "Suddenly" (Rabu Sutōrī wa Totsuzen ni (ラブ・ストーリーは突然に, "Sudden Love Story")) | Oda | Kazumasa Oda | 4:50 |
12. | "Circle of Light" |
| 5:12 | |
Total length: | 58:07 |
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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Japanese Albums (Oricon) [4] | 16 |
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