Dancing with an Angel

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Dancing with an Angel
Rita Coolidge - Dancing with an Angel.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 21, 1991 (1991-07-21)
Recorded1991
StudioStudio Ultimo and Studio 56 (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length58:07
Label Attic
Producer
Rita Coolidge chronology
Fire Me Back
(1990)
Dancing with an Angel
(1991)
Love Lessons
(1992)

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]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 16 on Oricon's albums chart. [4]

Track listing

All English lyrics are written by Priscilla Coolidge, except track 4.

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
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 OhsawaYoshiyuki Ohsawa4:27
2."Rain" (Ame ())
  • Chisato Moritaka
  • Seiji Matsuura
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))
  • Kazumi Yasui
  • Takuro Yoshida
Takuro Yoshida 4:57
7."River of Love"
  • Priscilla Coolidge
  • Rita Coolidge
 3:53
8."Sol y Sombra"
  • Yūho Iwasato
  • Toshiaki Matsumoto
Miki Imai 5:44
9."Rainy Blue"
  • Makoto Ōki
  • Hideaki Tokunaga
Hideaki Tokunaga 4:27
10."Please Don't You Cry"
  • Megumi Shiina
  • Nobody
Megumi Shiina4:51
11."Suddenly" (Rabu Sutōrī wa Totsuzen ni (ラブ・ストーリーは突然に, "Sudden Love Story"))OdaKazumasa Oda4:50
12."Circle of Light"
  • Priscilla Coolidge
  • Rita Coolidge
 5:12
Total length:58:07

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [4] 16

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