Expectations (Dance Exponents album) explained

Expectations
Type:studio
Artist:The Dance Exponents
Cover:Expectations Thumb.jpg
Released:May 1985
Recorded:1984/85
Genre:Pop
Label:Mushroom Records
Producer:Ian Taylor
Prev Title:Prayers Be Answered
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Amplifier
Next Year:1986

Expectations is the second studio album by the New Zealand band the Dance Exponents, released in 1985.[1] The album peaked at #7 and spent eight weeks on the New Zealand Album chart.[2] The album was released on CD in 1999 with three extra tracks but has since been deleted. In May 2013, Universal Music re-released the album digitally in New Zealand in remastered standard and deluxe editions. The deluxe edition has six additional tracks of singles, B-sides, rarities and demos.[3]

Track listing

  1. "These Oceans Wave & Tide Us In" (Jones/Luck)
  2. "Christchurch (In Cashel St. I Wait)" (Gent/Jones/Luck)
  3. "Running, Running Through The Rainforest" (Luck)
  4. "Prayers Be Answered" (Luck)
  5. "Ashend Ashend Autumn Leaves" (Luck/Sheehan)
  6. "Only I Could Die (And Love You Still)" (Luck/Sheehan)
  7. "Weeping Soul" (Luck)
  8. "Losing The Sun, the Moon and You" (Luck)
  9. "My Love For You" (Jones/Luck)
  10. "Skies Of Sunset" (Luck)
  11. "Greater Hopes, Greater Expectations" (Luck)

Additional tracks on 2013 digital deluxe edition:

  1. "Sex & Agriculture" (Jones/Luck)
  2. "Christchurch (In Cashel St. I Wait)" (extended 12" mix) (Gent/Jones/Luck)
  3. "Sex & Agriculture (extended 12" mix)" (Jones/Luck)
  4. "There's Only One Love For This Love" (demo) (Luck)
  5. "My Love For You" (Jones/Luck)
  6. "Sex & Agriculture" (instrumental) (Jones/Luck)

Personnel

Additional musician

Production credits

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albums. Album discography. The Exponents. 21 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Charts: The Exponents: Expectations. Archive. charts.nz. 21 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Exponents news. 29 April 2013 . The Exponents. 1 May 2013.